Travis County Commissioners Court
September 29, 2009,
Item 31
31 is to consider and take appropriate action on certificate of exemption for environmental assessment for the plain view estates water connection project for costs related to design, environmental review, eligibility determinations and project management provided by the community development block grant recovery funds from the u.s.
department of housing and urban development.
>> christy moffett, Travis County health and human services.
in February of 2008, the county was notified that we were going to receive a formula allocation of community development block grant recovery dollars, which is also stimulus money.
in June -- on June 5th of 2007 -- or 2008, we turned in a proposal for water connections for people residing in plain view estates and so that we may begin to look at working through the design process and getting all of those things lined up, we have to exempt from environmental review some of the money.
we received $226,000, and so we need to exempt about $91,000 of activities that occur prior to the environmental review being completed in its entirety, but are allowable costs and not required to go through an environmental review.
those costs are designed, the project management cost, which is the engineer's time to oversee the management of the project, also to do the eligibility we'll be looking at hiring a temporary position to complete the eligibility of households, and then also the related -- also the design actually when we go out to get an engineering firm to design the project.
that also is exempt from environmental review.
so again in the backup there is a form that we need the judge to sign that says that you are authorizing that exemption from the environmental review.
>> I move approval.
>> second.
>> what we're asking for covers part of the -- not all of the it.
>> correct.
it's only related to the activities.
it's $91,000 and it is specifically related to only the costs that are allowable to be exempt.
what will happen during this time frame is that once we engage a design consultant, part of their responsibility will be to complete an environmental review at the appropriate level and then we'll come back to court and have you certificate that report, and then it will release all of the rest of the money.
for construction.
>> and I guess part of that motion is also authorize the judge to sign.
>> correct.
>> so with that addition to the original motion.
>> okay.
any more discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
thank you.
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