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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested:October 23, 2023 <br />032 Grants <br />Requested By:Ray Mayo, Director <br />Source of Funds:050-Bond <br />032-7071-531-1100 <br />Department: Public Works <br />Account Number:050-7071-531-1100 <br />032 $3,472,757 <br />ReportResolutionOrdinance <br />Amount Budgeted:050 --$ 272,224 <br />Amount Requested:$3,521,804.61 <br />Exhibits:07-09-18 Meeting Minutes; 10-22-18 Meeting <br />Minutes; CDBG Award; Notification and Access Report; <br />Budgeted Item:YesNo <br />Bid Tabulation 23021;Recommendation of Award LAN; <br />Recommendation of Award Harris County CSD; Bid <br />from Environmental Allies; Section 3 Forms; <br />Project Exhibits <br />SUMMARY& RECOMMENDATION <br />City of La Porte Bid #23021,Northside Neighborhood Drainage Improvements Phase 2 <br />was opened on September 12, 2023. The notice to bidders was advertised in the Houston <br />Chronicle on August 19 and 26, 2023 and in the Bay Area Observer on August 17 and <br />24, 2023. The bid package was posted on Public Purchase and the city website. Sixty- <br />fourvendors were notified of the bid. Seventeen vendors downloaded the bid documents, <br />with three (3) bids being received. The low bid was submitted by Environmental Allies, <br />LLC in the amount of $3,083,414.61. The design engineers, Lockwood Andrews and <br />Newnam has prepared a letter of recommendation. Harris County Community Services <br />has reviewed the bid documents and has concurred. The financial review of the contractor <br />that was conducted by the Director of Finance is favorable. <br />The City of La Porte was awarded a grant allocation of $3,472,757.00from Harris <br />County's Method of Distribution (MOD) for the Community Development Block Grant <br />Disaster (CDGB-DR)Round 1 funds for Hurricane Harvey. This action was approved in <br />mber 17, 2019.Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant <br />funds are appropriated by Congress and allocated by U.S.Department of Housing and <br />Urban Developmentto rebuild disaster-impacted areas. The City La Porte has retained <br />Public Management, Inc.as the Grant Administrator for this project through RFP #18505 <br />authorized October 22, 2018. <br />The goal of the Northside Neighborhood Drainage Improvement Project is to improve the <br />th <br />functionality of the storm sewer system and increase the level of servicealong North 6 <br />Street, between WestMain Street and WestMadison Street.To best utilize multiple <br />grants awarded for this project, the overall project scope was broken into phases, with <br /> <br />