HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 15-049RESOLUTION NO.15-049
WHEREAS, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) published a request for
applications for flood protection planning on November 7, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, TWDB offers grants to political subdivisions of the State of Texas for
the evaluation of structural and non-structural solutions to flooding problems with
consideration of flood protection needs of the entire watershed(s); and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont has the opportunity to apply for a grant, enter into
a contract, and participate in a study with the TWDB for this planning grant program; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed planning study would be conducted in order to develop
an accurate and current understanding of the City's drainage infrastructure and areas
prone to flood risk. The study would include the following: comprehensive asset inventory;
condition assessment; accurate simulation; and, problem area identification and its
source/cause; and,
WHEREAS, on November 12, 2014, City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas
approved Resolution No. 14-244 authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement
with Lockwood, Andrews, Newnam, Inc. (LAN), of Houston, Texas, in an amount not to
exceed $500,000, in satisfaction of the City's local matching fund which is the current year
expenditure of a planned three (3) year project, for the development of a Master Drainage
Plan for the drainage infrastructure within the City limits, identifying areas prone to flood,
and update the current City of Beaumont Master Drainage Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby, in
all things, approved and adopted; and,
THAT the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to apply for and receive
grant funding for the City of Beaumont through the TWDB in the amount of $250,000 for
an expansion of the scope of the first year of a three (3) year study, within the City's limits,
of its current drainage infrastructure and areas prone to flood risk.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 17th day of
March, 2015.
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