Legislation Details

File #: 25-3909    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Grant Status: Passed
File created: 6/12/2025 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 6/26/2025 Final action: 6/26/2025
Title: Request by the Flood Control District for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency Cooperating Technical Partners Program to update the scope of work and agreement terms for the FY 2023 Urban Flood Risk Study Management Program (Project ID Z100-00-00-PG010, Countywide).
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 - Amendment

Project ID (if applicable): Z100-00-00-PG010
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency

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 accept an amendment to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency Cooperating Technical Partners Program to update the scope of work and agreement terms for the FY 2023 Urban Flood Risk Study Management Program (Project ID Z100-00-00-PG010, Countywide).
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Background and Discussion:
The Flood Control District has an ongoing Urban Flood Risk Study which will implement recommendations developed in the ongoing Urban Flood Risk Pilot Study to evaluate and communicate the risk of urban flooding in Harris County neighborhoods. Urban flooding is often induced by short-duration, high-intensity rainfall events. These efforts seek to help define the risk of urban flooding as it exists today.

This project evaluates Urban Flood Risk based on the rainfall input data generated in a previous and related Special Project Grant. The scope of that grant is being updated to consider short-duration, intense rainfall events with no consideration of climate factors. This scope of this study is therefore being updated to align with the revised products of the output of the previous study. The ...

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