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Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an Agreement with Lakeside Bayou, LLC, a Texas limited liability company to develop a 200-acre-foot detention facility within their development in an amount of $4,840,000 for the Bayridge Flood Reduction Phase 4 project (DR1904) (Executive Director of Capital Projects)
Background:
Approval of this resolution will authorize an Agreement with Lakeside Bayou, LLC, a Texas limited liability company to develop a 200-acre-foot detention facility within their development in an amount of $4,840,000 for the Bayridge Flood Reduction Phase 4 project (DR1904).
The Bayridge subdivision has been historically prone to flooding during major storms due to inadequacies in the storm system inside the neighborhood and undersized detention facilities. The Gum Bayou Watershed is impaired due to the limited conveyance capacity of Gum Bayou. The 2019 GO Bond Program provided funding for four phases of improvements within the watershed. Phases 1 thru 3 were Bay Ridge subdivision specific projects which consists of neighborhood storm sewer and inlet improvements (completed in 2022), construction of a stormwater pump station and expanding the volume of the existing detention pond (project is 90% complete at this time) and rebuilding Bay Ridge Drive to reduce the ability of stormwater sheet flow from SH 96 diverting into the neighborhood (construction recently started on this project). The 4th and final phase of improvements were initially packaged as a Bay Ridge Project with the first 3 phases to help better meet the minimum requirements for available grants after Hurricane Harvey and is called Bay Ridge Flood Reduction, Phase 4 Project. This name is a misnomer as this project will actually help residents within the Bay Ridge, Hidden Lakes, and Whispering Lakes subdivisions, Hidden Lake Commercial Tracts, and the CCISD Educational Village by improving stormwater conveyance within Gum Bayou. This conveyance project requi...
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