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A February update by Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) on the status of the 2018 Flood Bond showed that 35% of the way into the program (42 out of 120 months), 19.4% of the funds from all sources (including grants and partnerships) had been spent. That percentage was based on $967 million spent out […]
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Read MoreIn the rush to mitigate flooding after Hurricane Harvey, most people agreed that we should attack the areas with the worst flooding first. While almost everyone agreed with the “worst first” mantra, no one defined it – until after the flood bond passed. Alternative Ways to Define “Worst First” How would you define the “worst” […]
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Read More… Methodist system to receive Evusheld, a preventative monoclonal antibody treatment, at her home in Sugar Land on Monday, March 21, 2022.
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) amended plan for Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT). The amended plan allocates $750 million in funding for Harris County and an $488 million to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for additional mitigation projects in the region. The funds […]
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Read MoreNew data obtained from Harris County Flood Control District via a FOIA Request breaks down flood-mitigation funding by watershed through the end of 2021. It shows where your flood-bond money is going. It also debunks some popular myths. Those include the oft repeated: Rich watersheds get all the funding; poor watersheds get none. Partner funding […]
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Wednesday’s show: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and other city officials showed up at Tuesday’s H-GAC board meeting to offer public comment about why the city might only be receiving 1.9 percent of the council’s flood mitigation funding. We lea…
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Wednesday’s show: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and other city officials showed up at Tuesday’s H-GAC board meeting to offer public comment about why the city might only be receiving 1.9 percent of the council’s flood mitigation funding. We lea…
Read MoreTonight, members of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force will vote whether and/or how to recommend changes to the equity funding formula for the third time in three years. On the table for discussion: partnership dollars. One of the proposals under consideration is NOT to consider potential partnership funding. Said another way, taxpayers […]
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Read MoreEver wonder where your tax and flood-bond dollars go? Harris County Flood Control District shows all its active projects on one page. You can review those projects in tabular form or on a map. You can even click on links to learn more about each project. Or explore it in depth by going to its […]
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Read MoreBelow are my personal picks for the top flood-mitigation stories of 2021. The Fight for Funding In 2019, Commissioners Court established “equity” guidelines that prioritized projects in Low-to-Moderate Income watersheds. Then this year: Harris County won no US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grants in the first round of Harvey competition. To compensate […]
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