R2020-227 2020-10-26RESOLUTION NO. R2020-227
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, authorizing
the submission of a competitive grant application for $99,950,000.00 from
the Texas General Land Office -Community Development Block Grant
Mitigation Program for Hickory Slough drainage improvements.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND5 TEXAS;
Section 1. That the City Council hereby authorizes the City manager or his designee to submit
a competitive grant application for $9959503000.00 from the Texas General Land Office -
Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program for Hickory Slough drainage
improvements.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this, the 26th day of October, AD., 2020.
ATTEST:
CRYSTAL ROAN, TRMC,
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
C
TOM REID
MAYOR
AIR-20-356
AGENDA REQUEST
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
AGENDA OF. City Council Regular Meeting - Oct 26 2020
DATE SUBMITTED: 07 Oct 2020 DEPT. OF ORIGIN: Administration
PREPARED BY. Joel Hardy
SUBJECT: Consideration and Possible Action - Resolution No. R2020-227 - A Resolution of
the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, authorizing the submission of a
competitive grant application for $99,950,000.00 from the Texas General Land Office -
Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program for Hickory Slough drainage
improvements.
ATTACHMENTS: 227-HUD CDBG Reallocation of Funds.227
Attachment A - Hickory Slough Master Drainage Plan Protect - CDBG-MIT Funding in Partnership with
BDD4 by Hardy
Attachment B - CDBG MIT sf 424-application-for-federal-assistance
FUNDING: ® Grant ❑ Developer/Other ❑ Cash
❑ G.O. Bonds To Be Sold ❑ G.O. Bonds - Sold ❑ Rev. Bonds to Be Sold
❑ Rev. Bonds - Sold ❑ C.O.Is To Be Sold ❑ C.O.Is - Sold
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: 99,9503000
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
On August 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Federal Register
Notice 84 FR 45838, allocating $6.875 billion in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT)
funds to grantees recovering from qualifying 2015, 2016, and 2017 disasters. Funds allocated by this notice
were made available by the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements
Act, 2018 (approved February 9, 2018) (the "Appropriations Act"). The State of Texas - General Land Office
was awarded more than $4.3 billion for mitigation projects in the areas of the State most affected by Hurricane
Harvey, as well as 2015 and 2016 floods.
Of that amount, $1 billion has been identified for use by successful applicants in a competitive grant program
(Competition Round 1). Eligible projects include:
• flood control and drainage improvements;
• infrastructure improvements;
• green infrastructure;
• public facilities; and/or
•. buyouts.
Projects under $100I000 in total costs are eligible for the competition without having to undergo GLO
procedures for amending its HUD CDBG-Mitigation Action Plan, and are also able to be qualified without
conducting the traditional "Benefit -Cost Analysis" (BCA) that often accompanies a request for funding for a
federally -assisted flood hazard mitigation project. This project's Master Drainage Plan cost assessment places
it below that amount, with enough room for staff to add administrative costs to the budget.
Therefore, staff recommends the City present the General Land Office with a collection of two Hickory Slough
drainage improvement projects identified in the Pearland-BDD4 Master Drainage Plan for funding:
1. Lower Segment - Hickory Slough Drainage Improvements; and
2. Middle Segment - Hickory Slough Drainage Improvements.
About the Project
Hickory Slough is a relatively shallow, soft and vegetated, 7.86 mile stretch of ditch that makes up an important
drainage component of the City of Pearland's flood -management infrastructure. This component stretches from
SH 288 on the west side of Pearland all the way to Clear Creek in the northeast quadrant of the City. Because
the newer developments along the west's segments of the Slough are comprised of newer drainage
infrastructure, the areas west of Cullen Boulevard tend to be relatively risk -averse to flooding. Unfortunately,
east of Cullen Boulevard, the residential flooding along the Lower and Middle segments of Hickory Slough is
prominent, due to the aged and limited drainage capacity of the Slough and ancillary flood -prevention
infrastructure in the area.
The Lower and Middle segments of Hickory Slough are located in areas that had a high number FEMA flood
claims as well as damages from Hurricane Harvey. The Hickory Creek Place subdivision, the majority of which
are in the Hickory Slough 100-year floodplain, experienced a significant amount of flooding. There are also
isolated instances of flood damages upstream of Garden Road., a majority of which appear to be floodplain
related. There was also a small pocket of flood damages at the watershed boundary between Hickory Slough
and Mary's Creek. These are most likely the result of limited local drainage capacity in Hickory Slough, which
has an estimated channel capacity of 5-year or less storm event.
