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Home My WebLink About126-13 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 126-13 A RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR AN EPA REGION 6 WETLAND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANT IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $132,500.00 FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF CITY STREAMS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves applying for an EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant in an amount up to $132,500.00 for an assessment of City streams. PASSED and APPROVED this 4 h day of June, 2013. APPROVED: ATTEST: By By: ima-)— �OONELR:IOWIA'N, Mayor SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer I11/l,,,,6' TR�9 �,,�� FAYETTEVILLE;� y C-D City of Fayetteville Staff Review Form Sarah Wrede Submitted By City Council Agenda Items and Contracts, Leases or Agreements 6/4/2013 City Council Meeting Date Agenda Items Only Engineering Development Services Division Department Action Keguirea: A resolution to authorize the City to apply for 'Up to from the EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant for an Assessment of City Streams. $IU,500.60 /174/ $ 25,000.00 Cost of this request 4470.9470.5817.00 Account Number 02097 Project Number Budgeted Item 0 41CX-A Finance and Internal Services Director comments: $ 228,499.99 Stormwater Quality Mgmt/Nutrient Reduct Category / Project Budget $ 75,104.86 Funds Used to Date $ 153,395.13 Remaining Balance Budget Adjustment Attached Program Category / Project Name Bridge & Drainage Improvements Program / Project Category Name Sales Tax Capital Improvement Fund Name 17% I Previous Ordinance or Resolution # Date Original Contract Date: s-,�P- ( Original Contract Number: Date u. Date Received in City Clerk's Office Date ENT�iEQ Received in ate Mayor's Office Revised January 15, 2009 Z **447 ayle tFille ARKANSAS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENCE To: Mayor and City Council Thru: Don Marr, Chief of Staff Jeremy Pate, Development Services Director Chris Brown, City Engineer CA From: Sarah Wrede, Staff EngineeV-MtA% Date: May 17, 2013 Subject: Resolution to apply for EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant RECOMMENDATION: Engineering staff is seeking City Council approval of a resolution to authorize the City to apply for up to $132,500.00 from the EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant for an assessment of city streams. DISCUSSION: Understanding and assessing stream systems within our urban areas provides important information to help conserve our natural resources, protect water quality, and plan for urban development. The City of Fayetteville in partnership with the Watershed Conservation Resource Center, WCRC, proposes to develop an inventory of the riparian condition of selected streams. Proposed locations include Town Branch, Scull, Hamestring, Owl, and Clabber Creeks. The assessment will include development of streambank erosion prediction curves to estimate sediment and nutrient loadings from streambank erosion. The stream assessment will include an evaluation of streambanks showing signs of accelerated erosion and the condition of riparian areas and identification of wetland features and springs within the stream corridor. Data will be collected to evaluate streambank erosion rates to help identify sites in need of restoration. These unstable sites will be prioritized for restoration based on sediment and nutrient loadings, location, and threat to property and City infrastructure. Hamestring, Owl, and Clabber Creeks are located in the western side of Fayetteville, where there continues to be rapid growth. These three watersheds are part of the Illinois basin and encompass an area of approximately 14 square miles. Accelerated streambank erosion that threatens property and City infrastructure and contributes excessive loads of sediment and nutrients to the Illinois River watershed has been observed in this area. Also, exceptional natural features, such as wetlands, springs, remnant prairies, and hydric soils have been noted in these watersheds. Evaluation of the stream corridor within these watersheds can enhance planning efforts to preserve streams, wetlands, aquatic, and terrestrial habitat and help to minimize the impact of growth on existing ecosystems. The assessment will also help the City of Fayetteville to take actions to reduce the contribution of non -point source pollution to our stream systems and direct funding for streambank restoration to the most beneficial areas. The EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant is an annual grant for projects promoting research, training, demonstrations, and surveys relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. The application deadline is June 12, 2013. The Watershed Conservation Resource Center is assisting City staff in the preparation of the grant application. If the grant is awarded, City Council approval will be required. BUDGET IMPACT: The EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant is a 25/75 matching grant. The current project estimate is $180,000 which would result in a City cash match of $25,000. Currently, there is $153,395.13 in the Stormwater Quality Mgmt/Nutrient Reduct account that has been designated for use to fund projects that improve stormwater quality in the City of Fayetteville. This project will be paid for from these funds. RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR AN EPA REGION 6 WETLAND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANT IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $132,500.00 FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF CITY STREAMS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves applying for an EPA Region 6 Wetland Program Development Grant in an amount up to $132,500.00 for an assessment of City streams. PASSED and APPROVED this 4t' day of June, 2013. APPROVED: LIONELD JORDAN, Mayor ATTEST: LIMA SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer Federal Agency Name: US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 Funding Opportunity Title: FY13 and FY14 Region 06 Wetland Program Development Grants Announcement Type: Request for Proposals (RFP) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 66.461 Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-REG6-WPDG-2013/2014 Dates: Hard copy proposals must be received by the Agency Contact (see Section IV, PROPOSAL AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION, of this RFP) by 4:00 P.M. CDT June 12, 2013 Proposals submitted electronically through Grants.gov must be received by June 12, 2013 at 10:59 P.M. CDT. Late proposals will not be considered for funding. Questions about this RFP must be submitted in writing via e-mail and must be received by the Agency Contact identified in Section VII, AGENCY CONTACTS, before 4: 00 P.M June 6, 2013. Written responses to frequently asked or general questions will be posted on EPA's website at: www.epa.gov/region6/water/at/wetlands/index.htm. A full final application package is not required at this time. Following the EPA's evaluation ofproposals, all applicants will be notified regarding their status. Final application(s) will be requested from the eligible applicants whose proposal(s) have been preliminarily recommended for award. The applicants will be provided with instructions and a due date for submittal of the final application packages. Note to Applicants: If you name subawardees/subgrantees and/or contractor(s) in your proposal to assist you with the proposed project, pay careful attention to the information in Section II.C, CONTRACTS AND SUBA WARDS. SUMMARY Notice of Request for Proposals for Projects to be Funded from the Wetland Program Development Grants - Regional Allocation (CFDA 66.461 - Wetland Program Development Grants) Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) provide eligible applicants an opportunity to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. All proposals submitted under this RFP must be for projects that build or refine state/tribal/local government wetland programs. Implementation of wetland protection programs is not an eligible project under this announcement. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants to build or refine state/tribal/local government wetland programs as described in Section I, FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION, of this announcement. States, tribes, local government agencies, interstate agencies, and intertribal consortia are eligible to apply under this announcement, as further described herein. Universities that are agencies of a state government are eligible, but must include documentation demonstrating that they are chartered as part of a state government in the proposal submission. Non-profit organizations are not eligible to compete under this RFP. Under this announcement, as more fully explained in Section I, there will be two separate applicant tracks for eligible applicants. Eligible states and tribes are in Track One or Track Two, and eligible local governments, interstate agencies, intertribal consortia, and universities that are agencies of a state government are in Track Two. Applicants under each track will only compete for awards against other applicants in their track. See Section V for further information. RESOLUTION NO. i r A RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR AN EPA REGION 6 WETLAND PR GRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.00 FOR N ASSESSMENT OF CITY STREAMS r` .f BE IT RESOLVE BY THE CITY;' COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANS S: Section 1. That the City uncil of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves applying for an EPA Region 6 etland Program Development Grant in the amount of $100,000.00 for an assessment of Cit streams' PASSED and APPROVED this 4day of June, 2013. APPROVED: By: LIONELD JORDAN, W18-1 w NDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer