SUBJECT: Interlocal Agreement to contribute funds necessary to conduct an Advanced Feasibility Study between the City of Houston (City) and the Saint George Place Redevelopment Authority (Authority).
RECOMMENDATION: Approve an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement for a Regional Flood Mitigation Project Study Within City of Houston Reinvestment Zone No. 1 between the City and the Authority and appropriate the funds.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This Interlocal Agreement is made and entered into pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act (Tex.Gov’t Code Ann. Ch. 791) by and between the City and the Authority. Whereas, the Authority will conduct a Regional Flood Mitigation Project Study (Advanced Feasibility Study).
DESCRIPTION: The City and the Authority desire to increase the resiliency and reduce the risk of flooding for residential and commercial properties within an approximate 1.5 square mile low and moderate-income area within and around the City of Houston Reinvestment Zone No. 1. An Advanced Feasibility Study that will evaluate route options for the Project, develop a recommendation for the preferred route of the Project, define complete Project and life cycle costs, and identify Project funding options.
LOCATION: The area includes approximately seven (7) square miles of the Buffalo Bayou watershed bound on the east by IH 610, on the south by IH-69, on the west by approximately Fondren Road and on the north by Buffalo Bayou. Key Map Grid No. 491.
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT AND FEE: The City will be responsible for ownership and maintenance of a collection system network. The Authority will be responsible for the administration of the Advanced Feasibility Study. The City hereby agrees to contribute $400,000.00 to the Authority solely for the Advanced Feasibility Study cost. Unless the City Council makes further appropriations for this Interlocal Agreement, the City's obligation must not exceed $400,000.00.
The total requested amount of $440,000.00 is to be appropriated as follows: $400,000.00 for cost of the Advanced Feasibility Study and $40,000.00 for CIP Cost Recovery. The appropriations for CIP Cost Recovery are necessary to fund project management costs.
FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating Impact is anticipated because of this project.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E.
Director
Houston Public Works
WBS No. M-T01296-0015-7
TIRZ No. 1