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: Negotiation
Project ID (if applicable): C143-00-00-E001
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): AKV Consultants, LLC
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/AN/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to negotiate an agreement with AKV Consultants, LLC to provide preliminary engineering, design, bidding, and construction phase services in support of conveyance improvements on HCFCD Unit C143-00-00. (Sims Bayou Watershed, Bond ID F-94, Project ID C143-00-00-E001, Precinct 1).
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Background and Discussion:
This project was recommended by the C143-00-00 feasibility study. Its purpose is to reduce the risk and severity of flooding in the C143-00-00 watershed which has experienced repetitive losses. The project consists of replacing the existing culvert at Anderson Road and HCFCD Unit No. C143-00-00 as well as providing detention storage. This work will be done in conjunction with the Harris County Engineering Department Anderson Road project through a joint funding structure agreement approved by the Commissioners Court on July 18, 2023. Bond ID F-94 occurs in the 3rd quartile under the 2022 Prioritization Framework approved by Commissioners Court.
Expected Impact:
This item will allow the Flood Control District to negotiate with AKV to develop a scope and cost to conduct preliminary engineering, design, bidding, and construction phase engineering services specifically for the location, alternatives analysis, and design of stormwater detention storage.
Alternative Options:
The alternative, should this authorization to negotiate not be approved, is that the Flood Control District would need to seek a new consultant, which ...
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