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Overview

The United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $4,297,187,000 in Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds to the state of Texas through their notice published in the Federal Register, 84 FR 45838 (August 30, 2019). The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has been designated to administer the CDBG-MIT funds on behalf of the state of Texas. GLO’s The State of Texas CDBG Mitigation Action Plan: Building Stronger for a Resilient Future (the Action Plan) outlines the use of funds, programs, eligible applicants, and eligibility criteria for these CDBG-MIT funds.

Three of the state's eleven programs are competitions, and these three competitions provide the opportunity for local applicants to identify potential mitigation projects within their own communities and apply directly to the GLO for funds. These three programs are:

  • 2015 Floods State Mitigation Competition
  • 2016 Floods State Mitigation Competition
  • Hurricane Harvey State Mitigation Competition

The Harris County Flood Control District and Harris County are seeking to apply for funding within each of these competition programs to fund activities to mitigate disaster risks identified by a community and reduce future losses in those areas. The public notice and each application is linked below.

This type of partnership funding is a vital aspect of the 2018 Bond Program, and we are committed to exploring all opportunities for additional funding to further flood mitigation projects across Harris County. As mentioned, the CDBG-MIT funds are specifically designated for mitigation activities, which are the types of projects the Flood Control District prioritizes every day – activities that increase resilience and help reduce long-term risks for the community.

We are currently in the community outreach phase, conducting outreach and seeking feedback on proposed projects. The public comment period for the substantially complete applications shown below will run from October 3 – October 16, 2020. Applications are due on October 28, 2020.

CDBG-MIT Award Notification FAQs

CDBG-MIT Grant Applications and Award Announcement

You can read the Flood Control District press release related to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) award announcements at the link below.

  1. Which projects were submitted by the Flood Control District and Harris County?
    • Between the Flood Control District and Harris County, we submitted a total of 9 applications requesting $915 million in federal funding assistance.
    • Those nine applications included 52 different individual projects around the county, ranging from subdivision drainage improvements to large channel and stormwater detention basin projects.
    • All projects were shown to reduce flooding and flood risk to Harris County residents. 
  2. Did the Flood Control District receive any grant awards?
    • The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has awarded more than $1 billion in CDBG-MIT grant funding to entities across the state of Texas.
    • Harris County received notification of award for a single $10 million project in the Carpenters Bayou watershed for drainage improvements in the Cloverleaf area.
  3. What do we need to do going forward, now that we know we did not win an award in Round 1?
    • There is still another $1 billion that has not yet been awarded. GLO has indicated a willingness to work with the County and Flood Control District to address and (hopefully) correct issues with their scoring criteria that resulted in receiving no awards.
    • These conversations also include the City of Houston to ensure our region is represented appropriately.
  4. What are the next steps now that funding was not received? How can I help?
    • The Flood Control District, along with Harris County and the City of Houston, will continue to have direct conversations with key officials at GLO, HUD, the Harris County congressional delegation and other entities about this funding.
    • If local residents and advocacy groups would like to join the conversation, we encourage you to reach out to your elected officials in support of additional funding for flood risk mitigation in Harris County.
  5. Were our applications or projects flawed?
    • All projects submitted have technical (engineering) merit and will reduce flooding risks for tens of thousands of people in Harris County.
    • The GLO’s explanation as to why we were not selected was the scores the projects received compared to other applications. Under the GLO’s scoring system, nearly half of all points our applications failed to secure came from two categories: “Per Capita Market Value” (PCMV) and Project Impact. Both of these categories scored well below the awarded averages, but have nothing to do with the actual projects.
    • The PCMV score was based on Harris County’s property tax base and ability to support recovery activities. It was not reflective of the technical merit of the projects.
    • The Project Impact scoring was structured in a way that slanted scoring to benefit low population areas. Because the scoring was largely based on countywide population levels, there was very little that could have been done to significantly boost scoring in this category.
  6. What context can this be viewed relative to Hurricane Harvey compared to the rest of the state?
    • By all rights, the funding made available to the State of Texas would not be there were it not for the damages sustained in Harris County. Many estimates show Harris County sustained as much as 40-50 percent of the statewide damages during Hurricane Harvey.
    • When Congress appropriated $5 billion to the State of Texas for Housing Recovery, nearly half of the funding was carved out to Harris County and the City of Houston, further indication of the fact that the majority of damages sustained happened in our county.
    • Without mitigation funds, the very same homes rebuilt using dollars HUD following Hurricane Harvey are left vulnerable to future flooding events.
    • The mitigation funds we are seeking would support drainage projects near and within neighborhoods that receive funding for unmet housing needs. These critical infrastructure projects, once implemented, will reduce the risk of flooding for many homes impacted by Hurricane Harvey and make them more resilient to future storm events.
    • These projects will also help protect the nearly $2 billion in investments being made today in the form of home rebuilding and rehabilitation by the City of Houston and Harris County, as our infrastructure serves both of these entities as well as 33 other municipalities.

