Department: Community Services
Department Head/Elected Official: Adrienne M. Holloway, Ph. D., Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Public Necessity
Project ID (if applicable): 21289MF1YR01
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Any applicable landowner and/or property interest holder
MWDBE Participation (if applicable): Not applicable
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of certain projects, decreeing the projects to be a public necessity and convenience, directing the Harris County Real Property Division to acquire on behalf of the Community Services Department, and authorizing eminent domain if necessary for one (1) revised fee simple tract and one (1) new fee simple tract for the public project known as Harris County Project Recovery Post Disaster Relocation and Buyout Program, for the purpose of preventing future flood damage, UPIN 21289MF1YR01, Precinct 2.
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Background and Discussion:
Approval of certain projects, decreeing the projects to be a public necessity and convenience, and directing the Harris County Real Property Division to acquire fee simple tracts for the public project known as the Harris County Project Recovery Post Disaster Relocation and Buyout program, for the purpose of preventing future flood damage.
Previously, these two parcels were originally appraised and submitted together for public necessity approval under the tract number G103-00-00-11-810.0 at the September 15, 2020 court. Through the grant program that this acquisition is funded by, the GLO did not approve the parcels to be submitted together. Therefore, this request created two tract numbers (G103-00-00-11-810.0 & G103-00-00-11-825.0) to split the parcels into separate tracts for GLO and court approval.
Expected Impact:
Harris County's future flood resilience and the safety of our residents and first responders depends upon returning repetitively flooded areas to green space.
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