Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Metropolitan Environmental Services, Inc. for the Clover Groff Stream Restoration Phase 3.
Background: This Phase 3 project addresses the final segment of the impaired ditch and its confluence with Hellbranch Run. The work will restore 0.55 miles (2,900 l.f.) of Clover Groff ditch to Warm Water Habitat. Utilizing natural channel design, the entrenched polluted ditch, along with two small tributaries, will be converted back to a functioning stream, with a floodplain, sinuous channel, coarse substrate, and riffle/run/pool flow character. Upon completion of this phase, over 40% of the entire Clover Groff stream will have been restored by Recreation and Parks.
The Clover Groff ditch represents one of the worst headwaters of the Big Darby Creek, nationally noted for its exceptional water quality. During the past 6 years, Recreation and Parks has applied for and received over $ 3 million in funding from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Resource Restoration Sponsorship Program (WRRSP) for the restoration of over 2.25 miles of the Clover Groff Ditch. The first two phases restored approximately 25% of the total length of the Clover Groff, and biological data during the past 4 years shows significantly improved water quality and aquatic life. In January, the Department was awarded $1.7 million in funding for a third phase from Broad Street to Alton Road.
The costs for this project will be $1,498,706.80 with a contingency of $150,000.00 for a total of $1,648,706.80. ...
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