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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Agenda Date Requested: September 12, 2022 Requested By: Ray Mayo, Director Department: Public Works Report ir" Resolution ir" Ordinance Exhibits: Professional Services Proposal; CDBG-MIT Contract: Harris Countv ILA Appropriation 015 (General CIP) 019 (Drainage) Source of Funds: 032 (Grant) 015-9881-690-1100 019-9881-690-1100 Account Number: 032-9881-690-1100 015 - $1,000,000 019 - $3,275,000 Amount Budgeted: 032 — $4,180,000 015 - $0 019 - $370,294.50 Amount Requested: 032 - $758,294.50 Budgeted Item: i; Yes ir No SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $4,297,189,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - Mitigation (MIT) funding to the state of Texas through their notice published in the Federal Register, 84 FR 45838 (August 30, 2019). The CDBG-MIT represents an opportunity to fund strategic and high -impact activities to mitigate disaster risks identified by a community and reduce future losses in those areas. In a letter dated June 22, 2020, the City of La Porte was invited to apply for supplemental CDBG-MIT funding for Drainage Project DR-4332-271 (Brookglen Subdivision Drainage Improvements Project), previously submitted to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) as part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The City's TDEM application requested funding for $4,000,000.00 for an anticipated project scope related to channel improvements along the B112-00- 00 Channel (Willow Springs Bayou). The 2009 City-wide Drainage Study identifies the Brookglen subdivision as an area with significant drainage/flooding problems, attributed to a mixture of inadequate storm sewerage and insufficient channel capacity within the B112-00-00 Channel. The combination of various improvements recommended within the City-wide Drainage Study are aimed at reducing the flood risk within the Brookglen area. In order to provide the downstream improvements necessary to mitigate impacts of future drainage improvements within the Brookglen subdivision, the potential scope of work within the TDEM application was intended to be limited to B112-00-00 channel improvements. Since then, HCFCD has initiated a drainage improvement project, providing additional detention capacity, thereby allowing for local improvements to be made within the Brookglen subdivision.