Channel improvements are the crux of the mitigation plan for the Lower and Middle segments of Hickory
Slough, which include excavation, deepening, widening and realignment of Hickory Slough, removing many of
the abrupt right and left turns the current ditch configuration contains. Various structures along the Slough's
route will need to be remodeled and/or removed and replaced, as widening this drainage component will
extend the span necessary to connect roadways via bridges and pedestrian pathways.
The core technical attributes of the proposed project from a planning and design standpoint call for changes to
the cross -sectional geography of Hickory Slough to improve the flow rate and calculated capacity of the ditch.
The Master Drainage Plan Update applicable to this work provides summarized tables outlining the proposed
ditch geometries and will be attached to the application. Costs and benefits outlined in the Plan, including
construction, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation and flood -reduction alternatives, have been incorporated
into the grant application's proposed project description and budget. The map below shows the project service
area, which also identifies the Census block groups that demonstrate the project's ability to meet HUD National
Objectives (Low -Moderate Income - LMI).
Value Proposition for the Project
Without the project, there are three cost -assessments of damages that are of particular concern:
1. Current/Most Recent Year Annualized Damages (2018), which is $1,975,560;
2. Most Likely Future Year (2038) at $2,170,590; and
3. Present Value Damages - $43,9783306.
The current Annualized Damages are the average damages that are expected from flooding based on the
current condition, with none of the recommended flood reduction projects in place. The "Most Likely Future
Year" values represent the estimated increase in annualized damages that is expected when each watershed
reaches its ultimate (full build -out) condition if no flood reduction projects are implemented. The Present Value
Damages represent the current estimated cost of damages over the 50-year period in today Is dollars.
The Cost Per -Beneficiary (CPB) is high, at $11,842 per capita. While this is not necessarily a favorable
application component, it represents a major investment per household for an underserved area with a notable
composition of limited income households. Because the flood -affected area of concern is also located in the
City's largest and most residentially -populated low -moderate income section of town, the benefits of
completing the proposed improvements have an impact beyond its mitigation of structural damages due to
major flood events, but affect a number of important socioeconomic priorities for the area; including but not
limited to homelessness and the cost -burdens of housing for the uninsured and under -insured.
Basic Qualifications
As one of eight (8) types of Texas governmental jurisdictions that can apply for the funds (cities, counties,
COGs, state agencies, Indian tribes, port authorities, river authorities, and special purpose districts), the City of
Pearland qualifies as an eligible applicant for the competition. In addition, it must be located in what FEMA and
HUD have determined to be one of the State's "Most Impacted Disaster" (MID) areas. These are comprised of
where 80% of Hurricane Harvey damages occurred, by county. Brazoria County is within that region, so
Pearland meets that basic requirement as well.
Applicants should also have experience with the use of HUD funds. Pearland has a 15-year history as a HUD
Entitlement Jurisdiction and currently has an Exception Criteria Grantee status, per HUD regulations in 24 CFR
570.208(a)(1)(ii). This means it can utilize HUD funds to serve areas with a low -moderate income population of
41.77% of the total area benefit, still meeting HUD requirements that at least 51 % of the residents are low and
moderate income persons. Pearland is one of 13 Entitlement Jurisdiction cities in Texas with Exception Criteria
status, and one of three which were impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
In addition, applicants should have prior or existing grant experience with GLO disaster recovery programs. If
successful, this will be the fourth GLO-funded project the City of Pearland has secured funding for, the third
involving Hurricane Harvey CDBG funds. The City has partnered with Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 to put
forth this application and a successful proposal will result in a joint -implementation of the proposed scope of
work. All of these things, among others, make the Pearland-BDD4 partnership a solid applicant for pursuing
these funds.
SCOPE OF CONTRACT/AGREEMENT
If awarded, this funding will result in a grant agreement between the City of Pearland and the Texas General
Land Office (GLO). The City would be considered a subrecipient of HUD - CDBG funds, with a partnership in
place for Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 to assist the City with planning and implementation of the project.
The grant agreement would include all federal and State -issued provisions for the City to receive the proposed
funds, similar to those currently in place between the City and GLO on two current CDBG-funded disaster
recovery projects.
BID AND AWARD
Staff request Council concurrence with the submission of a request for $99,950,000 in total program costs for
the improvements to the Lower and Middle segments of the Hickory Slough watershed, as spelled out in the
Master Drainage Plan. The application is due to the Texas General Land Office on October 28, 2020. This is a
competitive program that falls under the auspices of the $4.3 billion allocation of Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) - Mitigation funding issued to the State by HUD. Prior to competitive review and
evaluation, applicants will be required to meet minimum scoring requirements.
