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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Agenda Date Requested: April 12, 2021 <br />Requested By: Ray Mayo, Director <br />Department: Public Works <br />• Report Resolution Ordinance <br />Exhibits: Draft Resolution 2021-38 and CDBG-MIT <br />Grant Application <br />Appropriation <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br />Account Number: N/A <br />Amount Budgeted: $0 <br />Amount Requested: $0 <br />Budgeted Item: t Yes f*' No <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 />funding 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. <br />In a letter dated June 22, 2020, the City of La Porte was invited to apply for <br />supplemental CDBG-MIT funding for Drainage Project DR-4332-271 (Brookglen <br />Subdivision Drainage Improvements Project), previously submitted to the Texas <br />Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) as part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant <br />Program (HMGP). The City's TDEM application requested funding for $4,000,000.00 <br />for an anticipated project scope related to channel improvements along the B112-00- <br />00 Channel. <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. In order to provide the downstream <br />improvements necessary to mitigate impacts of future drainage improvements within <br />the Brookglen subdivision, the potential scope of work within the TDEM application was <br />intended to be limited to B112-00-00 channel improvements. Since then, HCFCD has <br />