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: Grant - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): Z100-00-00-PG010
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency
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): HCFCD, HCTRA, HHS
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Flood Control District for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency Cooperating Technical Partners Program to update the scope of work and agreement terms for the FY 2022 Urban Flood Risk Study Management Program (Project ID Z100-00-00-PG010, Countywide).
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Background and Discussion:
The Flood Control District has an ongoing Urban Flood Risk Study, which will implement recommendations developed in the ongoing Urban Flood Risk Pilot Study to evaluate and communicate the risk of urban flooding in Harris County neighborhoods. Urban flooding is often induced by short-duration, high-intensity rainfall events. These efforts seek to help define the risk of urban flooding as it exists today.
The Flood Control District proposed to complement the efforts of the Urban Flood Risk Study with an investigation into how climate change is likely to change the frequency and severity of these events over time, develop products which may be used with the models developed in the Urban Flood Risk Study to evaluate the impacts of those changes, and to conduct an investigation of special challenges socially vulnerable populations might face, either as a direct or indirect as a result of any increased risk. Our revised scope will investigate trends in local, short-duration high intensity rainfall events without consideration of climate change factors, and without an investigation of impacts to socially vulnerable populations. We were awarded $90,000 in federal funding for this effort with no required local match.
Expected Impact:
Our investigation will no longer consider climate change factors or impacts to socially vulnerable populations.
Alternative Options:
The alternative would be to choose not to comply with the request for revision and risk losing grant funding.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
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
Prior Court Action (if any):
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7/19/2022 |
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Application |
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10/11/2022 |
213. |
Award |
Location:
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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$90,000 |
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Current Position Count for Service |
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Anticipated Court Date: 6/26/2025
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): Order and Supporting Documents