SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize the acceptance of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Water Quality Improvement in the amount of $3,366,540.00 by approving the agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
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SUMMARY:
The City of Clearwater was allocated $3,366,540.00 for the 25-0024-UT Harbor Vista & Meadow Brook Septic to Sewer Expansion project that will be made available through a cost reimbursement grant.
With the award of $3,366,540.00 in reimbursement funds, the City proposes to expand sanitary sewer infrastructure to two residential areas identified as the top two priority areas in the Septic to Sewer Feasibility Study performed by Ardurra under the 19-0011-UT Wastewater Collection System Improvements Program. The total cost of design and construction of sanitary sewer infrastructure for the identified two priority areas is estimated at $3,740,600.00. The City of Clearwater’s Public Utilities Department will fund the total cost of $3,740,600.00 and then submit reimbursement requests for up to $3,366,540.00 from FDEP.
The expansion of sanitary sewer infrastructure is part of the Public Utilities Department’s effort to protect groundwater and natural resources, as well as providing residents with more reliable and environmentally responsible wastewater services.
The City of Clearwater’s Public Utilities Department is responsible for owning, operating, and maintaining the wastewater collection system including all gravity sewer, force main pipelines and manholes that convey raw sewage to the lift stations and/or City Water Reclamation Facilities.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Not Applicable
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
In furtherance of the Council’s Strategic Plan to achieve High Performing Government, supporting objective 1.2. The project also aligns with the City’s Strategic goals of Environmental Stewardship, supporting objective 4.2.
