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File #:
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0944-2023
Version:
1
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Type:
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Ordinance
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Status:
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Passed
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On agenda:
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4/24/2023
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Final action:
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4/26/2023
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Title:
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to apply for, accept, and enter into up to thirty-seven (37) Water Supply Revolving Account Loan Agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority, during the Program Year 2024, for the construction of water distribution and supply system improvements; and to designate a repayment source for the loans.
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Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation is required by Ohio EPA to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute up to thirty-seven (37) Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) Loan Agreements totaling approximately $219 million, for construction of up to thirty-seven (37) water system projects as identified in Section 1, under the direction of the Division of Water (DOW). These Capital Improvements Projects have been nominated and await OEPA’s approval for financing through the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) program in Program Year 2024, which runs from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. This loan program is jointly administered by the Ohio EPA’s Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance (DEFA) and the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). The WSRLA program provides below-market interest rate loans for municipal water system improvements.
FISCAL IMPACT: All applicable Loan Administration Fees will be rolled into each loan upon execution of the Loan Agreements. These WSRLA loans will be paid off over a 20-year period from water service fees (the dedicated source of repayment). Water service rate increases have been projected and planned in anticipation of these projects and loans.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to apply for, accept, and enter into up to thirty-seven (37) Water Supply Revolving Account Loan Agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority, during the Program Year 2024, for the construction of water distribution and supply system improvements; and to designate a repayment source for the loans.
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WHEREAS, in the Program Year 2024 the Department of Public Utilities is scheduled to prepare Loan Applications for submittal to the Ohio EPA under the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) program to finance the construction of up to thirty-seven Capital Improvements Projects under the direction of the Division of Water, the financial assistance for which may be of assistance in reducing total project costs to the City’s water rate payers; and
WHEREAS, the low-interest loans will be applied for based upon the availability of funds through the Ohio EPA’s WSRLA program and executed upon approval by Ohio EPA of the Loan Applications; and,
WHEREAS, the WSRLA Loan Application and Loan Agreement documents require the City to submit to the Ohio EPA a certified copy of approved City Council legislation authorizing the Director of the Public Utilities Department to apply for and subsequently execute the WSRLA agreement(s); and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Director to apply for, accept, and enter into up to thirty-seven (37) Water Supply Revolving Account Loan Agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority; Now Therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is authorized to apply for, accept, and enter into up to thirty-seven (37) Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Loan Agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and administered by the Ohio Water Development Authority to finance for up to thirty-seven (37) Division of Water projects, based upon the availability of funds through the Ohio EPA’s Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) program and the Agency’s approval, as described, with the “not to exceed” loan funded project costs listed, as follows:
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1 |
690236-100102 |
Aragon Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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2 |
690236-100120 |
Newton/Bedford Area Water Line Improvements |
$1,000,000.00 |
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3 |
690236-100122 |
Miller Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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4 |
690236-100123 |
Roosevelt Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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5 |
690236-100125 |
Riverview Drive Area water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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6 |
690236-100126 |
Sawmill Place Blvd. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100127 |
Wellington Blvd. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100128 |
Lee Ellen Place Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100129 |
Bluefield Drive Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100130 |
Clearview Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100131 |
Atlanta Drive Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100132 |
Elizabeth Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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690236-100133 |
Lexington avenue Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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14 |
690236-100134 |
Jermain Drive Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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15 |
690236-100135 |
Heyl Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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16 |
690236-100136 |
Athens Ave. & Rumsey Rd. Area Water Line Imps |
$5,000,000.00 |
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17 |
690236-100137 |
Kenwick Road Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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18 |
690236-100138 |
Velma Ave. Area Water Line Improvements |
$5,000,000.00 |
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19 |
690236-100143 |
Eureka/Fremont Area Water Line Improvements |
$3,000,000.00 |
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20 |
690236-100144 |
Kent/Fairwood Area Water Line Improvements |
$2,000,000.00 |
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690236-100145 |
Palmetto/Westgate Area Water Line Improvements |
$4,000,000.00 |
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690236-100157 |
N. Sixth St. & E. Third Ave. Water Line Improvements |
$1,000,000.00 |
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690236-100159 |
5th x NW - Edgehill/Meadow Water Line Imps |
$2,000,000.00 |
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24 |
690236-100175 |
Lead Service Line Replacement |
$6,500,000.00 |
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25 |
690291-100002 |
PAWP Lime Slaker & Soda Ash Feeder Replacement |
$15,000,000.00 |
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26 |
690291-100003 |
PAWP Control Room Renovations |
$2,000,000.00 |
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27 |
690291-100005 |
PAWP Laboratory Renovations |
$3,500,000.00 |
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28 |
690487-100000 |
PAWP Hypochlorite Disinfection Improvements |
$28,000,000.00 |
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29 |
690523-100000 |
DRWP Laboratory Upgrades |
$2,000,000.00 |
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30 |
690545-100000 |
HCWP Lime & Soda Ash Dust Collection System Imps |
$3,000,000.00 |
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31 |
690552-100000 |
HCWP Plant Drain & Water System Imps |
$9,500,000.00 |
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32 |
690552-100001 |
PAWP Plant Drain & Water System Imps |
$1,500,000.00 |
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33 |
690578-100000 |
DRWP Caustic Feed Improvements |
$1,500,000.00 |
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34 |
690580-100000 |
PAWP Wellfield Development |
$11,000,000.00 |
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35 |
690567-100000 |
DRWP Automation/SCADA Upgrades |
$4,000,000.00 |
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36 |
690600-100000 |
Fourth Water Plant DESIGN Mod. 1 (Preliminary Design) |
$11,000,000.00 |
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37 |
690600-100000 |
Fourth Water Plant DESIGN Mod. 2 (Detailed Design) |
$22,000,000.00 |
SECTION 2. That city water rate revenues are hereby authorized to be the dedicated source of repayment for the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loan(s).
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
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