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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amendment to Grant Agreement for Squaw Creek Water Main Protection Project - Phase 2 RESOLUTION NO. 17-133 RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO IOWA HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT PERTAINING TO SQUAW CREEK WATER MAIN PROTECTION PROJECT, PHASE 2 FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, Included in the 2012-2017 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) was a program entitled Flood Response and Mitigation Projects that funded by $820,000 in General Obligation Bonds and$325,000 in Storm Sewer Utility Funds; and, WHEREAS, portions of this funding were used on a flood mitigation project in Northridge Subdivision/Moore Memorial Park and for bank stabilization near Utah Drive and at another location near North Riverside; and, WHEREAS, those three projects are now complete, and the two remaining projects in this CIP program are the Trail Ridge Landslide project and the Squaw Creek Water Main Protection project(this project); and, WHEREAS, unspent local funding totaling $628,737 has been carried forward for these projects through budget amendments; and, WHEREAS, on March 22, 2016, the City Council approved a Grant Agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department (HSEMD) for Phase 2 of the City of Ames, Squaw Creek Water Main Protection Project; and, WHEREAS, under this agreement, FEMA and the State of Iowa will pay up to $571,370 (85%) for this project, with the City contributing$100,830 (15%); and, WHEREAS, the alternative recommended in the October 2015 Phase I report to progress toward Phase 2 (construction) is based on a stream restoration approach utilizing integrated/bioengineering techniques; and, WHEREAS, attempts were made during the design to ensure that construction could begin on October 1, 2016; on September 13, 2016, the Council awarded construction of the Squaw Creek Water Main Protection Project to Peterson Contractors, Inc., ofReinbeck, Iowa, and this would have allowed construction to begin in early October as planned; and, WHEREAS, revetment material was not available until December 2, 2016, which is when work at the project site commenced; and, WHEREAS, by late December, however, temperatures dropped and several inches of frost set into the ground; and, WHEREAS, all of the major construction has been completed; remaining items include fine grading, placement of topsoil in some areas, seeding, installation of erosion control measures and clean-up; these remaining items are best to be completed as temperatures warm; and, WHEREAS, considering the schedule, weather and material availability issues (which were beyond the control of the City or contractor, the City requested a time extension beyond the April 2, 2017, date to complete the finish grading, seeding, erosion control, and project clean-up later this spring; and, WHEREAS, FENMowa Homeland Security have granted an extension to the performance period through September 14, 2017. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the amendment to the Grant Agreement with FEMA/Iowa Homeland Security for Phase 2 of the City of Ames Squaw Creek Water Main Protection Project, extending the approved performance period to September 14, 2017, is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 28th day of March, 2017. C R `1� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Orazem Seconded by: Betcher Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28t" day of March, 2017.