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Aransas County approves $10.29 million HUD mitigation contract for drainage, radio tower and street work
Summary
Commissioners authorized the county judge to sign a $10,291,500 HUD CDBG-Mitigation contract to fund communications, drainage planning and street improvements; roughly $2 million of the award will go to the town of Fulton, county staff said.
Aransas County commissioners on April 21 authorized the county judge to execute a $10,291,500 Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) contract with the Texas General Land Office and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund county infrastructure projects.
The contract (24-O65-128-E986) will fund a radio tower and other communications infrastructure for the sheriff’s office, a countywide master drainage plan, a Lamar drainage project and street improvements on Cactus, Chaparral, Mesquite, Myrtle and Palmetto Streets. County staff said about $2 million of the award will be spent in the Fulton area.
"This will formally allow us to start making these sort of contracts," a county staff member told the commissioners. The court voted unanimously to authorize the county judge to sign the contract.
County staff said GrantWorks will manage reporting and disbursement for the grant; the contract includes quarterly reporting requirements. Commissioners asked who will prepare the required grant reporting; staff said GrantWorks will perform contract management and reporting.
The vote advances a grant the county has pursued for more than two years, according to the presentation. Work funded by the grant will proceed under separate procurement and project approvals brought back to commissioners for individual contracts and specifications.
No timetable for project award or construction was specified in court documents presented at the meeting.
