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May 18, 2009
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Agenda
Item No. 15 Roll
Call No. 09- Communication No. 09-346 Submitted by:
William
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Authorization
to submit CDBG Disaster Recovery Infrastructure Applications to the Iowa
Department of Economic Development.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend authorization to submit four CDBG Disaster
Recovery Infrastructure Applications to the Iowa Department of Economic
Development for the construction of three infrastructure
projects for the long-term recovery and restoration of damage done from the
June 2008 flood.
FISCAL
IMPACT:
Amount: $20,188,500
Funding Source: Various funding sources as follows:
- $16,600,000 - CBDG Infrastructure Grant funds,
- $3,150,000 - 2009-2010 CIP, Page Storm
Water-4, City-wide Storm Water Utility Projects, STE057, Storm Water
Utility Funds,
- $438,500
- 2009-10 CIP, Page Sanitary-5, SAE054, City-wide Sanitary Sewer, Sanitary Sewer Revenue Funds.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
In
the summer of 2008, there was extensive damage across
The
first selection of projects considered any project submitted by an authorized
agency to the Department by February 18, 2009.
The Jump Start program had $15.75 million in CBDG funds for
Infrastructure Assistance to allocate state-wide with a $2.5 million limit per
project. Previously the City of Des
Moines has received approximately 2% of the state-wide Housing and Small
Business Assistance. The infrastructure
projects were considered individually and not distributed on a percentage
basis; however, as reference, if the infrastructure dollars had been
distributed in a percentage allocation, the City of
On
February 9, 2009, under Roll Call Number 09-230, the City Council authorized
submittal of four project applications under the Infrastructure Assistance
Program. The projects were identified as
those being the most competitive in the grant selection criteria. Important criteria considered were the direct
relationship of the project to the 2008 disaster, threat to health, safety, or
welfare, benefit to low and moderate income persons and burden associated to
the same group if local revenue was used to accomplish the project, and the
ability to construct the projects quickly.
Three of the four projects
submitted were selected for funding, and the City of
·
Contract Number 08-DRI-005 in the amount
of $2,500,000 for Five Storm Water Pump Stations in the Birdland and Central
Place Areas
·
Contract Number 08-DRI-006 in the amount
of $2,000,000 for Livingston Avenue Storm Sewer System Lining
·
Contract Number 08-DRI-007 in the amount
of $1,200,000 for Lining of the Sanitary Sewers in the Eastern Portion of the
Highland Hills Sanitary Sewer Subsystem which will be presented for City
Council consideration on the May 18, 2009 agenda.
The
State of
Staff
has prepared four additional project applications for submission under the
Infrastructure Assistance Program. These
additional projects proposed were identified as being competitive in the grant
selection criteria. The additional four
project applications proposed for submittal are as follows:
1.
$5,000,000 of
the estimated $6,100,000 for construction of the proposed Court Avenue - Water
Street Sewer Separation Project. This project will separate the combined storm
water and sanitary sewer system in the Downtown area and construct a storm
water pump station to discharge storm water to the
- $5,000,000 of the estimated
$5,400,000 for construction of the proposed Jackson Basin Pump Station. The
improvement would construct a permanent pumping facility and enlarge the
existing strom water basin at the outlet of Crawford Creek to the
- $1,600,000 for the proposed 33rd Street Sewer Separation Project. The
project would be the construction of 70 feet of 42-inch storm sewer, 1,250
feet of 24-inch storm sewer, 290 feet of 21-inch storm sewer, 350 feet of
18-inch sewer, 700 feet of 15-inch storm sewer, 610 feet of 10-inch
sanitary sewer and 1,020 feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer in an area
generally bounded on the North by University Avenue, on the East by 31st
Street, on the South by Woodland Avenue, and on the West by 42nd Street,
which has a total service area of approximately 220 acres in Des Moines,
Iowa. The sewers in the area of the
proposed improvements were installed nearly 100 years ago and were built
to a standard that is no longer acceptable. The heavy rainfalls that occurred during
2008 caused the sewer system in this area to become overloaded and this
caused sewers to surcharge resulting in numerous basement backups in the
low lying portions of the sewer service area. The City of
- $5,000,000 funding request
for the proposed Lower Union Sewer
Separation Project. The project
would be the construction of 6,000 feet of storm sewer, and several
hundred feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer in an area generally bounded on the
North by Thompson and E Sheidan Avenues, on the East by E 15th Street and
Glenbrook Drive, on the South by E University Avenue, and on the West by
the Des Moines River, which has a total service area of approximately 470
acres, in Des Moines, Iowa. The
sewers in the area of the proposed improvements were installed nearly 100
years ago and were built to a standard that is no longer acceptable. The heavy rainfalls that occurred during
2008 caused the sewer system in this area to become overloaded and this
caused sewers to surcharge resulting in numerous basement backups in the
low lying portions of the sewer service area. The City of
The
design and construction phase services for these proposed projects will be paid
with sanitary and storm water utility fees.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S):
Date: February 9, 2009
Roll Call Number: 09-230
Action: Submission of four (4) CDBG Disaster
Recovery Infrastructure Applications to the Iowa Department of Economic
Development. (Council Communication No. 09-063) Moved by Kiernan to
adopt. Motion Carried 6-1.
Absent: Cownie.
Action: Approving
Jumpstart Small Business Assistance Program Grant Agreement. Sponsor: Mahaffey.
(Council
Communication No. 08-627) Moved by Mahaffey to approve. Motion Carried 6-1. Absent:
Cownie.
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S): NONE
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS:
Acceptance of
Grant and normal Council actions for bidding and construction of approved
projects.