Primary Department: Flood Control District
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Marcus Y. Stuckett, P.E., CFM
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Asset Management
Project ID (if applicable): Q700-01-00-Y001
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): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to execute a mitigation banking instrument with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, set a credit sales price and execute a conservation easement with Bayou Land Conservancy for legal defense, stewardship, and administration fees related to the perpetual protection of the Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank per §230.97 of the 2008 Mitigation Rule (33 CFR Part 332) (Cedar Bayou Watershed, Project ID Q700-01-00-Y001, Precinct 3).
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Background and Discussion:
The site of the proposed Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank (CEMB) is in eastern Harris County, Texas approximately 4.5 miles southwest of Huffman, Texas and 6.1 miles northeast of Crosby, Texas. The goal of the roughly 226-acre proposed mitigation bank is to enhance approximately 70 acres of established wetlands, re-establish approximately 85 acres of wetlands and preserve the remaining acreage as natural forested upland buffer. The wetlands are intended to replace the function and values lost to other Palustrine Forested Wetlands (PFO) from unavoidable adverse impacts caused by Harris County infrastructure projects within the service area through the generation of mitigation credits that can be debited against those losses.
The execution of a Mitigation Bank Instrument (MBI) is a requirement of...
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