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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 Ordinance No. 009• ORDINANCE NO . .!L SERIES OF 2015 BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 7 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOINT FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS." WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood approved a Joint Funding Agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey by the passage of Ordinance No. 20, Series of 1996, Ordinance No. 87, Series of 1997, and Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1999; and WHEREAS, the Englewood City Council approved the Joint Funding Agreement for 5 additional one year periods with the passage of Ordinance No. 2, Series of 200 I; and WHEREAS, the Englewood City Council approved the Joint Funding Agreement for 5 additional one year periods with the passage of Ordinance No. 68, Series of 2008; and WHEREAS, stream flow gages located at Union Avenue and the South Platte River, are operated and maintained by the U .S. Geological Survey and have been in operation since 1990; and WHEREAS, the data provided by the gauging station is required by the State Water Commissioner in order to make releases from Chatfield Reservoir during low flow situations in which insufficient water is available to meet pumping demands at Union Avenue Pump Station; and WHEREAS, the data provided by the gauging station and monitoring station located on the South Platte River in Englewood assists in determining state water quality permit requirements for the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance will approve the "Joint Funding Agreement For Water Resources Investigations" with the U.S.G.S. for the period of October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015; and WHEREAS, the passage of this Ordinance will approve the City Manager shall be authorized to further extend the Intergovernmental Joint Funding Agreement For Water Sources Investigations between the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant and the U.S. Geological Survey United States Department Of The Interior for five additional one (1) year periods; and WHEREAS, the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant contribution is $19,150 per year; and WHEREAS, the contribution of the Englewood Utility Department is $10,790 per year; and 9b i v WHEREAS, the U.S.G.S. contribution is $18,175 per year under this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the LIE Supervisory Committee recommended approval of this Agreement at their January 15, 2015 meeting. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAJNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The intergovernmental agreement "U.S. Department Of The Interior U.S. Geological Survey Joint Funding Agreement For Water Resources Investigations", for the period of October 1, 20 I 4 to September 30, 2015, attached hereto as "Exhibit A," is hereby accepted and approved by the Englewood City Council. Section 2. The Mayor is authorized to execute the Intergovernmental Joint Funding Agreement For Water Sources Investigations for and on behalf of the City of Englewood, Colorado. Section 3 . The passage of this Ordinance will approve the "Joint Funding Agreement For Water Resources Investigations" with the U.S.G.S. for the period of October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. Section 4. The City Manager shall be authorized to further extend the Intergovernmental Joint Funding Agreement For Water Sources Investigations between lhe Lilllelon/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant and the U.S. Geological Survey United States Department Of The Interior for five additional one (1} year periods. Introduced, read in full, and passed on first reading on the 17th day of February, 2015. Published by Title as a Bill for an Ordinance in the City's official newspaper on the 19th day of February, 2015 . Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the City's official website beginning on the 18th day of February, 2015 for thirty (30) days. Read by title and passed on final reading on the 2nd day of March, 2015. Published by title in the City's official newspaper as Ordinance No. 2_, Series of 2015, on the 5th day of March, 2015. Published by title on the City's official website beginning on the 4th day of March, 2015 for thirty (30) days. • • • I, Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No. !J-., Series of 2015 . om, 9-1366 (Oct. 2005) U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Suivey Joint Funding Agreement FOR WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS Customer No: 6000000881 Agreement No: 15CMCO15 01~ 0000 Project No: TIN #: 846000583 Fixed Cost Agreement [!]Yes ONo THIS AGREEMENT is entered into as of the_ 1st_day of October, 2014 by the U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, party of the first part, and the City of Englewood, party of the second part. 1. The parties hereto agree that subject to the availablijty of appropriations and in accordance with their respective authorities there shall be maintained in cooperation for the operation and maintenance of streamflow and water quality stations In the South Platte River basin, hereinafter called the program. The USGS legal authority is 43 USC 36C; 43 USC 50; and 43 USC 50b. 2. The following amounts shan be contributed to cover all of the cost of the necessary field and analytical work directly related to this program. 