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DPU081225NORTHOVERWETLANDMITIGATION
Water Treatment
Jake Goetz (x2309)
Revised
Title
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 mitiga...
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