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Taylor accepts $4.475M HMGP award for Kimbrough/Shaw drainage improvements
Summary
Council approved acceptance of a Phase 1 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award ($4,475,000, 90% federal share) to design drainage improvements on Kimbrough and Shaw streets; city to supply a 10% local match from the utility fund and will pursue Phase 2 construction funding after engineering, environmental review and FEMA benefit‑cost analysis.
The Taylor City Council unanimously approved acceptance of a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) award for the Kimbrough/Shaw to Second Street drainage improvements on Aug. 14.
Grant staff said the project — ranked second in the city’s drainage master plan completed in 2022 — will pay for engineering and environmental work in Phase 1. The Phase 1 award is $4,475,000, of which FEMA covers 90 percent; the city’s 10 percent match is planned from the utility fund.
City staff and the consultant (HDR/Langford) described the scope as roughly 300 to 3,700 linear feet of storm drains and channels along Kimbrough and Shaw streets, affecting an area from Eighth Street down past Second Street and up to the railyard. Staff estimated the work will reduce flood risk for roughly 55 homes, benefit 73 properties, remove 49 structures from flood risk and reduce yard or street flooding on additional parcels.
Staff explained the HMGP Phase 1 work funds engineering and necessary documentation; the city must complete design, environmental review and a FEMA benefit‑cost analysis (BCA) to qualify for Phase 2 construction funding. Council approved the acceptance and asked staff to track and budget for the local match in future budgets.
What happens next: staff will move into detailed design and environmental review, complete the BCA and submit materials to FEMA for Phase 2 approval; the construction timeline (if approved) was described as potentially 36 months to project closeout under optimal conditions.
