Primary Department: County Attorney
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Abbie Kamin, County Attorney
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
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 of an Order Authorizing a Settlement in connection with Harris County Flood Control District v. Bay Area Shooting Club, Inc.; Cause No. 1227880; In the Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2; CAO File No. 24EMD0019.
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Background and Discussion:
This is an acquisition of a 7.191 acre tract in fee simple and a 0.6465 acre acquisition for a permanent non-exclusive access easement, both needed by HCFCD for its Q128-00-00 Channel Conveyance Project. The acquisition is part of a 200-acre property located in Crosby, TX. It is currently in use as a gun shooting range. The fee acquisition is along an existing drainage channel which will widen the channel and improve conveyance. The access easement runs perpendicular to the fee acquisition and is for the purpose of allowing HCFCD personnel access to maintain the channel. A bridge which crosses the channel is the property’s sole access point. HCFCD’s acquisition specifically excludes the acquisition of this bridge. The appraiser’s were pretty close on land value ( $.40 psf vs. $47 psf). The main point of contention was the cost to cure. HCFCD’s appraiser only awarded $32,254 to restore lost fencing. The landowner’s appraiser added $420k of a cost to cure, opining that a better chain link fencing would need to b...
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