TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: L. Eric Schoeny, P.E. Drainage and Underground Coordinator
DATE: October 14, 2013
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A resolution to amend the "Landscape Architecture Services Green Infrastructure Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project" contract with Hey and Associates 1444 N. Farnsworth Avenue, Suite 407 Aurora, Illinois 60505
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PURPOSE:
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to amend an existing contract with Hey and Associates to assist the City in evaluating potential locations to construct improvements required as part of the City's Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan (CSO LTCP). This amendment will add additional work to the current agreement with Hey and Associates that was awarded via resolution no. R12-234.
BACKGROUND:
In March 2010, the City of Aurora submitted a CSO LTCP to the Illinois and U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies in accordance with the City's CSO NPDES permit. The CSO LTCP includes sewer separation both by conventional methods and through the use of Green Infrastructure. The City's CSO LTCP is estimated to cost approximately $120M.
On June 26, 2012 City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a financial assistance agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for the construction of raingardens at 28 intersections throughout the City's combined sewer system. The financial assistance agreement provides $1,451,666.00 in funding through the IEPA's Illinois Green Infrastructure Grant Program (IGIG). The remaining costs to construct the raingardens will be provided from the CSO Long Term Control Plan Fee fund. The raingardens will be constructed within the public right of way, between the curb and sidewalk. The purpose for the raingardens is to remove stormwater from the combined system by promoting infiltration.
On August 28, 2012 the City Council authorized the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement with Hey and Associates...
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