Project applications will be initially scored based on several factors. The Composite Disaster Index (CDI) being
one, is a GLO-issued quotient that indicates what level of damages the county where the project is located
incurred during Hurricane Harvey. Pearland, located in Brazoria County, is located in the most vulnerable area
for natural hazards in Texas and will receive the maximum ten (10) points in this category. The average market
value for the properties located within the proposed project service area is less than $40,000 ($38,743), which
also results in the application receiving the maximum ten (10) points for that category. Other scoring
considerations favorable to the applicant include the Low -Moderate Income demography of the service area,
the project's adoption in a local plan, the fact that other projects are located within or adjacent to the project
service area, and the fact that there are pre -award expenditures the City has incurred that may be considered
leverage towards the total project cost. These are all items that the City receives a maximum score, including
the fact that the City is a HUD Entitlement Jurisdiction, with previous and current management and oversight of
CDBG funds from HUD and the GLO.
There are portions of the initial scoring rubric that are not as favorable to the City-BDD4 application; which
include:
1. Social Vulnerability Index (Soul) - Brazoria County is considered a Medium -to -Low applicant where
social vulnerability is concerned, mainly due to a low poverty rate. The application will receive only 2 of
the maximum 10 points in this area.
2. Project Beneficiaries - The applicant may not receive any points in this area, as the project is relatively
"high -dollar" compared to the number of beneficiaries it intends to serve. There are 8,440 residents in
the Census block groups that make up the service area for the proposed project, with makes the Cost
Per -Beneficiary (CPB) $11,842. The maximum threshold for scoring any points in this area is $10,000
in CPB.
Based on the elements discussed above, the City anticipates a 72 of 105 maximum points, which is above the
minimum score of 65 needed to proceed to the evaluation/competition phase of GLO review. The table of
scoring anticipated by staff is provided below:
Self -Scoring Analyses
Item
Area
Description
Rubric
Score
lax Possibl
halinimurn
A
Eligibility
Cities
N/A
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
10 10
2 10
10 10
20 20
5 5
15 15
0 25
5 5
5 5
65
B
Applicant Area
HUD MID County
N/A
C
CDl
Disaster Index
Top Ten
D
SOVI
Social Vulnerab,
Med-Low
E"
Market Value
Per -Cap Svc Area
<j40K
F
HUD Nat'l Obj
LMI (41.77%)
49.05%
G
Adopted Plan
Master Drainage Plan
Yes
H
Management Capacity
CDBG-DR
Yes
100
Project Beneficiaries
Cost Benefit
Low
J
Leverage
Matching Funds? 1%
Yes
K
Mitigation
Additional Projects
Yes
72 I 105
The two non -scored items in the table above include: A -Eligibility and B -Applicant Area. Pearland's
application meets both of these eligibility requirements as it is a city that is also located in what HUD and
FEMA have determined to be part of the "Most Impacted Disaster" (MID) area, where 80% of all Hurricane
Harvey damages occurred in 2017. An unsigned draft SF - 424 Application for Federal Assistance is attached
(Attachment B), which will be signed upon Council approval by Trent Epperson as the City Manager's
designated Authorized Official for this grant.
One public comment has been received by the City pertaining to the demographic data entry categories in the
State's application, which is immaterial to the project elements and has no bearing on the budget. However,
because it does relate to HUD requirements, the State will be compelled to make necessary repairs to their
application portion, which may adjust the details provided herein and for the sake of submitting an accurate
application. The documentation pertaining to that citizen's comments will be included in the application. Other
minor attachments not included in this agenda item, but required in the application, will be included in the
submission as well. These are mostly forms and non -technical documents that generally accompany an
application for State and/or federal assistance.
SCHEDULE
CDBG Mitigation program projects come with a 12-year period of performance, but the City's application
proposes to have this work completed by May of FY 2025. The project schedule is as follows:
PROJECT PHASE
START DATE
LENGTH (months)
END DATE
Program Guideline Development
9/1/2020
2
11/1/2020
Start Up Documentation
11/10/2020
2
1/10/2021
Procurement of Engineer/Architect
1/11/201
3
4/11/2021
Broad Environmental Review
4/12/2021
6
10/12/2021
Engineering Design
4/12/2021
21
1/11/2023
Bid Advertisement
1/12/2023
3
4/12/2023
Acquisition
1/13/2021
10
11/13/2023
Contract Award
1/13/2023
1
5/17/2023
Construction NTP
4/17/2023
1
6/17/2023
Construction
5/17/2023
18
12/18/2024
Completion of Construction
6/19/2023
2
2/19/2025
Submission of As-Builts/COCC/FWCR
12/19/2024
4
4/19/2025
Contract Close -Out
2/20/2025
3
5/20/2025
Timeframe
76
(6 years 4 mos)
Applications are due via GLO's Texas Integrated Grant Reporting (TIGR) system by 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
October 28, 2020. GLO's application review and consideration process has not been provided in detail, but
staff anticipate a short turnaround on initial review, as the qualifications processing involves an initial scoring
rubric that should indicate whether the City meets minimum requirements by January 2021.
