HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Partial allocation of funds from WIRB RESOLUTION NO. 09-009
RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FOR
PARTIAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM
WATERSHED IMPROVEMENTS 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 is in the amount of$304,335 over a three-year term,and the main area
of focus along College Creek will be from the west corporate limits to South Dakota Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, the water quality enhancement goal of this project is to reduce sediment
delivery, specially from unstable stream banks and degrading stream channels on College Creek;
and,
WHEREAS,on January 8,2008,the City Council approved the WIRB grant agreement;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 request for partial allocation of funds in the amount of $15,200 from the Watershed
Improvement Review Board is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 6t'day of January, 2009.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Rice
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Popken, Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 6"day of January, 2009.