2(b) includes In-Kind Services in the amount of $0.00. (a) $14,925.00 by the party of the first part during the period October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015 (b) $34,740.00* by the party of the second part during the period October 1, 2014 to September 30 , 2015 *Unmatched $19,815.00 (c) Additional or reduced amounts by each party during the above period or succeeding periods as may be determined by mutual agreement and set forth in an exchange of letters between the parties. (d) The performance period may be changed by mutual agreement and set forth in an exchange of letters between the parties. 3. The costs of this program may be paid by either party in confoonity with the laws and regulations respectively governing each party. 4. The field and analytical work pertaining to this program shaft be under the direction of or subject to periodic review by an authorized representative of the party of the first part. 5. The areas to be induded in the program shaft be determined by mutual agreement between the parties hereto or their authorized representatives. The methods employed in the field and office shall be those adopted by the party of the first part to ensure the required standards of accuracy subject to modification by mutual agreement. 6 . During the COUfSe of this program , an field and analytical work of either party perta ining to this program shall be open to the inspection of the other party, and if the work is not being earned on in a mutuafty satisractory manner, either party may terminate this agreement upon 60 days written notice to the other party. 7. The original records resulting from this program will be deposited in the office of origin of those records. Upon request, copies of the original records will be provided to the office of the other party. B. The maps , records or reports resulting from this program shall be made available to the public as promptly as possible. The maps, records or reports normally will be published by the party of the first part. However, the party of the second part reserves the right to publish the results of this program and, if already published by the party of the first part shall, upon request, be furnished by the party of the first part, at cost , Impressions suitable for purposes of reproduction similar to that for which the original copy was prepared. The maps, records or reports published by either party shall contain a statement of the cooperative relations between the parties. 9. USGS will Issue billings utilizing Department of the Interior BiU for Colledion (Form DI-1040). Billing documents are to be rendered quarterly. Payments of b~ls are due within 60 days after the b~ling date. If not paid by the due date, interest will be charged at the current Treasury rate for each 30 day period, or portion thereof, that the payment is delayed beyond the due date. (31 USC 3717; Comptroller General File B- 212222, August 23, 1983.). USGS Point of Contact Name: _G=reg-S_m-=it=h~~,....,...,,,.....---------- Address : PO Box 25046 MS 415 Telephone . Email · Denver, co 80225 12-/4/ty i Customer Point of Contact Name: Stewart H. Fonda Address: 1000 Englewood Parkway Englewood co. 80110 Telephone: (303) 762·2636 EmaH: sfonda@englewooclgov.org By Name: Trtle: ____ ·.-.-.-• ..,... _______ Date Randy P. Penn, Mayor • X H I B I T A • • • Attachment 1 . City of Enalewo~ FY zois Propam . · · , '• i· -• ~· .. - ~ ' ' ; ,r Station number ··, S. Pla~e River below Urik111 'AVei -~·• r .. : · _. ~· &. ~-. ,·. , $. Pia~. River ill.E'ngle~ 4 Parameter QW Sonde O & M Streamflow Stations O & M ".,..:!. , .. "Rinking ; TotalQW E1111lewood USGSFMF Total SW Englewood USGS FMF :1,i_ --,, ' •-,~' M~-i. • $111,100 $10,790 $5,310 . , . ' ,. , H. $21,765 $19,150 $9,615 $8,050 $4,800 $0 J ~~, ~-. • , I $21,765 $19,150 $9,615 $24,150 $15,590 $5,310 · •. :: • 01111 half of s~al'l1~ ~ta~lon' cost pa!d by En~ and the · ' qther· llalf ts funded through the Urban Drainage and flood ~, ' :';--,./' ~. ~t,:?ntr_gt~str~'/, us~ ~p~~~~e agreilm~~~;,y ; :-, ... Combined Eng~ and USGS Costs En1lewood Share of Prosram Costs USGS Federal Matchlnl Funds NSIP (National Streamflow Information Pr01ram) funds NSIP $3,250 $3,250 $52,915 $34,740 $14,925 $3,250 COUNCIL COMMUNICATION Date Agenda Item Subject February 17, 201 5 11aiii Gauging Stations at Union Avenue & L/E WWTP INITIATED BY STAFF SOURCE Utilities Department Stewart