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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-234.docJUNE 23, 2009 09 -234 RESOLUTION (CARRIED 7 -0 LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN ) PURPOSE: APPROVE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE WISCONSIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT FUND / CLEAN WATER FUND PROGRAM FOR STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS INITIATED BY: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh owns and operates storm water and wastewater systems (the "Systems ") as public utilities; and WHEREAS, the City plans to construct improvements to the storm water and wastewater facilities in the system (the "Projects "); and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a municipal corporation, to file several applications for state financial assistance for its storm water and wastewater facilities under the Wisconsin Environmental Improvement Fund (ss. 281.58, 281.60, and 281.61, Wis. Stats.) ; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to designate a representative forfiling said applications; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOVLED, by the Common Council of the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that the City Manager is hereby appointed as the authorized representative for the City of Oshkosh, for the purpose of filing these applications, and that the representative is further authorized and empowered to do all things necessary in connection with said applications. HKO1H ( 0 ON THE WATER ►T -W [137_V =ilu1 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council FROM: James Rabe, P.E., CPESC, Civil Engineer II DATE: June 18, 2009 RE: Application for Clean Water Fund Loan /Grant for the Oakwood Road Storm Water Management Facility BACKGROUND The City of Oshkosh recently completed a City Wide Storm Water Management Plan to serve as a roadmap to complying with the Department of Natural Resources General Permit for Municipal Storm Water Discharges. This plan and the Sawyer Creek Storm Water Management Plan have identified the South Oakwood Road Storm Water Facility as a site to provide management of the runoff generated within the watershed. Staff are currently working on the completion of all the forms necessary to submit the application to the Department of Natural Resources. ANALYSIS The Clean Water Fund Program provides financial assistance for eligible projects in the form of subsidized interest rates. In this funding cycle, additional stimulus money is available and some projects will have portions of principal forgiven (receive partial grants). The final determination on grant funding will be made sometime after the application deadline which is June 30 As part of the application process, the Department of Natural Resources requires that the governing body authorize a representative be designated for signing the Financial Assistance Application and declare its intent to reimburse funds on hand used on an interim basis until the long term financing is received from the program. FISCAL IMPACT Funding this project through the Clean Water Fund will provide a reduced the interest rate on borrowed funds and provides the potential for a portion of the principal to be forgiven (as a grant). RECOMMENDATIONS I recommend that the resolutions for Authorized Representative (naming the City Manager as the Authorized Representative) and Intent to Reimburse (utilize Clean Water Fund Program money to reimburse the Storm Water Utility for funds expended) be approved so the Clean Water Fund Financial Assistance Application can be completed and submitted by the June 30, 2009. Respectfully Submitted, Approved: James Rabe, P.E., CPESC Mark Rohloff Civil Engineer II City Manager IAEngineering \Storm Water Information \Sawyer Creek Watershed \Oakwood Page 1 of 1 Rd Pond \CWFP Application\Council Memo 06- 18- 09.doc I g LL � y r aJ • � "�,' � C 2`� nag � •.'. .v nt • • 4 • • & CL a %. �. -��.� _ ^'t a "' .. ...x ,: •�o `u�*ta� ,e.ru..�w�fiJY':n:: { 3+6wus�uS &Y!m �9 1 3 , c "� x o wPN v :- (/, y ? 1 ® to � S t ga �a'�� ,, y �,.* �' L� 5�y I■l' fx @k 4 six v � � ` ��:" .. '. '�' � • ��@ tai x� � \ -'� � �, �'' �' � .' r a tr 1 w 3 r 1t D; 1. r • f ID 1 LL • 1 1 s , , 'at m' z ern NP $ w r x § s cu 0 cc YS CD �� RIM 1 t ` "{� R ' ,az x "�a