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File #: 24-5549    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Interlocal Agreement Status: Passed
File created: 9/3/2024 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 9/19/2024 Final action: 9/19/2024
Title: Request for approval of an interlocal agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), in the amount of $72,900, to participate in a cost sharing program formed to purchase licenses from H-GAC to access GIS datasets, aerial imagery, and, STAR*Map that the Flood Control District may use in the planning, design, and construction of flood reduction projects (Agreement No. 2024-53, Countywide).
Attachments: 1. 091924 ILA HGAC 2024-53 CW backup.pdf

Department: Flood Control District

Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director

 

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Interlocal Agreement

 

Project ID (if applicable): N/A

Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Houston-Galveston Area Council

 

MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A

MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A

Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal:  N/A - Goal not applicable to request

 

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):

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Request for approval of an interlocal agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), in the amount of $72,900, to participate in a cost sharing program formed to purchase licenses from H-GAC to access GIS datasets, aerial imagery, and, STAR*Map that the Flood Control District may use in the planning, design, and construction of flood reduction projects (Agreement No. 2024-53, Countywide).

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Background and Discussion:

This Interlocal Agreement will allow the Flood Control District to share costs with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for data from DataAxle, 2024 aerials captured by Surdex for H-GAC, and STAR*Map data updated by H-GAC with data from CenterPoint. The data from DataAxle will provide information to the Flood Control District about businesses and residents with the County, such as number of employees, languages spoken, etc. The STAR*Map data will allow the Flood Control District to continue to receive transportation data in the H-GAC area providing an accurate road map that can be used as a location reference and as a source that can be used with the Flood Control Districts GIS software to map the location of addresses. The 2024 aerials will provide imagery for the County and surrounding Counties.

 

Expected Impact:

This agreement will allow the Flood Control District to have access to current data for the purposes of both mapping and analysis.

 

Alternative Options:

The alternative to approving this item would be to bear the total cost for similar items, which would result in increased financial cost to the Flood Control District.

 

Alignment with Goal(s):

_ Justice and Safety

_ Economic Opportunity

_ Housing

_ Public Health

_ Transportation

X Flooding

_ Environment

_ Governance and Customer Service

 

Prior Court Action (if any): N/A

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Precinct(s): Countywide

 

Fiscal and Personnel Summary

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4.a.1 - Operation Services

 

 

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Total Current Budget

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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form)

 

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Total Funding Request

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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs)

 

Current Position Count for Service

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Total Personnel

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Anticipated Court Date: September 19, 2024

Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):

 

Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item

 

Contact(s) name, title, department: Yesenia Martinez, Commissioners Court Coordinator, Flood Control District

 

Attachments (if applicable): Agreement

 

Prepared by: (name, title, department, phone #) Bruce Davidson