H. Fonda, Director of Utilities Littleton / Englewood WWTP Supervisory Jim Tallent, Treatmet Division Manager Committee PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION Council action of Ordinance Number 68, series of 2008, approving the prior Joint Funding Agreement with the US Department of the Interior and approving the Joint Funding Agreement for five additional one year periods. RECOMMENDED ACTION Littleton/Englewood WWTP Supervisory Committee recommended, on January 15, 2015, Council approve by Ordinance the renewal of an Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Funding between the City of Englewood and the U.S. Geological Survey for two Gauging Stations and one monitoring station. Additionally, Littleton/Englewood WWTP Supervisory Committee recommended to authorize the Director of Utilities to execute the agreement and further extend the agreement for five additional one year periods . • BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, ANO ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED In cooperation with the U.S.G.S. and Urban Drainage, the City of Englewood contributes to the cost of maintaining the flow gauge at Union Avenue and the flow gauge and the water quality monitor at the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant. Information from this equipment is used to make calls for water releases from Chatfield to maintain necessary levels at the Union Avenue reservoir and determine state water quality permit requirements for the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant The Utilities Department contributes funding for the Union Avenue gauging station at Union Avenue. The Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant contributes funding for the gauging station and the monitoring station located at the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant, these costs are split 50/50 with the City of Littleton. The funding breakdown for all three stations is as follows: Four Parameter Streamflow Station Water Quality Monitor Gauging Stations Location Union Ave. USGS Englewood USGS Englewood $5,310 $10,790 L/EWWTP USGS L/EWWTP USGS L/EWWTP $9,615 $19,150 $3,250 $4,800 TOTALS $9,615 $19,150 $8,560 $15,590 Combined Englewood and USGS Costs $52,915 Englewood Share of Existing Program Costs (split 50/50 with City of Littleton) USGS Federal Matching Funds FINANCIAL IMPACT The Englewood Utilities Department cost of funding the Union Avenue station is The Littleton/Englewood cost of funding the South Platte River at Englewood Gauging and Monitoring Stations is Total City of Englewood funding (in 2015 budgets) Matching USGS funds (based on prioritization plan) Total USGS Joint Funding Agreement The funds are included in the respective Englewood Utilities Department and Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant 2015 budgets. UST OF ATTACHMENTS $34,740 $18,175 $10,790.00 $23,950.00 $34,740.00 $18,175.00 $52,915.00 • Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant Supervisory Committee Meeting minutes, January 15, • 2015 USGS Joint Funding Agreement and Letter, December 1, 2014 • • LITTLETON/ENGLEWOOD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT 2900 S. Plalhl River Ortve Englewood, Colorado 80110 (303) 762-2600 FAX762-2620 City of Englewood MINUTES SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING January 15, 2015 ATTENDING: Guests: Michael Penny Charlie Blosten Eric Keck Rick Karun Andy Rottman Dennis Stowe Jim Tallent Chong Woo Mary Gardner Jonathan Bridges Cindy Goodbum Sarah Reeves Scott Morse 9:00 a.m. Littleton City Manager Littleton Public Works Director Englewood City Manager Englewood Public Works Director Hill & Robbins, P .C. Manager, L/E WWTP Treatment Manager, LIE WWTP Engineering/Maintenance Manager, LIE WWTP Environmental Compliance Manager, LIE WWTP Industrial Pretreatment Administrator, LIE WWTP Business Services Manager, LIE WWTP Brown & Caldwell South Platte Sanitation SECTION III -TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION 1. Recap There was no discussion regarding flows, loadings, compliance report, and fiscal management. 2. Industrial Pretreatment Jon Bridges reported on two different docwnents handed out at today's meeting from the Sanitation District. These two addendums (1) Example Draft: Littleton Addendum -district does FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) & POGS (Petroleum, Oil, Grease and Sand), and (2) Example Draft: Englewood Addendwn -no Industrial Users; are examples of the current status of the addendum for the sanitation district with the 'check boxes' removed to avoid confusion. Currently, we are waiting on comments from a couple of sanitation districts. Once these comments are received we will work with Hill & Robbins and the city attorneys to prepare a final draft for Supervisory Committee review. The only difference between these two documents will be in title. Littleton's will be "Addendum to Sewer Service