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Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Texas Water Development Board Water Supply and Infrastructure Grant Fund for construction funding related to the WT1910 League City Parkway West Water Plant Project in an amount up to $9,000,000 (Executive Director of Development Services)
Background:
Approval of this item will authorize the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Water Supply and Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) Fund for construction funding related to the City’s WT1910 League City Parkway West Water Plant Project.
House Bill 500, passed during the 89th Texas Legislative Session, appropriated approximately $1.038 billion to TWDB for water supply and infrastructure projects. The WSIG program is intended to fund eligible water supply and water infrastructure projects, with special consideration given to projects that are ready to proceed. The program provides 100% grant funding with no local match required.
Staff recommend submitting WT1910 for grant consideration. This project is referred to as the “New Water Well, BPS, and GST - LC Parkway West” with a Program Priority #19 in the City’s current FY26-30 CIP. The project was first identified in the City’s 2018 Master Water Plan and includes construction of a new water production facility generally consisting of one 1,500 gallon-per-minute water well, one 1.0 million-gallon ground storage tank, a 3,200 square foot building, chemical feed and SCADA systems, yard piping, a generator, four 1,000 gallon-per-minute booster pumps, electrical improvements, and miscellaneous site improvements.
Based on the City’s population, the WSIG program limits the City to requesting construction funding only. The program also requires the project to be ready to proceed at the time of application, meaning environmental coordination, land and easement acquisition, permitting, design, plans and specifications, and required...
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