Pearland - Friendswood Edition | February 2023

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1 Veterans Drive street drainage improvements were ranked as the No. 1 priority due to a high volume of citizen complaints and the age of the infrastructure. 2 , 10 , 11 , 12 All were included in the drainage projects due to heavy impact from Hurricane Harvey and repetitive home losses.

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The bond will be divided into four dierent propositions, including drainage, streets and sidewalks, parks, and public safety.

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STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 1 Veterans Drive: $10.9 million 2 Longwood Park: $4.8 million 3 Harkey Road: $22.9 million 4 Fite Road (Cullen Parkway to Harkey Road) : $11.6 million 5 Hateld Road: $4.6 million 6 E. Plum Street: $1.9 million 7 Isla Drive, N. Galveston Avenue, Cheryl Drive: $5.4 million 8 Fite Road (Harkey Road to McLean Road): $7.2 million 9 Wagon Trail Road : $1.4 million NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 10 Southwest quadrant of Old Town: $10.2 million 11 Shady Crest and Creek View subdivision: $14.4 million 12 Pine Hollow: $5.5 million 13 Tranquility Lakes detention pump station rehabilitation: $4.5 million 14 Shadow Creek Ranch cul-de-sac: $100,000 STREET PROPOSITION 15 Hughes Road widening and bridge: $10.7 million Concrete sidewalk gaps and replacement: $15.4 million PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSITION New re station:* $15.9 million PARKS PROPOSITION 16 Hickory Slough Sportsplex Phase 2:* $17.4 million 17 Independence Park Phase 2:* $16.3 million 48 6 MANVEL

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SOURCE: CITY OF PEARLANDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

The top priority item on the list of 14 projects is drainage improvements to Veterans Drive from Walnut Street to Mary’s Creek, costing $10.9 million. This project was prioritized highest because the sec- ond place project—improvements to the Southwest quadrant of Old Town— is dependent on improve- ments to Veterans happening rst. The $10.2 million Old Town project will take place from McLean Road to Hwy. 35, south of Broadway Street, and is a high priority item due to repetitive home losses and citizen complaints. The Shady Crest and Creek View subdivi- sion and Longwood Estates roadside ditch projects are ranked close behind while facing similar issue. Thompson said he learned in a conversation with the city’s Financial Adviser John Robuck that drain- age bonds typically pass in Texas and that he expects it to be successful with voters. He said he believes the city’s litany of ooding issues in recent years, such as with Hurricane Harvey, will likely bring vot- ers to be supportive of the items. The Texas General Land Oce will also fund $14 million worth of drainage improvements regard- less of whether or not the bond is approved by voters. The projects include improvements to the Hickory Creek and Garden Acre subdivisions. “We’ve got to make sure we get out there and let

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about 8%, showed up to vote on the bond that year. “All we want people to do is vote, you know, for or against,” Lee said. “We want them to be able to be informed and to get out there and vote.” Drainage improvements The 14 drainage projects included in the bond were ranked by priority with a number of factors, some with more weight than others, totaling a cost of $105.5 million for only the drainage items. The factors included Hurricane Harvey’s impact, repetitive loss of homes, whether the home was in the 100- or 500-year ood plain, and age of infrastructure, to name a few. Seth Thompson, who served as chair of the Citizens Drainage Bond Advisory Committee, said the age of infrastructure was given more weight in determining which projects to fund since some areas have been waiting for an update since 1965. “Some of the older neighborhoods, their project might not have huge detriment and might not have a lot of losses or home losses, ... but it’s still a proj- ect that has ooding or issues to the citizens, and they’ve just been waiting forever,” he said.

*THESE PROJECTS WILL BRING RECURRING COSTS FOR THE CITY’S GENERAL FUND IN FUTURE YEARS.

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