HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Watershed Improvement Review Board funding request RESOLUTION NO. 08-287
RESOLUTION APPROVING FUNDING REQUEST
FROM WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT REVIEW BOARD
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,the Public Works Department,in partnership with Iowa State University(ISU)
Landscape Architecture scientists, has been awarded a grant from the Watershed Improvement
Review Board(WIRB) for improvements to College Creek; and,
WHEREAS,the grant titled"Establishing and Monitoring Stream Stabilization Practices for
Water Quality Enhancement" is in the amount of$304,335 over a three-year term; and,
WHEREAS, the water quality enhance goal of this project is to reduce sediment delivery
specifically from unstable streambanks and degrading stream channels on College Creek; and,
WHEREAS,this project will also redirect urban storm water run-off into engineered systems,
intercepting it from storm drains entering College Creek; and,
WHEREAS, the WIRB meets bi-annually to approve funding requests, and these requests
include partial allocation for expenses anticipated during the next six-month period.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the partial allocation of funds from the Watershed Improvement Review Board is hereby
approved.
ADOPTED THIS 8`' day of July, 2008.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Mahayni
Seconded by: Popken
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Popken
Voting nay: None Absent: Rice
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 8"day of July, 2008.