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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested: February 22, 2021 <br /> <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br />Requested By: Ray Mayo, Director <br /> <br />Department: Public Works <br />Account Number: N/A <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: $0 <br />Report Resolution Ordinance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: $0 <br />Exhibits: Public Hearing Notice <br /> <br />Budgeted Item: Yes No <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated <br />$4,297,189,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - Mitigation (MIT) <br />funds to the state of Texas through their notice published in the Federal Register, 84 <br />FR 45838 (August 30, 2019). The CDBG-MIT represents an opportunity to fund <br />strategic and high-impact activities to mitigate disaster risks identified by a community <br />and reduce future losses in those areas. In a letter dated June 22, 2020, the City of La <br />Porte was invited to apply for supplemental CDBG-MIT funding for Drainage Project <br />DR-4332-271 (Brookglen Subdivision Drainage Improvements Project), previously <br />submitted to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) as part of the <br />Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The application protocol for the CDBG-MIT <br />Program requires applicants provide citizens an opportunity to discuss the potential <br />application submission. The City encourages citizens to participate in the development <br />of this CDBG-MIT application and to make their views known at this public hearing. <br /> <br />The 2009 City-wide Drainage Study identifies the Brookglen subdivision as an area with <br />significant drainage/flooding problems, attributed to a mixture of inadequate sewerage <br />and insufficient channel capacity within the B112-00-00 Channel. The combination of <br />various improvements recommended within the City-wide Drainage Study are aimed at <br />reducing the flood risk within the Brookglen area. Several of the recommended <br />improvements within the various studies have been constructed, each providing <br />incremental flood risk reduction within the Brookglen subdivision. In continuation of the <br />phased approach to mitigating the flood risks within the Brookglen subdivision, this <br />project is intended to provide overland sheet flow paths and increase the storm sewer <br />collection system capacity to provide a level of service to accommodate the Atlas-14 <br />100-year rain event. <br /> <br />