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DPW031726BVWRPIPLOANSAPPLICATIONS
Water Reclamation
Andrew McClure (x7866)
Revised
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Expressing City Council’s support and authorizing the Mayor to prepare and submit applications for Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) loans through the OEPA Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance (DEFA) for design and construction projects related to the Bay View Water Reclamation Plant Improvement Project and to enter into and execute agreements as necessary and appropriate for obtaining this financial assistance; authorizing a dedicated source for repayment of said loans; authorizing a dedicated source for payment of any loan application fees; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
In 2025 the Water Reclamation Plant (Plant) began Phase I of the Bay View Water Reclamation Plant Improvement Project. This project is estimated to take approximately 15 years and will involve multiple projects throughout the Plant. This resolution is to provide the necessary approval to allow the Mayor to apply and enter into agreements for various loans to fund the project so that necessary deadlines can be met for the WPCLF loans through DEFA. This resolution also establishes a dedicated source of repayment for such loans.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That this Council supports the Mayor’s applications to the OEPA Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance for funds for the following described projects:
Reynolds Area Road Pump Station Renovation
Secondary Tunnel Repairs
Sludge Preconditioning Pilot Study
EQ Basin Flushing Gate and CSO Grit Mixing Systems
Access Control System
Secondary RAS Pump and Valve Replacement
Windermere Pump Station Renovation
Ten Small Pump Stations
Class B Storage Facility
Misc. Projects to Facilitate Plan Implementation
Arlington Sewer Replacement Phase 2
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to sign and submit applications and any documentation as may be necessary and appropriate for entering into WPCLF loan agreements upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Law.
SECTION 3. That subject to the projects described in Section 1 above being approved for loans, and future Council approval of the projects appropriation and expenditure, the dedicated source of repayment for said loan(s) shall be the unappropriated balance of the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund; however, that any loans for this project shall be subordinate to all of the City’s sanitary sewer revenue bonds.
SECTION 4. That subject to the projects described in Section 1 above being approved for loans, and future Council approval of the projects appropriation and expenditure, the dedicated source of payment of any loan application fee(s) shall be from the unappropriated balance of the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund.
SECTION 5. That this Resolution is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this Resolution is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason that this Resolution must be immediately effective in order to permit the timely submittal of loan applications for the above projects.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 10 nays 0.
Passed: March 17, 2026, as an emergency measure: yeas 7, nays 3.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Vanice S. Williams
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: March 20, 2026
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor