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Katy council approves wastewater design contract, Everbridge renewal and KDA funding for road projects
Summary
Council approved a $1.459 million design contract for wastewater plant expansion, renewed the Everbridge KT Alert mass-notification agreement for three years, and authorized KDA Metro funding for the Nelson Way bridge and a Brands/Scott Ranch signal; council clarified funding sources and reporting requirements.
Katy City Council on Dec. 8 approved several infrastructure and public-safety contracts and funding authorizations.
The council authorized a professional engineering design-services contract with Edminster Henshaw Russ & Associates (EHRA) for expansion of the wastewater treatment plant in the amount of $1,459,370. Staff noted the city previously approved a Texas Water Development Board application seeking construction financing up to $20,600,000 for the plant expansion and that the design contract is a next-step expenditure funded from enterprise fund reserves.
Separately, the council approved a three-year renewal of the city's master services agreement with Everbridge Inc. (the KT Alert mass-notification system). Staff said the original service agreement dated to Dec. 10, 2018 and that the renewal continues the city's emergency-notification capability; the renewal was approved on voice vote.
Council also authorized the Katy Development Authority (KDA) to use Metro funds for transportation projects: up to $4,462,612.30 for the Nelson Way roadway extension and bridge construction (construction contract funds only, engineering paid earlier) and up to $249,838 for a traffic-signal construction project at Brands Road and Scott Ranch Road. Staff said the signal will be programmable and can be adjusted to reduce neighborhood impacts; council members discussed alternatives (hawk signals, flashing modes) and asked for adaptive programming if patterns change.
Each item passed by voice vote. Council members asked for standard follow-up documentation: engineering schedules and clarifications that the Nelson Way figure covers construction only, that Everbridge renewal terms and costs appear in packet materials, and that wastewater financing will proceed through the TWDB loan process.