POLICY/GOAL CONSIDERATION
The mitigation goal for this project is to remove flood inundation from 68 properties located within the 100-year
level of service (LOS) area and another 22 from the 10-year LOS; mitigating the most recent, most likely future
year and present value damages by $1,975,560, $2,170,590, and $43,978,306, respectively. In addition, the
project also meets HUD National Objectives by serving an area that has been determined to be comprised of a
majority low -moderate income residents. Normally this would be a 51 % or more low -moderate income service
area, Census tract or Census block group area benefit activity. However, because Pearland has fewer than
one -quarter of its Census Block Groups with 51% or more low -moderate income persons, HUD designates the
City of Pearland as an Exception Criteria Grantee and assigns a percentage based on a formulaic -calculation
to determine what a low -moderate income area is. That percentage at this time is 41.77%. The percentage of
low -moderate income for the proposed project is 49.05%, based on the census data provided for block groups
600500-2, 660500-31 660500.4, 660500-5 and 660500-6. Coincidentally, these block groups are synchronous
to the Hickory Slough watershed and are served by the project in a way that meets local, State and federal
objectives when it comes to flood mitigation. This project also meets the Sustainable Infrastructure, Safe
Community and Fiscally Responsible Strategic Council Priorities.
CURRENT AND FUTURE CIP FUNDING/FINANCIAL IMPACTS/DEBT SERVICE
The Lower and Middle segments of Hickory Slough drainage improvements are notable projects in the
Pearland - BDD4 Master Drainage Plan. The proposed budget for this project is being presented to the GLO as
follows:
Lover Segment Middle Segment Combined Totals % Of Casts
CONSTRUCTION
Channel $ 12,40G,0010.00 1 $ 6,70Ci DG.0G S 1%101)0OM00
Detention $ 2 ,7C=(3,00G.00 5 19,2,00 C��a3 C13 S 4%9 ,Offlk0
�- 595,500,000 �i�a�
LAND ACQUISITION
ROWI S 15,emcG0 +C*400 I$ 171303 DCC,C;13 S 14500,000.00
NONCONSTRUCTION
Design S 90ia,CrLC+.ISO S 65ia� Co oa S L55%WOM i
Engineering S 9C$G,C-GG.0G $ E0G,GGG'00 S 1,700,000.00
Survey S 300,00G,00 S 2I)C,C4C4G:C7G S 50% . 54,450.�00 4°�
Administration S 4%G,C+CAG.CiG 5 3DGJDDCi.C=G S 70D;Ma00i
Totals S 54180%00cuOG S 45j501ociari"a2 S 9%9501011100
O&M IMPACT INFORMATION
A total of $700,000 is being proposed for the administrative oversight and project management costs, so this
project should not result in any O&M impacts to the City or BDD4, outside the normal considerations for
addressing day-to-day oversight of the watershed. The City has already committed to a portion of costs related
to the project ($3 million), in partnership with BDD4, involving land acquisition and construction of regional
detention in the applicable watershed, which will go towards the total project cost of $99,950,000.
Recommended Action
Consideration and Approval -Resolution R2020 - R2020-227 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City
of Pearland, Texas, authorizing the submission of a competitive grant application for $99,950,000.00 from the
Texas General Land Office -Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program for Hickory Slough
drainage improvements.
Memo
To: Clay Pearson, City Manager
From: Joel Hardy, Grants & S ecial Proj
15 October 2020
To: Mayor and City
Council members
As mentioned, putting in for a $100 million GLO
grant application for drainage improvements in
and around Hickory Slough.
Cross your fingers.
Clay
CC: Jon Branson, De�etty City Manager; Trent Epperson, Assistant
City Manager; obert Upton, City Engineer
Date: October �.5; 2020
Re: Hickory Slough Master Drainage Plan Project — CDBG-MIT
Funding in Partnership with BDD4
Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to simply provide a head's up to local stakeholders, elected officials
and staff that Council will be asked to approve the submission of an application to the Texas
General Land Office (GLO) for major flood mitigation activities involving the Pearland Master
Drainage Plan, requesting $99,950,000 for realignment and reconstruction of the Lower and
Middle Segments of the Hickory Slough drainage channel.
Application
Attached is a draft of the core application components. Unfortunately, the GLO application portal
does not provide a printable version of a pending application. Therefore, staff has compiled the
core components of the application in a word document to provide the salient information
regarding the request.
Staff will continue to perfect the application in preparation for Council consideration and possible
action. All maps, aerials, plan documents, environmental compliance documents, budget and
beneficiary data to be.included with the final submission will be provided in the Council agenda
item scheduled for October 26.
