R2018-174 2018-09-17 RESOLUTION NO. R2018-174
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas,
urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the design and
construction of the fully funded and authorized Clear Creek Federal
Flood Risk Management Project, and consider the Project for
implementation under the Non-Federal Implementation Pilot
Program with the Harris County Flood Control District as the lead
non-Federal sponsor.
WHEREAS, the Clear Creek Watershed is a major Texas drainage artery that
drains 260 square miles serving Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend and Galveston Counties and
sixteen cities, many of which have experienced severe structural and non-structural
flooding over the past 29 years; and
WHEREAS, design and construction of the Clear Creek Flood Control Project
has been fully authorized by Congress in the 1960's; and
WHEREAS, the watershed has been impacted by multiple rain events causing
substantial damage and repetitive flooding to over 3,000 residential structures along
Clear Creek and its tributary channels; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Galveston District's
General Re-evaluation and Review (GRR) of the Clear Creek Project was completed in
October 2012; and
WHEREAS, the GRR demonstrates the benefits of the Project throughout the
watershed including residents and businesses in Brazoria County and Galveston
County; and
WHEREAS, funding of$295 million was allocated to the project in July 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD), Brazoria
Drainage District No. 4, and Galveston County ("Local Project Sponsors") fully support
the Project and have requested to have the planning, design and construction of the
Project locally-led by HCFCD; and
WHEREAS, HCFCD has significant experience administering Federal funds on
major drainage projects as a lead non-Federal partner of the Corps of Engineers; and
WHEREAS, HCFCD has a positive history of close coordination with all local
entities that have jurisdiction within the Clear Creek Watershed; now therefore,
RESOLUTION NO. R2018-174
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council strongly urges the expeditious start and completion
of the funded and authorized Clear Creek Federal Flood Risk Management Project to
protect the health, safety and welfare of citizenry in the Texas Counties of Harris,
Brazoria, Fort Bend and Galveston; and
Section 2. The City Council strongly encourages the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers to consider the Project for implementation under the authority of WRRDA
2014, Section 1043 (Non-Federal Implementation Pilot Program) with HCFCD as the
lead non-Federal sponsor.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 17th day of September, A.D.,
2018.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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