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: Interlocal Agreement
Project ID (if applicable): Q700-01-00-Y002
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Houston-Galveston Area Council
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): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an interlocal agreement with Houston-Galveston Area Council for a CDBG grant for Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank Project (Cedar Bayou Watershed, Bond ID F-48, Project ID Q700-01-00-Y002, Agreement No. 2026-34, Precinct 3).
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Background and Discussion:
The Flood Control District has been sub-awarded a grant of $5,325,861.83 from the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC). This project is the Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank which was selected for funding by HGAC as a subrecipient of their CDBG-MIT grant award. The proposed Crosby East Gate Mitigation Bank site is approximately 240 acres and is adjacent to Cedar Bayou. The basic goal of the proposed project is to restore pre-channelization hydrological and ecological site conditions on the bank area. In addition, it will enhance approximately 70 acres of established wetlands and re-establish approximately 85 additional acres of wetland at the site. Available local funding of $750,000 through other funds (non-bond CIP funding) is being used to complete the engineering design and acquisition for Q700-01-00-Y002, while the CDBG-MIT funding will be used to construct the project.
Expected Impact:
This agreement will provide grant funding for the Cr...
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