The application is due to the GLO on October 28, 2020.
HICKORY SLOUGH DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS
CDBG-MITIGATION GRANT APPLICATION
CITY OF PEARLAND
Program
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Hurricane
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State
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Mitigation
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BRAZORIA DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 4
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FY End Date Council of Governnleuts
9/30/2020
Related Contacts
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Application Title'
Houston -Galveston Area Council (HGA
Authorized Representative
Epperson, Trent X CA
of Pearland - Hidon• Sloggh Drainage Improvements
Grant Adnlinis[rator
Hard}•, Joel .
Applicant Delinquent on Federal Deb[ Construction Appllcation
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Hazard, Risk Description -Describe how the risks) selected are impacting the proposed
��ect area. Reference where adopted local mitigation efforts are planned or underway
where appropriate.
From 1979 until 2015, sixteen major events have negatively impacted Pearland, from Tropical
Storm Claudette in 1979 to the recent 2017 Hurricane Harvey and storms affecting the Houston
area and causing ancillary harm to surrounding suburbs like Pearland. The average annual rainfall
statewide in Texas is 35.65 inches. Pearland has had an average rainfall of 54.65 inches over the
last 30 years, which is 40% more than the average nationwide, and 53% more than the average
in Texas. During Hurricane Season, an average of inches of rainfall occur each year. The single
Jay record rainfall in Pearland was 21.88 inches during Hurricane Harvey. The proposed project
area is located in the Hickory Slough watershed, which is contemporaneous with U.S. Census
Block Groups 660500-2, -3, 4, -5 and -6. There are several years of repetitive or severe -repetitive
FEMA Claims in the Hickory Slough 100-year floodplain, in addition to those resulting from
Hurricane Harvey. These are largely the result of limited local drainage capacity and the typically
flat terrain found at watershed boundaries, which is not unexpected given the capacity analysis
findings in the City's Master Drainage Plan, Currently, Hickory Slough has an estimated capacity
of 5-year or less. The mitigation plan for this area includes a realignment, deepening, widening
and regrading of Hickory Slough, located north of FM 518/Broadway in Pearland, from the
beginning of its Lower Segment at Cullen Boulevard to the end of its Middle Segment at State
Highway 35. The entire Hickory Slough channel has residential and light industrial development
which limits the available ROW, and cannot be adequately improved within these constraints.
Therefore, this project will also require ROW acquisition and sophisticated engineering and design
activities.
Hazard Mitigation Actions -Describe how the proposed project will mitigate against the
identified risks. Reference where adopted local mitigation efforts are being enhanced
where appropriate.
Two segments of channel improvements will constitute the mitigation efforts against the identified
risk of flooding due to hurricanes and/or tropical storms/depressions, in the form of conveyance
improvements that provide: 1. 100-year level of service (LOS) modifications to Hickory Slough
from Cullen Boulevard to Garden Road and 1010 acre-foot mitigation (Middle Segment); and 2.
10-year level of service (LOS) modifications from Garden Road to State Highway 35 and 1310
acre-foot mitigation (Lower Segment). Increasing the levels of service for this channel is critical,
as it is one of the larger, lengthier ditches in the City. While in generally good condition, there are
areas that suffer from erosion and deposition, which support the technical findings that channel
realignment is in order, as conveyance within the ditch is facing impediments. The redesign of
both segments will result in a trapezoidal channel with a 30 ft bottom width and a 4:1 side slope;
channel depth of 11 - 13 ft. ROW acquisitions will result in a channel ROW of 140 — 170 ft.
Approximately 2,320 acre-feet of stormwater detention is needed, likely to be split into multiple
basis, totaling approximately 300 acres. Due to widening, there are six bridge -replacements
needed: one at a private crossing and five others across roads at County Road 115, Mykawa
Road, Hatfield Road, O'Day Road and Garden Road. This work will benefit the project area by
removing inundation from affected structures for the 100-year and 10-year, contain the 100-year
future conditions flows within the channel, and reduce present value damages by $37 million.
Local Adopted
Plans -
To
meet the local
plan requirement,
applicants follow specific
procedures
identified in
the
CDBG-MIT Application
Guide
Is the proposed project included in one or more locally
adopted plans?
Yes
Protlde the rifle of the adopted plan Ueing referenced.
\faster Drainage Plan t7pdate - Pearlaztd-Brazoria Draingage District
Pro�zde the pace mm�Uer(s) in the adopted plans) t�•here the
proposed project is identified.
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Provide the date (Month,
Year) the plan(s) cvasJ e•ere
adopted:
Added Resiliency Measures
There are a number of projects that are impactfully contiguous, contemporaneous and that
overlap with the proposed scope of work that will substantively enhance the mitigation efforts
proposed herein. All of these are part of the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and have
some nexus to a previous, current or pending scope of work that will coordinate with the proposed
project's ability to mitigate flooding in the project area.