Notice of Public Review (October 3 – October 16, 2020)

October 3, 2020 - Notice is hereby given that the Harris County and the Harris County Flood Control District are seeking input on Draft Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) applications to be submitted to the Texas General Land Office (GLO). Harris County and the Flood Control District are seeking to apply for funding within each of these competition programs to fund activities to mitigate disaster risks identified by a community and reduce future losses in those areas.

Written and oral comments regarding the applications will be taken during a 14-day public comment period, October 3 – October 16, 2020. The applications can be found on Harris County’s website at www.harrisrecovery.org/cdbg-mitigation and on the Flood Control District’s website at www.hcfcd.org/CDBG-MIT.

Written comments must be received by Harris County or the Flood Control District by 5:00 p.m. on October 16, 2020. Submission information is below:

Harris County Flood Control District:

  1. Mail or In-Person: Harris County Flood Control District, Attn: Communications, 9900 Northwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77092
  2. Email: [email protected]
  3. Phone: 346-286-4000

Harris County:

  1. Mail or In-Person: Harris County, Attn: HCCSD Project Recovery - Planning, 13105 Northwest Fwy., Houston, Texas 77040
  2. Email: [email protected]
  3. Phone: 832-927-8200

Harris County and the Flood Control District will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons who wish to review and comment on the draft applications. Requests from persons needing special accommodations should be received by Harris County or Flood Control District staff 48 hours prior to the end of the comment period. Please call 832-927-8200 for assistance or more information about this posting.

Octubre 3, 2020 - Por este medio se notifica que el Condado de Harris está solicitando comentarios sobre el borrador de la aplicación a ser sometida al “Texas General Land Office” (GLO por sus siglas en inglés) referente al “Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation” (CDBG-MIT por sus siglas en ingles). El Condado de Harris y su asociad el Distrito de Control de Inundaciones del Condado de Harris, solicitaran fondos, de los programas pertinentes, para impulsar proyectos de mitigación de riesgo de desastres identificados por la comunidad y reducir perdidas futuras en esas áreas.

Comentarios orales y por escrito, referente a las aplicaciones, se recibirán durante el periodo de comentarios públicos el cual será de 14 días a partir de 3 y hasta el 16 de octubre del 2020. Puede encontrar las aplicaciones en www.harrisrecovery.org/cdbg-mitigation o www.hcfcd.org/CDBG-MIT que es el sitio web del Distrito de Control de Inundaciones del Condado de Harris (Harris County Flood Control District).

Los comentarios escritos deberán ser recibidos por el Condado de Harris a más tardar en octubre 16 de 2020 a las 5:00 pm. La información para someter los mismos esta detallada a continuación:

Distrito de Control de Inundaciones (Harris County Flood Control District):

  1. Por correo o en persona: Harris County Flood Control District, Attn: Communications, 9900 Northwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77092
  2. Correo electrónico:[email protected]
  3. Teléfono: 346-286-4000

Condado de Harris (Harris County):

  1. Por correo o en persona: Harris County, Attn: HCCSD Project Recovery - Planning, 13105 Northwest Fwy., Houston, Texas 77040
  2. Correo electrónico: [email protected]
  3. Teléfono: 832-927-8200

El Condado de Harris proveerá acomodo/instalaciones razonables a las personas que deseen revisar y comentar sobre el borrador de las aplicaciones. Las solicitudes de personas que necesiten acomodo/instalaciones razonables deben ser recibidas por el equipo del Condado de Harris a más tardar 48 horas antes del final del periodo de comentarios. Favor de llamar al 832-927-8200 para asistencia y más información sobre este anuncio.