Agreement" and Englewood's will be "Addendum to Wastewater Connector's Agreement. The draft example, "Littleton Addendwn-district does FOG & POGS", represents an example of the form that will be used for districts that conduct their own FOG and POGS inspections. The MINUTES SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING January 1S, 2015 Page 2 of 6 Englewood example, "Englewood Addendum -no Industrial Users", represents the fonn that will be used for districts that currently do not have any Industrial Users, only residential (domestic) customers. Stu Fonda reported that he will be working with City of Englewood's attorney to get all contracts under one ordinance. ACTION TAKEN -None 3. Regulatory Programs Mary Gardner reported today was the deadline to submit Littleton/Englewood WWTP's Basis and Purpose Statement to the Commission for our temperature site specific standard. Andy Rottman reported that the Statement is done and will be sent. ACTION TAKEN -None 4. USGS Joint Funding Agreement for Gaging Stations There was no discussion regarding the USGS Joint Funding Agreement. Stu asked for a motion to approve. ACTION TAKEN -Supervisory Committee approved the Littleton/Englewood portion of the two USGS Gaging stations in the amount of $34,740. Eric Keck motioned, and Michael Penny seconded, all in favor. The motion passed. 5. Am West Instrumentation and Control Support Agreement Stu Fonda reported that the next few items are support agreements we sign each year. This is to keep these companies available in emergencies, rather than getting a contract for every emergency. There was no discussion regarding the Am West Instrumentation and Control Support Agreement. Stu asked for a motion to approve. Eric Keck asked if we originally had two bids . Cindy Goodburn confirmed. ACTION TAKEN -Supervisory Committee approved the AmWest Instrumentation and Control Agreement for $48,000. Eric Keck motioned, and Charlie Blosten seconded, all in favor. The motion passed. 6. Am West Programming Agreement Stu Fonda asked for any questions in regards to the AmWest Programming Agreement for $48,000. Eric Keck asked for further clarification. Brown & Caldwell set this up originally and they can do the programming if needed. Cindy Goodbum clarified that, Fred Wilson, who was originally with Brown & Caldwell is the one who implemented the design and programming for the entire system. Fred Wilson is currently with Am West Control. Sarah Reeves confinned that Brown & Caldwell can still do the programming if necessary. Charlie Blosten brought up concerns using the qualifications of this one individual over the qualifications of the company. Charlie had mentioned this same issue last year at this time. Cindy Goodburn reassured that Fred Wilson has two employees working directly under him at Am West that • are being trained to create backup for us. Stu verified that other people could come in to complete the • MINUTES SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING January 15, 2015 Page3 of6 work. but Fred Wilson is the most familiar with our system programming. Charlie was still concerned with being tied into one individual. Eric Keck asked if there was a proposal gleamed from Brown & Caldwell for this work. Sarah Reeves stated that there was no proposal from Brown & Caldwell for this work at this time. Need for obtaining a secondary proposal from another company was discussed. Eric suggested that LIE WWTP get a backup proposal from Brown & Caldwell to alleviate concerns. ACTION TAKEN -Supervisory Committee approved the AmWest Programming Agreement for $48,000. Rick Kahm motioned, and Eric Keck seconded, Michael Penny aye, Charlie Blosten nay. Three ayes and one nay. The motion passed. 7. Brown & Caldwell Professional Services Agreements for Engineering and Environmental Charlie Blosten asked for clarification on what projects are covered under this B&C Professional Services Agreement. Chong Woo reported that these are the annual service agreements that we have throughout the year. We have certain projects that come up for example B&C may do a structural analysis for UE WWTP. B&C is the on-call advocate here and we would call on them to help us work through engineering and environmental projects. Charlie asked if there was any specific project we are working with right now. Chong reported that there are several on-going projects through B&C right now, for example: review of the technical aspects of our electrical system to meet future needs. Sarah Reeves mentioned that permits are up for renewal right now, so B&C is helping us with submitting applications. Eric Keck posed a question about the budgeting process itself. If we have remaining funds from the 2014 budget, and we are proposing to roll those funds into the budget for 2015, what is our exact process for carry-overs in regards to the budget Eric would like to see things budgeted more tightly going forward. Dennis Stowe stated that we will just close out the 2014 budget and start new in 2015. ACTION TAKEN -Supervisory Committee approved the Brown & Caldwell Professional Services Agreement for Engineering and Environmental, not to exceed $40,000 for Engineering Services. Michael Penny motioned, and Eric Keck seconded, all in favor. 