Prior projects include CIP DR1103 and DR1302, which include a 265 acre subregional detention
pond (2018) located immediately and adjacently southwest of the project area and another 2018
subregional detention project in the form of a 41 acre "Old Townsite Drainage" improvement
located south of the project area.
Select the types) of prior or current local efforts undertaken that, combined with the proposed
project, will provide enhanced hazard mitigation:
O Prior capital improsemettt
project(s)
O Conununihengagement
l7 Other related Bork which
eriliances hazard mitigation
and/or resiliency through the
proposed project.
O Current capital
improvement projeci(s)
O Educational outreach
Other Hazard Mitigation Work
O Short-r<-mge planning
efforts
O Implementation of
eultanced building codes
p Long-range plannhtg
efforts
p Code enforcement
Currently, a $1.6 million Mimosa Acres Drainage Improvement project (DR1902) is in the works,
adjacent to the proposed project area, in addition to similar activities in Milo crest Subdivision
(DR1903) and West Lea Subdivision (DR1904), both south of the project area. Also in the works
are two projects funded via the General Land Office's Community Development Block Grant —
Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program in response to Hurricane Harvey, providing buyouts for
flood -damaged properties.
My Draft Projects
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App #
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En[Ity ID
(Actitzh') YrojectTitle
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Project Title
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Project Sunuuar��
Subrecipient E1pplicatimxJCoutraM
Cih of Pearland - Hickoi} Slouglx Drainae Improt enxent�
Hickory Slough is a relatively shallow, soft and vegetated, 7.86 mile stretch of ditch that makes
up an important drainage component of the City of Pearland's flood -management infrastructure.
This component stretches from SH 288 on the west side of Pearland all the way to Clear Creek
in the northeast quadrant of the City. Because the newer developments along the west's
segments of the Slough are comprised of newer drainage infrastructure, the areas west of Cullen
Boulevard tend to be relatively risk -averse to flooding. Unfortunately, east of Cullen Boulevard,
the residential flooding along the Lower and Middle segments of Hickory Slough is prominent,
due to the aged and limited drainage capacity of the Slough and ancillary flood -prevention
infrastructure in the area.
The Lower and Middle segments of the Slough are located in areas that had a high number FEMA
flood claims as well as damages from Hurricane Harvey. More than 500 total claims or damage
reports have occurred in the Twin Wood, Twin Creek Woods, and Clear Creek Estates
neighborhoods; however, these are entirely within the Clear Creek Floodplain. Flood claims in the
Brookland Acres area are also within the Clear Creek floodplain. There are several FEMA Claims
and Harvey damages in the Hickory Creek Place subdivision, the majority of which are in the
Hickory Slough 100-year floodplain. There are also isolated instances of flood damages upstream
of Garden Rd., a majority of which appear to be floodplain related. There is a small pocket of flood
damages near Garden Rd. at the watershed boundary between Hickory Slough and Mary's Creek.
These are most likely the result of limited local drainage capacity. Hickory slough has an estimated
capacity of 5-year or less.
Channel improvements are the crux of the mitigation plan for the Lower and Middle segments of
Hickory Slough, which include excavation, essentially deepening and widening Hickory Slough,
as well as expanding culvert capacity where applicable and realigning the Slough in ways that
remove many of the abrupt right and left turns the current ditch configuration contains. Various
structures along the Slough's route will need to be remodeled and/or removed and replaced, as
widening this drainage component will extend the span necessary to connect roadways via
bridges and pedestrian pathways.
The core technical attributes of the proposed project from a planning and design standpoint call
for changes to the cross -sectional geography of the Slough to improve the flow rate and calculated
capacity of the ditch. The Master Drainage Plan Update (attached) applicable to this work
provides summarized tables outlining the proposed ditch geometries. Costs and benefits,
components, including construction, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation and flood -reduction
alternatives are available and incorporated into the proposed project budget.
Without the project, there are three cost -assessments of damages that are of particular concern:
1. Current/Most Recent Year Annualized Damages (2018), which is $1,975,560; 2. Most Likely
Future Year (2019) at $2,170,590; and the Present Value Damages - $43,978,306. The current
Annualized Damages are the average damages that are expected from flooding based on the
current condition, with none of the recommended flood reduction projects in place. The "Most
Likely Future Year" values represent the estimated increase in annualized damages that is
expected when each watershed reaches its ultimate (full build -out) condition if no flood reduction
projects are implemented. The Present Value Damages represent the current estimated cost of
damages over the 50-year period in today's dollars. Because the flood -affected area of concern
is also contiguous and contemporaneous with the City's largest and most residentially -populated
low -moderate income section of town, the benefits of completing the proposed improvements
impact a number of important socioeconomic priorities for the area; including but not limited to
homelessness and loss of local housing stock.
