Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: David Berry
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Discussion Item
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
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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 discussion and possible action (i) to allocate the 2022 road and parks bonds and (ii) to adopt procedures and program eligibility criteria necessary to implement the 2022 road and parks bond.
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Background and Discussion:
In November 2022, 69% of Harris County voters approved a $900 million road and drainage bond, while 63% of Harris County voters approved a $200 million parks bond.
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The road and drainage bonds included several programs designed to dedicate bond capacity to specific goals and to implement the "worst first" approach in Commissioner Court's adopted bond order. These programs are: road drainage ($200M); partnerships ($200M), provided that entities without the financial means to partner will be allowed to participate in this program; road rehabilitation ($100M); Vision Zero ($50M) and multimodal transportation ($50M).
Allocation
To implement the 2022 bonds, the authorization needs to be allocated across the four precincts. County staff recommends that Commissioners Court consider a single, overall allocation formula rather than a program by program allocation. Staff further recommends that Commissioners Court consider the following factors in the allocation:
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(1) Population, resulting in 25% allocation to each precinct;
(2) The concentration of high Social Vulnerability Index persons. SVI is used by the federal government to measure the effects of external stress on a population. Staff believes that SVI is a useful metric to gauge a community's vulnerability to flooding and natural dis...
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