Draft Applications from the Flood Control District

Substantially complete materials for each CDBG-MIT application from the Flood Control District are hosted below, along with specific projects included in the applications, their website pages and links to comment forms to submit feedback.

Halls Bayou CDBG-MIT Application 1 (Hurricane Harvey State Mitigation Competition)

Substantially complete materials for this CDBG-MIT application

Last Updated: October 2, 2020

The Halls Bayou CDBG-MIT Application 1 requests additional funding for five stormwater detention and conveyance activities identified in the 2018 Bond program. The combined activities are expected to cost a combined $110.7 million and expected to provide watershed-wide benefits to the 167,029 residents of the Halls Bayou watershed in Precincts 1,2, and 4. The Flood Control District is seeking $10 million of assistance from CDBG-MIT with the remainder of the project costs funded locally. More information on each of the projects included in this application is available below, as well as comment forms to provide feedback on these materials.     

Bond ID C-30
  • Project: Right-of-Way, Design and Construction of Channel Conveyance Improvements on P118-27-00
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-41
  • Project: Halls Bayou Main Stem Detention Improvements Vicinity Hardy West
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-23
  • Project: Right-Of-Way, Design, and Construction of Channel Conveyance Improvements on P118-08-00
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-28
  • Project: Right-Of-Way, Design, and Construction of Channel Conveyance Improvements on P118-25-00
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-41
  • Project: Halls Bayou Main Stem Conveyance Improvements Upstream of Keith Weiss Park and Downstream of Hopper Rd.
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link

Halls Bayou CDBG-MIT Application 2 (Hurricane Harvey State Mitigation Competition)

Substantially complete materials for this CDBG-MIT application

Last Updated: October 2, 2020

The Halls Bayou CDBG-MIT Application 2 requests additional funding for four stormwater detention and conveyance activities identified in the 2018 Bond Program. The combined activities are expected to cost a combined $107.3 million and are expected to provide watershed-wide benefits to the 167,029 residents of the Halls Bayou watershed in Harris County Precincts 1, 2, and 4. The Flood Control District is seeking $10 million of assistance from CDBG-MIT with the remainder of the project costs funded locally. More information on each of the projects included in this application is available below, as well as comment forms to provide feedback on these materials.  

Bond ID C-26
  • Project: Right-Of-Way, Design, and Construction of Channel Conveyance Improvements on P118-23-00
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-24
  • Project: Right-Of-Way, Design, and Construction of Channel Conveyance Improvements on P118-09-00
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-01
  • Project: Right-Of-Way, Design, and Construction of Channel Conveyance Improvements on P518-26-00
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-41
  • Project: Halls Bayou Main Stem Detention Improvements vicinity P118-21 Phase II
  • Watershed: Halls Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link

Sims Bayou Watershed Mitigation Project (Hurricane Harvey State Mitigation Competition)

Substantially complete materials for this CDBG-MIT application

Last Updated: October 2, 2020

The Sims Bayou Watershed Mitigation Project requests funding through CDBG-MIT for three stormwater detention and channel conveyance improvements projects identified in the 2018 Bond Program. The combined activities are expected to cost $106.8 million and are expected to provide watershed-wide benefits to the 309,645 residents of the Sims Bayou watershed in Harris County Precincts 1 and 2. The Flood Control District is seeking $10 million of assistance from CDBG-MIT with the remainder of the project costs funded locally. More information on each of the projects included in this application is available below, as well as comment forms to provide feedback on these materials.

