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BY RACHEL LELAND
BY RACHEL LELAND
League City Police Department to apply for nearly $4M in grants
League City drainage systems to be improved League City City Council voted unanimously at its Jan. 13 meeting to award $3.2 million in contracts to improve the drainage system along FM 518 and South Wesley Drive. The details The contractor began work in January with a slated completion in July, according to city documents. City officials awarded the project, along with a work-change order to Houston-based Environ- mental Allies and approved a separate contract for construction material testing services to engineer- ing consultant Terracon Consultants, according to city documents. The funds for the project will be taken from the community development block grant and the 2020 Proposition A drainage bond program, according to city documents.
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Construction contract: $2,845,262 Work change order: $284,526 Construction materials testing services contract: $25,400
League City resident Kenneth Attocknie said he opposed the city’s involvement with Operation Lone Star and said he felt the city did not give the decision to partner with other agencies on immigration enforcement as much time for deliberation as other items, such as transportation projects. Attocknie referred to the city’s August decision to participate in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program, which enables local law enforcement agencies to partner with ICE to identify, process and detain noncitizens with criminal charges. Council member Chad Tressler addressed meeting attendees who were concerned about the city’s participation in the 287(g) program, and said that participating in the program allowed the city to ensure that enforcement in the city’s jurisdiction is carried out by the city’s police department, not other agencies.
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Total: $3.15M
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The League City Police Department will apply for several grants to fund law enforcement operations following approval to apply by League City City Council at its Jan. 27 meeting. If the grants are approved, it could add close to $4 million in funding, documents show. The $1 million border security grant funds may be used to provide personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, travel and training in support of Operation Lone Star activities, according to city documents. Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021 in what the state says is an effort to address illegal border crossings, human smuggling and drug trafficking.
League City Police Department grants The grants are offered through the state and can be used to fund the following operations up to the amount requested:
New land acquired for Grand Parkway League City City Council approved selling a 1.8-acre highway easement to the Texas Department of Transportation for nearly $319,000 at its Jan. 13 meeting, advancing the Grand Parkway extension. The overview The land, part of a 17-acre tract, currently serves as a detention pond. TxDOT and the city reached an agreement to protect drainage during construction.
FM 518 & Wesley Drive: phase 1 of drainage improvements
Vehicles used for event barricades: $2M
Border security: $1M
Drainage improvements
Gym equipment: $500K
Digital forensics capabilities: $147K Body-worn camera program: $58K
Total $3.6M
Crime victims assistance program: $25.2K
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SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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