Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Interlocal Agreement
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): City of La Porte
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 and execution of an interlocal agreement with the City of La Porte for the provision of Fixed Route Bus Service within the City in Precinct 2.
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Background and Discussion:
On August 7, 2025, the Harris County Commissioners Court approved the Interlocal Agreement between the Harris County Housing & Community Development Department (formerly CSD) and the City of La Porte, Texas to provide local bus services for the City of La Porte. The local bus service is funded through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 5307 Urban Formula Grants administered by the Community Services Department and local matching funds provided by the City of La Porte.
On July 13, 2026, the La Porte City Council approved the Interlocal agreement to continue bus service for another year with optional two one-year renewals. The City of La Porte will provide $85,000 in local match funds each year for this service.
Expected Impact:
Fixed Route Bus Service in La Porte will provide more than 8,960 Unlinked passenger trips from August 2026 through July 2027.
Alternative Options:
Failure to approve this interlocal agreement will result in cancellation of Bus Service and deny transit dependent residents affordable public transportation.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: Choose an item.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): Choose an item.
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): F2: Improve data collection, utilization, and availability to drive better transportation safety decision-making.
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): Choose an item.
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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8/7/2025 |
183 |
Approved |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Precinct 2
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Fixed Bus Route Services |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
$ |
$186,000 |
$186000 |
$ |
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Other |
$ |
$85,000 |
$85000 |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$ |
$271,000 |
$271,000 |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$271,000 |
$271,000 |
$ |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (For Grants Items only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: 8/6/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 8/28/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: David L. Jones, Assistant Director, Transit Services
Attachments (if applicable): City of La Porte City Council Approved ILA