8. Geographical Information System (GIS) -2015 Operations and Maintenance Services Agreement Chong Woo reported that this is the annual service agreement for the management and maintenance of the GIS website. Charlie asked if we had any prior bids on this contract, and Stu confirmed that we had competition earlier when we originally selected COM Smith, Inc. to do the work. This is an off- site system that CDM Smith runs and manages. COM Smith hosts the website on their servers, so we can all dial-in and access it. Charlie e,cpressed concern if COM Smith was the only company capable in doing this work. Stu verified that we would be able to find a replacement if COM was not able to complete the work. Charlie Blosten asked how many times this website has been used. Jon Bridges mentioned that Industrial Pretreatment uses it all the time. Eric asked about the aerial imagery update and if this was being completed in concert with the City of Englewood efforts to avoid redundancy. Chong confirmed that we were working with the City of Englewood. MINUTES SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING January 15, 2015 Page 4 of 6 ACTION TAKEN -Supervisory Committee approved a professional services agreement with COM Smith, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $32,050. Eric Keck motioned, Michael Penny seconded, all in favor. 9. Interim Disinfection Improvements Project-Status Update There was no discussion regarding the Interim Disinfection Improvements Project. ACTION TAKEN -None 10. Project Status Update There was no discussion regarding Project Status Updates. ACTION TAKEN -None 11. Biosolids -US EPA Region 8 Sewage Sludge Permit -Expiration Jim Tallent discussed the expiration of our permit today. The EPA is divesting itself of the biosolids program and they are consolidating the reporting aspects to the enforcement division and Kansas City. The reports will go to Kansas City as opposed to Region 8 and they will continue to go to the State as they are now. Where this is going long-term, it is unknown . Where our plant is concerned, we will continue to function as we are now. ACTION TAKEN -None 12. 2015 US Farm Bill / Biosolids Farms J im Tallent discussed the US Farm Bill. This Farm Bill has more of a direct impact on the farmers themselves as far as subsidy payments and their farming operations, However, we as the land owners have to approve those plans. We received one letter from one fanner who manages the biggest acreage of our farms. He gave us recommendations on what he would like to do . Additionally, Jim sent out letters to our other contract farmers . They are not required to do anything, but Jim is collecting information to see where the farmers want to go with this Bill so Jim can prepare any action that may need approval by the Supervisory Committee. One of the items up for discussion is to plant more com than wheat, which will benefit UE WWTP since the com will use up more nitrogen than the wheat. Dennis mentioned that each city will need to sign the forms on this Farm Bill. ACTION TAKEN -None 13. Nutrinsic Corporation Research Project J im Tallent discussed the Nutrinsic Corporation that is on LIE WWTP site. They are located in a couple of steel containers to the south side of the Primary Clarifiers. Nutrinsic approached LIE WWTP to do a research project investigating if it is feasible to remove nutrients from wastewater and process those nutrients into a fertilizer product There is no impact on our process. There is no cost to us directly. This project could benefit the wastewater industry in the future. Nutrinsic will be here for anywhere between two to six months to complete their program. They will be sharing their findings with us as well . Stu mentioned that this may help with Regulation 31 in the future . ACTION TAKEN -None • MINUTES SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING January 15, 2015 Page 5 of 6 14. Methanol Competitive Bid Stu Fonda stated this was infonnational only. We received a really competitive price on Methanol. ACTION TAKEN -None 1S. Brown & Caldwell Report Sarah Reeves had nothing to report. ACTION TAKEN -None 16. Hill and Robbins Report Andy Rottman reported that they are continuing to work on the temperature standard with Mary Gardner and Integral. There will be a fair amount of work for this project coming up soon so we will be updating everyone after this work has been completed. The issue we have is that the State currently calculates the temperature standard based on the winter and summer months. We have a hard time meeting those standards in the shoulder months. We have been meeting with State, EPA and Colorado Department of Parks & Wildlife (CPW) over the phone and discussed proposals. Also met with Boulder and Centennial to see what they are going to do in the upcoming rulemaking. Centennial is going to go with temporary modification, and this is important to us because they are also in Segment 14 of the South Platte River. We will ultimately have to go back to the Division and CPW and get their support of our proposal before the ruling. If we are not successful, it will have consequences for LIE WWTP. The state believes discharges can cool effluent without chillers, but most think those methods are not feasible in Colorado. Mary Gardner mentioned we have some fish data that can be very helpful to us, by showing that the fish are indeed very healthy in our Segment. ACTION TAKEN -None 17. Question by Charlie Blosten on High BOD Charlie Blosten posed the question as to why our figure on page IV-4 of the Monthly Report was showing a sharp increase during November 2014. Dennis confirmed that something did affect om Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) at the plant. Someone dumped a large quantity of a soluble organic that raised the BOD for a considerable amount of time and actually put us in danger of violating our pennit limit for BOD on the 7-day average. Do we know who dumped this? We know it is happening across the river to the west ofus. This is a great example of how we are utilizing the GIS system to help track it. Jon Bridges and his team are investigating further. This is the third event that has happened. We have an early detection sampler in place since the December 4th event. Charlie asked about our fiscal management section and how we are almost two million dollars under budget from 2014. He expressed his concern about the large sum of money being under-budget by. This is a lot of money that we are currently accounting for in om rates. Stu Fonda mentioned that in the past we had to get the budget amended and the two city councils decided against that, so the general direction was to give ourselves some slack in the budget. Instead of budgeting against what we budgeted last year, we can change our process to budget for what we spent the year prior. But then we see differences in correct account allocations. Michael Penny mentioned that we would like to have MINUTES SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING January 15, 2015 Page 6 of 6 the budget a bit closer, but under budget for next year. The council members are new and the city managers are new, so we would like to have this process tightened up better going forward. 18. Schedule for the Next Supervisory Committee Meeting The next Supervisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 19, 2015, 9:00 a.m., at the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant. Adjourned at 9:50am United States Deparbnent of the Interior U. S, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mr. Stewart Fonda Director of Utllttles City of Englewood 1000 Englewood Parkway Englewood, CO 80110 Attn: Mary Gardner Dear Mr. Fonda: Colorado Water Science Center Box2S046 MS 415 Denver Federal Cenler Denver. CO 8022S December 1, 2014 The proposed cost for the U.S. Geological Swvey (USGS) to continue the operation and maintenance of streamftow gages and water quallty monitor In the South Platte River Basin for the period October 1, 2014 -September 30, 2015 ls $52,915. Of this amount $34,740 wlll be provided by the City of Englewood, $14,925 will be provided by USGS Federal Matching Funds (FMF) funds and $3,250 will be provided by the USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP) funds as listed In the table below: Total City of USGS NSIP Enllewood FMF $52,915 $34,740 $14,925 $3,250 Please note that we have Implemented the Prioritization Plan for Cooperatively Funded Streamgages In Colorado. In accordance with the Prioritization Plan, the ranking of the gages covered by this agreement are •Medium• and •High• and USGS matching funds have been appUed accordingly. Work perfonned with funds from this agreement will be conducted on a fixed-price basis. The resulls of all work under this agreement will be available for publication by the U.S. Geologjcal Survey. If this proposal Is satisfactory, please sign both copies of the enclosed Joint Funding Agreement (JFA); keep one for your files; and retum the remaining one to this office. Please note that NSIP funds are not Included In the JFA. USGS policy requires us to obtain approval from our Regional Director to conduct work without a signed agreement To assist us In complying with this policy, we request that you return the signed agreement by Dacember 30. We appreciate whatever spacial effort you and others in your organization will make to respond to this request If you have questions or concerns with this proposal please contact me at 303- 23"902 or Greg Smith at 303-236-6945. Sincerely, / Robert l<fmbrough Associate Director, Hydrologlc Data USGS, Colorado Water Science Center