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: Transmittal
Project ID (if applicable): Q100-00-00-E003
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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Transmittal by the Flood Control District of a preliminary engineering report by Carollo Engineers dated February 26, 2025, and titled Cedar Bayou Regional Detention and Channel Improvements Upstream of FM 1960 (Cedar Bayou Watershed, Bond ID F-70, Project ID Q100-00-00-E003, Precinct 3).
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Background and Discussion:
The purpose of this court action is to transmit a preliminary engineering report by Carollo Engineers with an updated Alternative Analysis by Halff Associates dated February 26, 2025, and titled Preliminary Engineering Report - Unit No Q100-00-00, Bond ID F-47, Project ID Q100-00-00-E003 - Cedar Bayou Regional Detention and Channel Improvements Upstream of FM 1960.
Expected Impact:
This PER will allow the Flood Control District to close out the PER stage of the project.
Alternative Options:
The alternative should this PER not be approved is that the Flood Control District will not be able to close out the project.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 5. Minimize the impact of climate change and disasters.
County Strategic Plan Objective: H: Improve the condition and resilience of County transportation, flood control, and other infrastructure.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan: N/A
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01/31/2023 |
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Precinct(s): Precinct 3
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Anticipated Court Date: 1/29/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a 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): N/A
Prepared by: Erik Verduzco, Project Manager - Staff Augmentation, HCFCD, Planning Department, 713-588-2458
Briefing Information for Leadership
(For information requested below, feel free to use details from background and discussion section)
1. Project Scope (What is the scope of this Project ID? If relevant, use text from background and discussion section on previous pages to populate this response): To prepare the Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) for Bond Project F-70 Cedar Bayou regional detention project evaluating five (5) concept-level alternatives and select three (3) alternatives for further analysis. Calculate costs and benefits with each alternative to recommend a preferred alternative for the project, and develop a phasing plan to implement these improvements with the existing F-70 bond budget.
2. Project Benefits (i.e., # of structures removed from floodplain, # of road miles with reduced flooding during flood events, acres of floodplain reduction, etc.): The PER Addendum recommended plan reduces peak flows by as much as 370 cfs in the (Atlas 14) 100-year storm event. And provides a maximum water surface elevation reduction of approximately 0.26 feet in 100-yr event. The proposed project provides flood risk reduction benefits for 18 structures, 1.8 miles of road and 389 acres in the 100-year storm event. In addition, the plan reduces the overflows from Cedar Bayou west along FM 1960 by as much as 270 cfs.
3. Bond ID and Bond Title (if applicable): F-70 Cedar Bayou Regional Detention Cedar Bayou Regional Detention and Channel Improvements Upstream of FM 1960
4. Project Status (What efforts are underway and/or upcoming?): PER acceptance and close-out. Bond ID has been paused as of Commissioners Court meeting on 9/18/25
5. Time to complete construction (Anticipated date of when construction will be completed and/or # of days needed to complete construction or N/A.): N/A
6. Precinct and stakeholder involvement (if applicable) (what efforts, if any, have the Precinct(s) and/or stakeholders undertaken regarding this project): Precinct 3, Liberty County, Landowner
7. Prioritization score and quartile (if available): 3.45 ; 3rd Q
8. Is this project funded by a federal/state/local partnership, if so please specify (i.e., FEMA, CDBG, EPA, TWDB, City of Houston, etc.): N/A
9. Any general discussion or background that should be mentioned: N/A