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Response <br />r (not the <br />und the total <br />Comment <br />projects to help reduce repeat flooding. LONG-TERM REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE QUESTIONSA concern comes with the inclusion of an additional $50 million in the grant needs analysis for new <br /> infrastructure projects including the Blanco River river bypass project is still in exploration and would require environmental studies, right-of-way acquisition, regional partnerships <br /> to f$80+ million price, and a decade (or more) before it would become a reality. No substantial public discussion of this bypass project and its impact our river ecosystem has occurred, <br /> nor have any possible funding options, including bonds, havebeen publically explored. It has been highlighted that CDBG-DRcannot be used on an Army Corp of Engineer project such as <br /> the Blanco River bypass, and such a bypass would not have helped with the October 2016 flooding which occurred on the San Marcos RiveBlanco). There also exist questions if such a project <br /> could adequately handle the extremely large volumes of water in short times that mark the flood and not simply pass the flooding onto another neighboring community.These long-term regional <br /> projects may prove worthwhile. A $250,000 CDBG-DR allocation for planning seems reasonable for the COE Blanco Bypass project at this point. If the analysis and public discussion reveals <br /> a plan to move forward, regional partners should be able to put together a funding mechanism apart from any further CDBG-DR from this particular grant. The inclusion of this project <br /> as an unmet disaster need distorts the final grant allocation purpose of helping with damage from previous floods in the city limits of San Marcos. <br />Element <br />Source <br />Date <br /># <br /> <br />