Finally, the lead applicant has a 15-year history as a HUD Entitlement Jurisdiction and currently
has an Exception Criteria Grantee status, per HUD regulations in 24 CFR 570.208(a)(1)(ii), and
can serve areas with a low -moderate income population of 41.77% of the total area benefit, still
meeting HUD requirements that at least 51% of the residents are low and moderate income
persons. Pearland is one of 13 Entitlement Jurisdiction cities in Texas with Exception Criteria
status, and one of three which were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. This proposal will be the third
project GLO-funded project the City of Pearland will attempt to secure involving Hurricane Harvey
CDBG funds. The City has partnered with Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 to put forth the
application and a successful proposal will result in a joint -implementation of the proposed scope
of work.
BENEFICIARIES
The race, gender, and ethnicity for the total beneficiaries claimed for the proposed project
must be tabulated in the space provided.
Total Beneficiaries, Hispanic (System
Calculated)
1,
830
Total Beneficiaries, Non -Hispanic
(System Calculated)
6,610
Total Beneficiaries (Hispanic and Non-
Hispanic) (System Calculated)
Complete the race alyd etivricihtable. Ensure tall beueflciaries of Ure proposed project are identified.
Nemre
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Black Afiican Arnerican!t\"kite
Asian
Asian/\\'hite
Aterican Indian/Alaskan Natilz
American Indian/Alaskan Native/Black Afiican
American
Other \lulu -Racial
Planned Respmue
\\fine: 5zgg; S of NmrHispanic Beneficiaries: 3776; = of Hispanic Beneficiaries: >,523 v
Black Africarr AnrericanJl\trite: 78; = of Non -Hispanic Beneficiaries: 60; : of
Hispanic Beneficiaries: 18
Asian: 1135; r of Non -Hispanic Beneficiaries: 1130; F of Hispanic Beneficiaries: 3
AsianJl\fiite: 70; = of Non -Hispanic Beneficiaries: 34; = of Hispanic Beneficiaries: 16
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 52; F of Non -Hispanic Beneficiaries: 18; # of
Hispanic Beneficiaries: 34 American Indian/Alaskan Native/Black African American: 2; > of Non -Hispanic
Beneficiaries: 2; m of Hispanic Beneficiaries: o
Otirer 'Multi -Racial: 18o4; 0 of Non -Hispanic Beneficiaries: 1570; F of Hispanic
Beneficiaries: 234
Conrple[e [he gender table. Ensure Urat all beneficiaries of the proposed project are identified.
Nmue t
Total Project Beneficiaries
PROJECT SCHEDU
Planned Respmrse
Total Project Beneficiaries: 6{{0; # of Male Beneficiaries: {089; � of Female
Eeneficiaries: {351
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End Date
Project Phase
Start Date ♦
(mouths)
(calculated)
Program Guideline Development (applicable to Housing,
9/1/2020
2
11/1/2020
Buyout, Acquisition)
Start -Lip Documentation
11/10/2020
2
1/10/2021
Procurement of Engineer/Architect Services Professional
1/11/2021
3
4/11/2021
Ser47ces
Broad Environmental Review
4/12/2021
6
10/12/2021
Engineering Design
4/12/2021
21 -
1/11/2023
BidAdvertisement
1/12/2023
3
4/12/2023
Acquisition
1/13/2023
10
11/13/2023
ContractAtvazd
4/1y/2o23
1
5/1y/2o23
Constructionl\7P
5/17/2023
1
6/17/2023
Construction
6/19/2023
18
12/18/2024
Construction -Activity Completion
12/19/2024
2
2/19/2025
Submit As-Builts/COCC/F%%VCR
12/19/2024
4
4/19/2025
ContractCloseout
2/20/2025
3
5/20/2025
PROJECT BUDGET
Minimmu Total Amount Requested
S0400
Total Estituated/Original Project Budget
590,900,000,00
Budget Activities
Program Budget Code i
,Flood control and drainage Improvements
Ma.�3tnum Total Amount Requested
S1,000,000,000,00
Plazmed/Requested
Amount '�
Sg87900,000,00
Dla.�3lnum # ofActilities per Project
20 Activities
Total Ot11er Funds
S1,o5o,000.00
Activity Total
599,950,000.00
General
Hurricane Han e} State Mitigation Competition —HUD MID
Project
Hickory Slough Drainage Improvements
Prograzn Budget Code'
Flood control and drainage Improvements
Item Cost (Calculated based on Site Budget)
$98,9oo,000.00
Project Sites for this Activity. Provide Site and Site Budget Information.
