HomeMy WebLinkAbout031590 RES - 11/13/2018 RESOLUTION
authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with
Nueces County to pursue countywide drainage study
WHEREAS,Nueces County, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, herein"County,
and the City of Corpus Christi, a home rule municipality found in Nueces County, Texas,
herein "City", are authorized by the Interlocal Cooperation Act, as set out in Chapter 791,
Texas Government Code, to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement;
WHEREAS, in 1986, a stormwater master plan study partially funded by grants from the
Texas Department of Community Affairs and the Texas Water Development Board was
completed to control stormwater within the unincorporated areas of Nueces County; and
WHEREAS, Nueces County's Public Works Department is tasked with developing a
Master Drainage Plan to identify priority floodplain areas and a comprehensive study to
determine factors affecting storm water drainage and infrastructure improvements to
improve drainage throughout the county; and
WHEREAS, in 2007 Nueces County voted at a noticed meeting to issue a Request for
Qualifications and Proposals to develop a Nueces County Master Drainage Plan. In
October 31, 2007 a contract was awarded to Naismith Engineering, Inc. In February 17,
2010 Naismith Engineering presented the Nueces County Master Drainage Plan to
Commissioners Court; and
WHEREAS, between 2001 and 2006, the City of Corpus Christi put significant resources
into the development of a Consolidated Stormwater Master Plan which included some best
management practices to reduce non-point source pollution from stormwater and combine
existing area specific drainage plans into a single plan, but the city ultimately did not
officially adopt this product; and
WHEREAS,Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on the Texas coast
on Friday, August 25, 2017, and battered and drenched Texas for days before finally
moving out of the state. The heavy rains from Harvey caused catastrophic flooding
throughout the Coastal Bend Region, the Houston area and Southeast Texas and was the
first major hurricane to make landfall along the Middle Texas Coast since Hurricane Celia
in 1970; and,
WHEREAS, many parts of Nueces County, including the cities of Corpus Christi and Port
Aransas, were impacted by Hurricane Harvey's winds, floodwaters and storm surges
resulting in damage to homes, businesses, public infrastructure, and other facilities; and
WHEREAS, Nueces County's Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Action Plan,
(HMAP) was adopted in 2018, which included Nueces County, Aqua Dulce, Bishop,
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Driscoll, Corpus Christi, Driscoll, Petronila, Port Aransas, Robstown, and The Corpus
Christi Port Authority and the County's HMAP addressed all hazards affecting the County,
such as flood, thunderstorms, wildfires, drought and hurricane winds; and
WHERAS, both the County and the City received allocations for Hurricane Harvey
through the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for projects that address Local Acquisition
and Buyout and projects that address Local Infrastructure using Community Development
Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD); and
WHEREAS, both the County and City desire to conduct an updated countywide drainage
master plan to identify a wide-range of flooding, drainage, and water quality issues and
establish best management practices to address them and to establish goals to: (1) Reduce
flooding and mitigate flood damage, (2) improve water quality, (3) Promote best practices
for land development, (4) Develop organizational and regulatory framework, and (5)
Conduct public education and outreach
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
The City Manager of designee is authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement
with the county to accomplish the following goals:
1. Pursue local, state and/or federal grant funding for a countywide drainage study,
design, permitting, and construction and any other necessary authorizations for the
implementation of strategies, initiatives, projects, repairs, improvements, policies,
regulations, best practices, and other activities recommended by the study;
2. Endeavor to work with other local, regional, state and/or federal agencies,
jurisdictions, organizations, or entities affected by the activities above;
3. Work with the appropriate state and local officials or agencies to maximize the
efficiency of HMAP or CDBG-DR allocations to accomplish the activities above;
and
4. Select appropriate points of contact for applications, project development, strategic
implementation, financial reporting and auditing as necessary to comply with
relevant local ordinances, state and federal laws and regulations.
This resolution takes effect upon City Council approval on this the Thirteenth day of
November, 2018.
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ATTEST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Rebecca Huerta J/4 cComb
City Secretary Or
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
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Everett Roy
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Greg Smith
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Rudy Garza, Jr. (it___*
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Debbie Lindsey-Opel
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