Department: County Engineer
Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Public Necessity
Project ID (if applicable): P100-00-00-HC005
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Any applicable landowner and/or property interest holder
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): Not applicable
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): Not applicable
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal:
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a certain project, decreeing the project to be a public necessity and convenience, directing the Harris County Real Property Division to acquire, and authorizing eminent domain, if necessary, for forty-nine (49) fee simple tracts for the public project known as Houmont Park Subdivision Drainage Improvements - 2018 project, for the purpose of channel improvements & stormwater detention, UPIN 19101MF14G01, Precinct 1.
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Background and Discussion:
This project is in Greens Bayou (P100-00-00) watershed in East Houston, east of John Ralston Road. The existing drainage system is comprised of three earthen, trapezoidal open channels (P110-00-00, P110-04-00 and P117-00-00) owned and maintained by Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD). The proposed improvements include regrading the existing roadside ditches, 1,000-feet east and west of the existing drainage channels, replacing inadequate driveway and roadway culverts and channel improvements of the HCFCD Unit No P110-00-00, P110-04-00 and P117-00-00. Other improvements include multiple detention basins to cause no adverse impacts downstream.
Expected Impact:
This project seeks to reduce flood risk and strengthen resiliency in Harris County by assisting in the alleviation of structural flood damage to homes in the community. This modification is a step in the process to reduce the financial, physical, and emotional burden flood damage places on homeo...
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