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: Interlocal Agreement
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Houston-Galveston Area Council
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 of an interlocal agreement with Houston-Galveston Area Council, in the amount of $72,900, in support of cost sharing data from DataAxle and H-GAC 2026 ortho rectified aerial images, and continued updates to STAR*Map (Agreement No. 2025-40, Countywide).
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Background and Discussion:
This Interlocal Agreement will allow the Flood Control District to cost share data with H-GAC for data from DataAxle, 2026 ortho rectified aerial images of Harris County and the adjacent counties, and STAR *Map data updated by H-GAC with data provided by Centerpoint. The data from DataAxle will provide information to the Flood Control District about businesses and residents within the County, such as the number of employees, languages spoken, etc. The aerial imagery will provide the Flood Control District with a color balanced ortho image of Harris County and the adjacent counties which can be used to identify land use changes, potential impacts to possible projects, and for exhibits requiring an aerial basemap. The STAR*Map data will allow the Flood Control District to continue to receive transportation data in the H-GAC area. This data provides an accurate road map that can be used as a location reference and as a source that t...
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