Council hears plan for $1.35 million CDBG drainage project on Lizzie Lane; design underway, construction planned next fiscal year

City staff told the council Sept. 15 that the city has been awarded $1,350,000 from a Community Development Block Grant (disaster recovery reallocation program) to build drainage improvements along the south side of Lizzie Lane and to connect those improvements to earlier work on South Persimmon.

Megan (city staff) summarized the grant and said the funds came through the General Land Office and are part of a disaster recovery reallocation that traces to Hurricane Harvey funds: “We were awarded $1,350,000 for that grant.” She said the award covers design, construction and grant administration and that the city must expend and close out all funding and documentation with the GLO by March 2027.

Scott (engineer) described the principal project (M118001) as an L-shaped channel improvement that will increase capacity and provide detention. "So the project is M 118001. So that is the channel. So the channel is l shaped... the east to west part of the channel will drop ... approximately 9 to 10 feet," he said, adding the north-south segment “will drop approximately 6 to 7" feet to create conveyance into the previously improved South Persimmon outfall. Staff said the project…