Primary Department: County Attorney
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Abbie Kamin, County Attorney
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
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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 be restored, a cost to clear the fence area, signage and most importantly, a $200k cost to restore the bridge. HCFCD countered most of these costs were not necessary. After excluding all unnecessary costs to cure, but giving the benefit to the landowner on land value and the costs which we deemed justifiable, the appropriate landowner value should have been $187k. We are paying $200k to save the risk and expense of trial.
Harris County Flood Control District will pay the landowner $102,249.00 additional dollars.
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Anticipated Court Date: 10/15/2026
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Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Don Stricklin, Division Director-Real Estate Division, County Attorney’s Office; Kelsey Bowdoin, Administrative Supervisor, County Attorney’s Office
Attachments (if applicable): Order