HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - 99/00 Neighborhood Improvement Project Funds for Clean Up of College Creek RESOLUTION NO. 00-401
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FROM
1999-2000 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS
FOR CLEAN UP OF THE CREEK BED ADJACENT
TO WILDER BOULEVARD DRAINAGE CULVERT
FOR THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA
WHEREAS,during discussion of the College Creek pollution problem in May,City Council
directed that a clean up of the Creek be carried out after the sources of pollution had been removed;
and,
WHEREAS,unused Neighborhood Improvement Grant monies were identified as a potential
funding source for this localized clean up; and,
WHEREAS,while investigating the situation in this Creek,Public Works staff determined that
an unacceptable amount of sludge and eroded sediment had accumulated on the upstream side of the
culvert carrying the Creek under Wilder Boulevard; ; and,
WHEREAS,arrangements were recently made to remove the sediment and re-shape the Creek
banks in this localized area at an estimated cost of$7,500; and,
WHEREAS, at the end of 1999/2000, there was $19,189 in unused Neighborhood
Improvement Grant monies left unused; and,
WHEREAS, a portion of that money could be used to pay for this work, and the unspent
balance could also be reserved until spring as a funding source for any further College Creek cleanup.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa, that
the expenditure of$7,500 from unused 1999/2000 Neighborhood Improvement Grant monies to clean
up and re-shape the Creek bed adjacent to the Wilder Boulevard culvert is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 22nd day of August, 2000.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
Introduced by: Cross
Seconded by: Hoffinan
Voting aye: Campbell, Cross, Goodhue, Hoffinan, Quirmbach, Wirth
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 22nd day of August, 2000.