Total Requested from Site Budget Total Other Funds Activity Total
$98,9001000.00 $405%000.00 $99,9503000400
Site Number
Total Requested Grant
Total Grant 8
♦
Funds Total Odter )Funds
Other Funds
Site Title
S-oo3G10 $53,�50,000.00
S-oo36zi $45,150,000.00
Site Budget
Specify Site Budget Information
Total Requested Grant Funds
$53J50,000.00
Arnount '
Requested ♦ Site Budget Code
S350,000,00 CDBGi1ITT
Acquisition
$2,100,000.0o CDBG-htTT
Engineering
$14,800,000.00 CDBGbITT
Acquisition
$36,500,000.0o CDBGMTT
Construction
S1,o5o,000.00
So.00
Total Other Furlds
S1,o50,000.00
Od1er Site Budget
Funds Total
$5%000.00 $400,000.00
$54>800,000.0o Lower Segment
S45,i50000.0o hIiddle Segment
Total Grant S Od1er Funds
$5q,800,000.00
Narue
Lower Segment -CDBG-nITT
Acquisition
$2,100,000.0o Loo-erSegment-CDBGIIITT
Engineernrg
$400,000.00 $15,200,000.0o Lor�•erSegment-CDBGIIITT
Acquisition
$600,000.00 $37,1oo,aoo.00 LoaerSegment-CDBG-11ITT
Consuuction
Budget Line
Created On
Item
10/13/202o
Flood control
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
American Indian/Alaskan Native/BlackAfrican American
Asian
Asian/White
Black African American/1%gAte
Linear Feet of Public Improvement
Number ofpublic improvements
Other Multi -Racial
Total Project Beneficiaries
�\'hite
Site Budget
Specify Site Budget Information
Total Requested Grant Funds
$45,150,000.00
Amount
Requested ? Site Budget Code
S300000.00 CDBGDIITAdmin
S1,6go,000.00 CDBGDITT
Engineering
$lg3oo,o00.0o CDBGMTT
Acquisition
525,900,000.ao CDBGZ.ITT
Constnution
Total OU�er Funds
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Other Site Budget
Funds Total
$300,000,00
Cotnnlent Plamled
Realignment, deepening and
widening, and regrading of Lower
segment of Hickory Slough
drainage ditch, from Garden Road
to State Highs ay 35 in Pearland,
Texas.
Ttvo (2) types of improvements
are
associated with this site:
chamlel improvements and
detention.
181
5>555
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Numeric Resp Planned
1269q
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Total Grant 8 Other Funds
SgS,l�o,000.00
Nanle
Diiddle Segment- CDBGi,ITT
Admin
51,650,000.00 Middle Segment-CDBGIIITT
Engineering
Sly,3oo,000.00 14tiddleSegment-CDBGklTT
Acquisition
Szs,9oo,000.0o Middle Segment-CDBGDiIT
Construction
Budget Line
Created On
Item
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Asian
Asian/UNte
Black African American/White
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Total Project Beneficiaries
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Comment Plmuied Numeric Resp Planned
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deepening and regrading of
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OMB Number: 4040-0004
Expiration Date: 12/31/2022
Application for Federal Assistance SF-424
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3. Date Received:
4. Applicant Identifier:
5a, Federal Entity Identifier:
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6. Date Received by State:
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8. APPLICANT INFORMATION:
* a. Legal Name:
City of Pearland
* b. Employer/Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN/TIN):
* c. Organizational DUNS:
0207963970000
74-6028909
d. Address:
* Streetl:
3519 Liberty Drive
Streetl:
* City:
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Pearland
Brazoria
* State:
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* Zip / Postal Code:
77581-5416
e. Organizational Unit:
Department Name:
Division Name:
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Administration
f. Name and contact information of person to be contacted on matters involving this application:
Prefix:
Middle Name:
Mr. * First Name: Golden
Joel
* Last Name:
Hardy
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I I I
Title:
Grants & Special Projects Administrator
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Administration
* Telephone Number:
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281-652-1795
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11. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:
19.228
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N/A
* Title:
Hurricane Harvey 2017 State Mitigation Competition
13. Competition Identification Number:
Title:
14. Areas Affected by Project (Cities, Counties, States, etc.):
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* 15. Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project:
Hickory Slough Drainage Channel and Detention Improvements - Lower and Middle Segments.
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* a. Applicant 22
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17. Proposed Project:
* a. Start Date: O1/O1/2021
18. Estimated Funding ($):
* a. Federal 96, 950, 000. 00
* b. Applicant 3, 000, 000. 00
* c. State
* d. Local
* e. Other
* f. Program Income
*g.TOTAL 99,950,000600
* b. no Date: OS/31/2025
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