HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Partial funding request from WIRB RESOLUTION NO. 09-307
RESOLUTION APPROVING PARTIAL 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 is in the amount of$304,335 for 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 Council approved the WIRB grant agreement,and the
WIRB meets biannually to approve funding requests; and,
WHEREAS,these funding 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 from the Watershed Improvement Review Board in
the amount of$118,107 is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 14`h day of July, 2009.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Popken
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Popken, Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 14`" day of July, 2009.