Legislation Details

File #: 25-1255    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Grant Status: Passed
File created: 2/14/2025 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 2/27/2025 Final action: 2/27/2025
Title: Request by the Flood Control District for approval to submit an application to the Texas Division of Emergency Management for grant funds in the amount of $245,250, with a required match of $81,750, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Fiscal Year 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program (Mission Bend Drainage Study Project Scoping, Brays Bayou Watershed, Precinct 4).

Primary Department: Flood Control District
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director

Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Grant - Application

Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Department of Emergency Management

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): HCFCD, HCTRA, HHS

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Flood Control District for approval to submit an application to the Texas Division of Emergency Management for grant funds in the amount of $245,250, with a required match of $81,750, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Fiscal Year 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program (Mission Bend Drainage Study Project Scoping, Brays Bayou Watershed, Precinct 4).
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Background and Discussion:
It is recommended that the Flood Control District be authorized to apply for grant award funds from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) to fund the project in the Brays Bayou Watershed. BRIC funding is available annually through funding allocation from the US Congress. The proposed assessment in Brays Bayou will include a drainage study to scope projects to further reduce flood risk in the Brays Bayou Watershed. The Flood Control District plans to source the required local cash match ($81,500) from the Bond Program.

Expected Impact:
The proposed Mission Bend Drainage Study Project Scoping will study the current state of the Mission Bend area in the Brays Bayou Watershed. The Flood Control District expects that this study will lead to projects reducing the Atlas-14 1...

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