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: Interlocal Agreement
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Houston-Galveston Area Council
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/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 of an interlocal agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), in the amount of $72,900, to participate in a cost sharing program formed to purchase licenses from H-GAC to access GIS datasets, aerial imagery, and, STAR*Map that the Flood Control District may use in the planning, design, and construction of flood reduction projects (Agreement No. 2024-53, Countywide).
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Background and Discussion:
This Interlocal Agreement will allow the Flood Control District to share costs with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for data from DataAxle, 2024 aerials captured by Surdex for H-GAC, and STAR*Map data updated by H-GAC with data from CenterPoint. The data from DataAxle will provide information to the Flood Control District about businesses and residents with the County, such as number of employees, languages spoken, etc. The STAR*Map data will allow the Flood Control District to continue to receive transportation data in the H-GAC area providing an accurate road map that can be used as a location reference and as a source that can be used with the Flood Control Districts GIS software to map the location of addresses. The 2024 aerials will provide imagery for the County and surrounding Counties.
Expected Impact:
This agreement will allow the Flood Control District to have access to current data for the purposes of both mapping and analysis.
Alternative Options:
The alternative to approving this item would b...
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