Bond ID C-10
Bond ID C-09
  • Project: Right-Of-Way Acquisition, Design, and Construction of South Post Oak Stormwater Detention Basin and Channel Improvements along C147-00-00
  • Watershed: Sims Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link
Bond ID C-08
  • Project: Right-Of-Way Acquisition, Design, and Construction of Stormwater Detention Basin and Channel Conveyance Improvements along Salt Water Ditch
  • Watershed: Sims Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link

Brays Bayou Watershed Mitigation Project (Hurricane Harvey State Mitigation Competition)

Substantially complete materials for this CDBG-MIT application

Last Updated: October 2, 2020

The Brays Bayou Watershed Mitigation Project requests funding through CDBG-MIT for several stormwater detention and channel conveyance improvements in the Sharpstown Area, a project identified in the 2018 Bond Program. The combined activities are expected to cost $107.1 million and are expected to provide watershed-wide benefits to the residents of the Brays Bayou watershed in Harris County Precinct 3. The Flood Control District is seeking $100 million of assistance from CDBG-MIT with the remainder of the project costs funded locally. More information on each of the projects included in this application is available below, as well as comment forms to provide feedback on these materials.

Bond ID C-13
  • Project: Right-Of-Way, Design and Construction of Conveyance Improvements along Bintliff Ditch D133-00-00 and Sharpstown
  • Watershed: Brays Bayou
  • Project Page  Comment Link

Additional Draft Applications from Harris County

In addition to the applications that will be submitted by the Flood Control District, other local entities are also applying for CDBG-MIT funding. Several of the Harris County-led partnership applications include Flood Control District projects. More information about these applications is available on Harris County's website at www.harrisrecovery.org/cdbg-mitigation. Residents are encouraged to submit comments and questions.

General Land Office Links

CDBG-MIT
Webpage
CDBG-MIT
Action Plan
CDBG-MIT
Application Guide
CDBG-MIT
Applicant Eligibility and Scoring Criteria
CDBG-MIT
FAQs

Funding Sources

Partnership funding is an important aspect of many of the projects and programs carried out by the Flood Control District. The graphic at right, illustrates the many sources of federal, state and local funding that Flood Control District is working to secure for Harris County. Each agency has its own definition of eligible projects, and its own requirements for local match funding.

Funding is procured through a complex web of interrelated agencies at the federal, state, and local levels.
Partnering Agency Funds Applied For Funds Awarded
Projects Funded Status Partner Local Total Partner Local Total

HUD CDBG-MIT

HC Individual application (Greens)
Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $96,930,882 $9,492,529 $106,423,411 $0 $0 $0
HC Individual Multi Watershed
Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $96,761,895 $16,957,212 $113,719,107 $0 $0 $0
Individual Application 1 (Halls 1) Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $100,000,000 $10,671,999 $110,671,999 $0 $0 $0
Individual Application 2 (Halls 2) Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $100,000,000 $7,278,820 $107,278,820 $0 $0 $0
Individual Application 3 (Sims) Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $100,000,000 $6,810,450 $106,810,450 $0 $0 $0
Partnership Application (COH) Brays Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $100,000,000 $7,060,789 $107,060,789 $0 $0 $0
Partnership Application (HC) White Oak Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $100,000,000 $17,207,261 $117,207,261 $0 $0 $0
Partnership Application (HC) Greens
 Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $100,000,000 $19,374,247 $119,374,247 $0 $0 $0
2015 HC(1) - P500-04-00 (Aldine Westfield)
 Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $10,000,000 $853,830 $10,853,830 $0 $0 $0
2015 HC(2) - K500-23-00 (TC Jester) SWDB
Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $10,000,000 $244,200 $10,244,200 $0 $0 $0
2016 HC(1) - Cloverleaf Improvements - Awarded - Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $10,000,000 $4,532,952 $14,532,952 $10,000,000 $4,532,952 $14,532,952
2016 HC(2) - K500-27-00 (Westador) SWDB
Applications submitted on 10/27/2020 $10,000,000 $205,028 $10,205,028 $0 $0 $0