Mayor Betsy Price's letter to Trump's budget office

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by  Fort Worth mayor's office

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Direetor Mik Mulvaney
Office of Management and Rusget
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1650 Pennsyivanis Ave NW
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"hank you Fr taking the time to belly disuse the Cena City Plaed Conmal Peojee< (Central City}! Teuity
[River Vision Flood Control Project TRY Project in Hort Weuth, Tens. Dating our phone conversatinn and my
sulsequea meeting sth Mr, Ter. | promised te provi w specific eos breakdown of the Cental Cy peace,
thar speiteally lays cuts roster flood enna elentent,

‘The TRY Project is partnership between loal, sae and fedeval panei, but is venleed on the ctitieal flood.
omtrot project known asthe Cental City Flood Control Prejost (Ceatral Cit} hy tho U8, Army Coms of|
Euginesrs(LSACH). The Cental City projeet originated dea aod sk marageitent project heeance the Fost
‘Worn Federal Flocdheay aa longer conics with he arignel fedemd lovee design requirements, The Central
City authorized project i erteal for eur commun to sestore the level of protection ailorized for the Fim
‘Wer Roderal Floedsey

After our meeting with Mr. Her, | met wich Colonel Kennsth N. Reed: District Commander U.S, Army Compsat
Engineers ort Worth Distivt. Our disenssion fseused om the eition matce of completing the Cental Cite
pisjeet for flood consol pronetion sud management forthe City of Post Wanh, Col. Reed dicted his staf to
Provide my elfce wih specfie costs an the nes exieal aspects af the Central City projet

‘Based on te cast breakdowns ws received fran the USACE - Fort Worth District the total request uo fund Lie
‘onplete flood preection projet is $465.285,925 million. Llowever, eonstucting die Flood Channsl Bypass
Chanel isthe mos erties! aspect othe Central City prajccrand has be langost nerenional beset densified in
this project. ‘Tis component will pots approximately 2,000 ational acres of existing Fort Werth

Deighbosiods, The total request for funding the Flood ChanaelBy pass Channel is $249,609,778 millon

(Col, Ree and his staff tk the Flovdl ChannelBypsss Chanel lll pryjset and broke into $50 millon
inerementa requests broken dnwn in sequential ver ty ise ecnstrsted aeconding tothe project phasing pla ik
the enler skew in the table allached. (See Kui fj A map isa attached tha inclades the phasing of the
Irajest (See Exhibit 2). Package UPhase | is [ar Chanel Sopment B (North Bypass Channel a ost of 850
anion, and sconld provide immediate Nood protection fur local loeding events, Channel Sepinea is eunsnely
460) peroent designed ulizing she FY7016 funds

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BETSY PRICE, MAYOR, —
‘Or pactuership local partners now foals $318 million w dat, neha the 1 min atilred foc the Wire
Selilement, Main Strect snc Flenderson Steet Urges currently under constuction. ‘Ihe local agencies have
comn:ted over S4N6 million of lel public dollars based en the mmizaent and authurieation atthe Cental
City project ty eum through for Fort Wore, Our ln! collars uve bee in service tthe LSACE'S delivery of
{he Centr! Ciey projet inchuting, property acquisitions, envionmieital eleanvip, aly nlosaton a bride
eonstiuctian. The hardship te the community if he L-SACE is not ale to deliver to Flood Chunnsl Hypa
(Channel cannot he overstated,

Fully it is imperative thaethe USACE complots te Flow Channel:Bypass Channel o praise the over 2.000
sazres 0 iva conga protections and alloy our local entities to wove fnrenrd wi leveraging, private invest,
‘Auy economie doveloprient goals within the [RV Proje munt he saried vat hy private i
part of the USACE Central City projet.

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Again, we appreciate your time and attention to this sus, 1 ean provide any additonal information, pk
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Sincerely, —

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dim Hera, ssocite Director tor Natural Resourses, Enerey and Seienoe al White Hous Ofice of Management
nd Budget

Doug Hoslscher. Special Assistant co the President and Deputy rector of Intergovernmontal Alfie
Steve Pinkos, Senior Advisur, Office of the Vice President

US. Senator John Cornyn, Texas

US, Congresswoman Kay Granger, Texas, (Ded

US. Congressiuan Mare Veazey, Tents, CD32