Department: Flood Control District
Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): U501-07-00-E001
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): R.G. Miller Engineers, Inc.
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 27.12%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): 27.12%
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an agreement with R.G. Miller Engineers, Inc., in the amount of $975,707, to provide design and bidding phase engineering services in support of a stormwater detention basin on South Mayde Creek near the Grand Parkway at HCFCD Unit U501-07-00. (Addicks Reservoir Watershed, Bond ID C-48, Project ID U501-07-00-E001, Agreement No. 2022-89, Precinct 4). MWDBE Contracted and Current Participation Goal: 27.12%.
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Background and Discussion:
The South Mayde Creek sub watershed is in western Harris County (part of the Addicks Reservoir Watershed) has experienced repeated structural and roadway flooding over the past decade. The Flood Control District conducted a feasibility study in 2017 that recommended several flood risk reduction projects in the South Mayde Creek watershed, including a project in the area of the Grand Parkway and Clay Road. This project was further developed and refined in 2021 by a preliminary engineering report under Bond Program map ID C-48. This preliminary engineering report recommends the acquisition, design, and construction of three detention basins that will provide 226 acre-feet of detention storage. Authorization to Negotiate was approved under the name, "Clay Stormwater Detention Basins located at Clay Road near Grand Parkway."
Expected Impact:
The objective of the project is to lower water surface elevations along South Mayde Creek to reduce existing flood risk to area neighborhoo...
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