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DPU081225NORTHOVERWETLANDMITIGATION
Water Treatment
Jake Goetz (x2309)
Revised
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $150,000 from the Water Replacement Fund for the purchase of wetland mitigation credits to offset development of the elevated storage tanks on Northover Rd.; authorizing the Mayor to award contracts for wetland mitigation credits; authorizing the Mayor to waive the competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187 for local watershed wetland mitigation credits; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Division of Water Treatment is currently finishing design of the Distribution System Improvements Project which will include the construction of four (4) elevated storage tanks in Toledo. These tanks will give Toledo’s water system increased resilience and performance, and the project is being monitored by Ohio EPA. Strategically selected sites have been identified for construction of the improvements such that interconnections can be made within the distribution system at the best locations to provide optimal hydraulic service. One such site of two (2) proposed elevated storage tanks is located on Northover Rd. This site currently has an area that was delineated as a wetland and in order to construct the proposed elevated storage tanks, wetland mitigation will be required per Ohio Revise Code Chapter 6111. The Division intends to purchase wetland mitigation credits from the single locally available, comparable wetland mitigation bank located at Pearson Metropark and administered through the Stream + Wetlands Foundation. For that, the Division is requesting a waiver of all competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the appropriation of $150,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Water Replacement Fund is authorized to Account Code 6063-32000-4UC2525STDSTD for the purchase of wetland mitigation credits for the construction of the Northover Rd. elevated water storage tanks; and the expenditure of the same is authorized.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to enter in to contracts for wetland mitigation credits to offset construction of the Northover Rd. elevated water storage tanks, upon terms and conditions approved by the Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Law.
SECTION 3. That this Council finds and determines it is in the best interest of the City to waive all competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that The Pearson Metropark Wetland Mitigation Bank has been identified as the only wetland mitigation bank currently available within the watershed with the appropriate wetland types available for purchase and is administered by the Stream + Wetland Foundation.
SECTION 4. That the Finance Director is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against the Account Code listed in Section 1 in the amount of $150,000 in payment of the above authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That the disappropriation of any remaining budget to fund balance is authorized at project closeout.
SECTION 6. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to facilitate the wetland mitigation credits to offset the construction of the Northover Rd. elevated water storage tanks.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council