Legislation Details

File #: 26-3374    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract - Amendment Status: Passed
File created: 5/18/2026 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 5/28/2026 Final action: 5/28/2026
Title: Request for approval of amendment No. 2 to an agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc., in the amount of $198,375, to provide additional design, bidding, and construction phase engineering services in support of construction of the Dinner Creek Detention Basin, located southeast of FM 529 and Greenhouse Road at HCFCD Unit U520-01-00 (Addicks Reservoir Watershed, Bond ID C-38, Project ID U520-01-00-E003, Agreement No. 2021-21, Precinct 4, MWBE Contracted Goal: 21%, MWBE Current Participation: 21%).
Attachments: 1. 052826 AMEND FNI 2021-21 PCT 4 backup.pdf
Primary Department: Flood Control District
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director

Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Contract - Amendment

Project ID (if applicable): U520-01-00-E003
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Freese and Nichols, Inc.

MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 21%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 21%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above

Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of amendment No. 2 to an agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc., in the amount of $198,375, to provide additional design, bidding, and construction phase engineering services in support of construction of the Dinner Creek Detention Basin, located southeast of FM 529 and Greenhouse Road at HCFCD Unit U520-01-00 (Addicks Reservoir Watershed, Bond ID C-38, Project ID U520-01-00-E003, Agreement No. 2021-21, Precinct 4, MWBE Contracted Goal: 21%, MWBE Current Participation: 21%).
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Background and Discussion:
The Dinner Creek Stormwater Detention Basins project is nearing the end of the Design stage. It is planned as a single-phase project to increase the storage capacity within the existing stormwater detention basin compartments located east of Greenhouse Road on Dinner Creek, a tributary of Langham Creek in the Addicks Reservoir watershed, in northwest Harris County. Presently, the Dinner Creek Stormwater Detention Basin site consists of three (3) compartments that were initially designed to be dry-bottom, with a combined stormwater storage capacity of approximately 463 acre-feet. This storage capacity expansion project includes the installation of an inlet weir and a gated outlet connecting the ...

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