Label
DPU071922LSLMAPPINGEXPANSION
Environmental Services
Abed Semaan (x3951)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the mayor to enter into and execute necessary agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) as granted through the Lead Service Line Inventory and Mapping Grant program; authorizing the mayor to accept and deposit grant proceeds in the amount of $50,000 into the Operation Grants Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of said grant proceeds for the Lead Service Line Mapping Expansion project; waiving all competitive bidding requirements of TMC 187; authorizing the mayor to execute a supplemental contract amendment with Blue Conduit in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for additional lead service line mapping services; and declaring an emergency
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 479-20 authorized acceptance of grant funds under the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's ("OEPA") Lead Service Line Inventory and Mapping Grant. The OEPA has offered the City of Toledo additional funding as an expansion of this program, and has invited the City to enter into another grant agreement for an amount up to $50,000 to be used for the Lead Service Line Mapping Expansion Project. This ordinance authorizes the mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate and expend an amount not to exceed $50,000 in grant proceeds.
Blue Conduit, the vendor currently working under contract with the City, as authorized under Ordinance 135-21, to create and map lead service lines, can continue its work under this Expansion which will avoid delays and expense in rebidding and retraining a potentially new vendor to do this Expansion work. Blue Conduit will model and map water service lines in the parts of Lucas County that are outside of Toledo's limits but are serviced by Toledo water. This legislation will authorize the mayor to execute the necessary supplemental contract amendment to extend Blue Conduit's contract with the City, authorize paying Blue Conduit an...
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