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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amendment to Grant Agreement for Squaw Creek Water Main Protection Project RESOLUTION NO. 15-513 RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO GRANT AGREEMENT FOR SQUAW CREEK WATER MAIN PROTECTION PROJECT (HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FLOOD MITIGATION) FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, following the flooding in 2010, Public Works staff submitted 11 projects for consideration under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's(FEMA)Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP); and, WHEREAS, nine of the projects were denied federal funding due to failure to achieve a benefit cost analysis greater than 1.0; and, WHEREAS, on June 26, 2012, City Council directed staff to continue pursuing federal funding for the Stuart Smith Park Bank Stabilization project, which has been named the Squaw Creek Water Main Protection project by Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department(HSEMD ); and, WHEREAS,included in the FY 2012-2017 Capital Improvements Plan(CIP)was a program entitled Flood Response and Mitigation Projects that included$820,000 in General Obligation Bonds and $325,000 in Storm Sewer Utility Funds; and, WHEREAS, the City hired an engineering consultant to complete the HMGP Drainage Project Application,which was completed and submitted for consideration in July 2012; and, WHEREAS, in September 2012, the City was notified that this project was considered stacked, which meant that the funding cap was reached by other projects for the certain disaster covering this project; and, WHEREAS, on May 26, 2015, the Council approved the grant agreement for Phase I that funds further analysis of the problem and the best proposed solution, including consideration of whether the existing low-head dam should be removed as part of the project; and, WHEREAS, through this agreement,FEMA funds 75%,the State funds 10%, and the City funds 15% of the cost of Phase I; and, WHEREAS, the original contract includes a completion date of September 30, 2015; and, WHEREAS, as part of the project,field data needs to be gathered, including on the existing low-head dam and Lincoln Way bridge; and, WHEREAS,Ames has been experiencing higher than normal rainfalls this summer resulting in the water elevations on Squaw Creek being too high to obtain this data; and, WHEREAS, this amendment to the Grant Agreement provides a time extension for the preliminary design analysis through November 30, 2015. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Grant Agreement Amendment with FEMA/Iowa Homeland Security to allow a time extension for the preliminary design analysis through November 30,2015,for Phase I of the Squaw Creek Water Main Protection Project is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 25`h day of August, 2015. A Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Goodman Seconded by: Betcher Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Goodman,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 25"'day of August, 2015.