Explanation
A. Need: This legislation is required of the City to execute six (6) Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) agreements with the Ohio EPA and the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). Three designated Sewerage and Drainage Division Projects, identified in Section 2., will serve as sponsoring projects for the WRRSP projects. These projects were nominated by the City and have received funding approval for Program Year 2005 through the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Program.
B. Emergency Designation: This authorizing legislation must be submitted to the Ohio EPA by January 28, 2005, or these will be subject to removal from funding consideration for Program Year 2005.
2. FISCAL IMPACT N/A
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute six (6) Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority; to designate three Division of Sewerage and Drainage projects as the sponsoring projects; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City has nominated six Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) projects and has designated three Division of Sewerage and Drainage project as the sponsoring project; and
WHEREAS, the Ohio EPA has informed the City that these six WRRSP projects have ranked within the funding range and/or contingency range and are listed on the priority list of the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Draft 2005 Program Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, this legislation must be approved and a certified copy must be submitted to the Ohio EPA by the close of business on January 28, 2005 therefore an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute these six Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program projects ...
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