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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIS 2021-10-11 Item 2A - Grant Application - Surface Water Fund: Stormwater Management Action PlanCity of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor Public Works Department - Hari Ponnekanti, Director/City Engineer INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Transportation and Infrastructure Services Committee FROM: Hari Ponnekanti, Public Works Director/ City Engineer BY: Sherry Edquid, Levee Project Manager CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: October 8, 2021 SUBJECT: Surface Water Fund — Stormwater Management Action Plan Project No. 99341210 and 8214120 Department of Ecology Water Quality Grant Application ISSUE Authorize the submittal of a grant application to the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) Water Quality Combined Funding Program to fund a portion of the Stormwater Management Action Plan (SMAP). BACKGROUND In August 2019, DOE issued an update to the NPDES Permit for Phase II Municipalities. Under this permit the City is required to prepare a SMAP to identify approaches that accommodate development while preventing water quality degradation and/or improving water quality conditions harmed by past developments. DISCUSSION DOE is currently seeking applications for its Water Quality Combined Funding Program for State Fiscal Year 2023. The City's SMAP is eligible for funding through this granting agency. Grant applications are due by October 15, 2021, with funding allocated in early 2022. FISCAL IMPACT A preliminary cost estimate for $366,000 has been prepared to develop the SMAP. The City has existing funds for this project but seeks to request $50,000 to supplement the existing budget. The grant application indicates that a 15% local city match, or $7,500, for hardship projects, for which the City of Tukwila qualifies (as opposed to a 25% match for non -hardship projects). Hardship projects are for cities with populations of less than 25,000 and the Median Household Income (MHI) is less than 80% of the State's. Matching funds will be drawn from the Surface Water 412 Fund and fall within the project budget. Grant Award City Leverage $308,500 Required Match 7,500 DOE Grant 50,000 Total $366,000 Project Budget $366,000 RECOMMENDATION Committee approval is being requested to apply to the Department of Ecology for its Water Quality Combined Funding Program for State Fiscal Year 2023 and permission to seek out and apply for future grant funding opportunities to fund this NPDES effort. Attachment: 2021-2026 CIP Pg. 88 1 CITY OF TUKWILA CAPITAL PROJECT SUMMARY 2021 to 2026 PROJECT: Surface Water Comprehensive Plan Project No. 82141202 Periodically revise and update the adopted Surface Water Comprehensive Plan to: 1) Incorporate the latest DESCRIPTION: requirements of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Endangered Species Act (ESA); 2) Update Capital Improvement Projects to reflect current needs and completed projects; 3) Include GIS based basin and system maps as they become available; and 4) Revise Storm Water ordinance as needed. JUSTIFICATION: The latest requirements from regulatory agencies as well as newly identified City needs must be included in a regularly updated Surface Water Comprehensive Plan. STATUS: The Surface Water Comprehensive Plan was completed in 2003 and updated in 2013. Future updates are planned on a 7 -year cycle with the next update in 2021. MAI NT. IMPACT: COMMENT: FINANCIAL Through Estimated (in $000's) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 BEYOND TOTAL EXPENSES Design 163 200 250 613 Land (R/W) 0 Const. Mgmt. 0 Construction 0 TOTAL EXPENSES 163 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 250 613 FUND SOURCES Awarded Grant 0 Proposed Grant 0 Mitigation Actual 0 Mitigation Expected 0 Utility Revenue 163 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 250 613 TOTAL SOURCES 163 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 250 613 Project Location: Entire System 2021 - 2026 Capital Improvement Program 88 2