The Houston City Council approved a professional engineering services contract with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. for hazard mitigation at the Kingwood West Wastewater Treatment Plant. The ordinance appropriates $4,554,212.25 from the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for the project. The project involves the design of electrical, mechanical, structural, process, and piping improvements to ensure compliance with the city's wastewater consent decree with the EPA and TCEQ. The total cost includes $4,337,345.00 for contract services and $216,867.25 for CIP Cost Recovery. The contract has a 26.01% M/WBE participation rate.