Legislation Details

File #: 25-1259    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 $10,725,218.70, with a required cash match of $3,575,072.90, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Fiscal Year 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program (Gulf Bank South Phase 1 Stormwater Detention Basin and Channel Improvements, Greens Bayou Watershed, Bond ID C-01, HCFCD Unit P118-00-00, Precinct 2).
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): P118-00-00
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Division 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 $10,725,218.70, with a required cash match of $3,575,072.90, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Fiscal Year 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program (Gulf Bank South Phase 1 Stormwater Detention Basin and Channel Improvements, Greens Bayou Watershed, Bond ID C-01, HCFCD Unit P118-00-00, Precinct 2).
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Background and Discussion:
It is recommended that the Flood Control District be authorized to submit a full grant application through a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant seeking funding for design and construction of Gulf Bank South Phase 1 Stormwater Detention Basin and Channel Improvements.

The proposed P118-00-00 Gulf Bank South Basin Phase 1 is part of the first phase of the Harris County Disaster Recovery Mandatory Buyout Program that is being funded by CDBG-DR Funds and are expected to be complete before construction begins. The Gulf Bank South Basin Phase 1 includes approximately 120 acre-feet of storage within a proposed 16-acre site between Gul...

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