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Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7 2020 NTRCA Presentation

• Jim Grotte, Chairman • Cindy Picazo, Vice-Chairman FBCLID 7 Board • Gerald Kazmierczak, Secretary of Directors • Jeff Hanig, Assistant Secretary • Michael Pincomb, Director

• Schwartz Page Harding, LLP – Attorney • LJA, Inc. – Engineer • Levee Management System – Operator • Myrtle Cruz, Inc. – Bookkeeper FBCLID 7 – Key • Masterson Advisors – Financial Advisor Consultants • AECOM – Brazos River Erosion Control Project Design Engineer • Mike Stone Associates – Global Project Management • Touchstone District Services – District Communications

Projects • Brazos River Erosion Control Project • External Discharge Channel Erosion Control • Pumping Station Expansion Agenda • Detention • North Levee Closure Costs Timing Q&A

Fort Bend LID 7

30% design nearing completion (AECOM) Brazos US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) River permit approval expected in next 30 days Erosion 75% FEMA project reimbursement Control awarded (approx. $45M) Project Fort Bend LID 7 is the first county entity to tackle a project on the Brazos

Brazos River Erosion Control Design

Award design TDEM / FEMA Start Construction Timing contract design review construction complete and approval Brazos River Project June 2020 Dec. 2020 July 2021 Nov. 2022

• Erosion control project • Outlet channel to Brazos River External Discharge • Natural design qualifies for 80% cost reimbursement Channel Erosion Grant Funding Construction Construction Control approved Contract Awarded Complete October 2019 February 2020 2020

External Channel Project Site

Study required for detention and pumpage expansions Facilitates scenario modeling for Internal detention and pumpage expansions Drainage Generates models showing water Study elevations during extreme rainfall events Scenarios based on ‘Atlas 14’ 10 - and 100- year rainfall studies (FEMA standard)

Harvey High Water Map

• Increase pumping capacity by an additional 210,000 GPM • Designed for better maintainability • Accounts for increased automation to reduce need for on-site personnel Pump Station Expansion Design Approval Design Complete Construction Begins March 2020 End of Year 2020 2021

Pump Station Expansion Preliminary Design

Short-term storage during peak events Gives pumps time to catchup Detention Several options under consideration Probably to include multiple sites

North Levee Enclosure Proposed South of 90A from 359 to Pitts Road Regional Levee Proposed Smith South 90A from Pitts Road to New Territory Ranch Levee If constructed: Levee would protect LID 7 North Side Make any improvements made by LID 7 obsolete Working with County to protect 99/90A intersection from flooding due to Bull Head Slough

• External Discharge Outfall Channel $ 4M • Increased Stormwater Pumping Capacity Flood $13M Protection • Increased Stormwater Detention $14M Projects • Brazos River Erosion Control Project $60M • North Levee Closure TBD Total $91M

GOAL IS TO FUND ALL PROJECTS WITH 2019 TAX RATE OF $0.43 Tax Rate $91M – TOTAL PROJECT COSTS Impact SEEKING ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE FUNDING (SB 7)

Year Debt Maintenance Total Tax Service Tax Rate Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate 2019 $0.18 $0.25 $ 0.430 History 2018 $0.18 $0.14 $ 0.320 2017 $0.10 $0.22 $ 0.320 2016 $0.14 $0.085 $ 0.225

Q&A Think of a question on the drive home? Don’t worry! Reach out with your question on the FBCLID 7 website: www.fbclid7.com