Primary Department: County Engineer
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV SP, County Engineer
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Award
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Infrastructure (Design, Construction, Maintenance)
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the County Engineer for approval to accept from the U.S. Department of Transportation grant funds in the amount of $1,200,000, with a required match of $300,000 from Precinct 4, for the Reconnect Alief Planning project.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County's proposed "Reconnect Alief Planning Project," includes planning from a community centered effort, focused on reconnecting communities along the Westpark Tollway in Harris County's Alief community. Reconnect Alief is an opportunity to build on this transformative infrastructure investment by leveraging the strengths of RCN in one of the most socioeconomically vulnerable communities along the Tollway and to:
* Conduct deep engagement around the legacy of the Tollway on communities in Alief
* Examine the land use orientation of the surrounding communities and prepare recommendations for Walkable Places(tm) designation by the City of Houston
* Identify catalyst redevelopment and connectivity projects to align new development and public infrastructure with a multimodal Westpark Tollway
This project is in DOT's disadvantaged census tracts, which is an important application scoring criteria by USDOT. In addition, the proposed project focuses on D...
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