Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the Director of Public Utilities to apply for, and if selected for award, accept and enter into a Surface Water Improvement Fund (SWIF) grant agreement through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Division of Surface Water. The total amount of the project cost is $82,860.00. The grant amount is $67,860.00 and the match amount provided by the Department of Public Utilities is $15,000.00. The match will be paid for via transfer from the Water Works Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund into the Water Grants Fund.
The Surface Water Improvement Fund (SWIF) Grant is administered by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. This grant will be used for the Hoover Boardwalk Parking Area Development Project. The proposed improvements include the development of a parking area with a pervious paver parking spaces as well as the removal, and native restoration, of existing gravel areas in close proximity to the waters of Hoover Reservoir and will include related activities to not only provide safer access to the Hoover Boardwalk, but to lessen the impact of stormwater runoff to the water quality of the City’s raw water source at that location.
2. EMERGENCY:
The grant application deadline is April 11, 2014 and the Department of Public Utilities is requesting City Council to deem this legislation an emergency measure to allow the Director to submit the application by the deadline and enter into the grant agreement as soon as possible upon award of the grant to expedite the project to take advantage of the construction season.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
A grant match amount of $15,000.00 will be paid by the Department of Public Utilities should the Department be awarded the grant. The $15,000.00 in match amount will come via transfer from the Water Works Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund into the Water Grants Fund. This Ordinance also requests the authority for the City Auditor to appropriate the proceeds of said grant for p...
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