The City of Houston City Council approved an ordinance appropriating $8,703,990.00 from the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund. This funding is for a Professional Engineering Services Contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the Capacity Remedial Measures Plan (CRMP) CIP Package 1 (CD Area 2 & 3). This project is part of the Capital Improvement Plan and is essential for developing and providing mitigation recommendations for CRMP to maintain compliance with Houston's wastewater consent decree with the EPA and TCEQ. The scope involves improvements to the Wastewater Collection and Transmission System to reduce sanitary sewer overflows. The project includes Phase I (Preliminary Design), Phase II (Final Design), and Phase III (Construction Phase Services), with total basic services appropriation of $5,918,259.00 and additional services appropriation of $2,371,255.25. The total cost includes $8,289,514.25 for contract services and $414,475.75 for CIP Cost Recovery. The contract requires compliance with the City's 'Pay or Play' ordinance, and the consultant proposed a 26.05% M/WBE plan.