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Home My WebLink About2001 Ordinance No. 002• • ORDINANCE 0 . ~ SERIES OF 2001 BY AUTHORITY COUNCTL BrLL NO . l INTRO DUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZI NG AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "U.S . DEPART NT OF THE INTERI OR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY JOfNT FUND! G AGRE EMENT FOR WATER RESOURCES INVESTI GATIONS." WH .!:REAS, the City Council of the City of Engle wood approved a J oint Funding Agreement between t he U.S. Geological Survey by th e passage of Ordinance No. 20, Series of 1996. Ordinance N:i . 87, Series of 1997 , and Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1999; and WHEREAS, a stream flow gage located at Union Avenue and the South Platte Riv er, is operated and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey and hae been in ope r atio n since 1990; and WHEREAS , the Englewood City Council authorized a "Joint Funding Agreement For Water resources Investigations" in 1996 wlDch provi d for funding for this project and allowed for renewals by mutual agreP.m ent; &id WHEREAS , the data provided by the gaging s tation is required by the State Water Comm.isaioner in order to make releases from Chatfield Reservoir during low flow situations in which ins uffici ent water is available to meet pumping demand, at Union Avenue Pump Station : and WHEREAS , the Englewood Utilities De partment shares in the annual oost nf ope r ating a.nd m aintaining the 6tation on a 50 /50 basis , with the U.S.G.S.; and WHEREAS , this Ordinance will renew the "Joint Funding Agreement For Water Resources Investigations" with the Englewood Utilities Department and authorizes new joint funding for the period of October l , 2000 through September 30, 2001; and WHEREAS, the cost of the Littleton/Engl ewood Wastewater Treatment Plant Joint Funding Agreeme nt, including the gauge and monitor is SlB,820: and WHEREAS, the U.S .G.S. contribution is Sl7,:J80 unde r this Agreement; OW, THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLE WOOD , COLORADO , AS FOLLOWS : ~-The intergovernmental agreem ent "U.S. Department Of The Interior U.S. Geological Survey J oin t Funding Agreement For Water Resources lnveetigatione", for the period of Oct<!ber 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001 , attached he re to ae "Exhibit A.· is hereby acce pted and a ppro ved by the Englewood City Co unci l. • I - 10b I Sw:tiwl.Z , The Director of the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant is authorized to execu,te the Intergovernmental Joint Funding Agreement For Water Sources Investigations for and on behalf of the City of Englewood, Colorado . ~-The Director of the Li t tleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be authorized to (urther extend the intergovernmental Joint Funding Agre ement For Water Sources Investigations between the Llt tleton!Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant and the U.S. Geological Survey United States Dep ment Of The Interior for five additional one (1 ) year periods . Introduced, read i~ full and passed on first reading on the 8th day of January, 2001. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 12th day of January, 2001 . Read by title and passed on final reading on the 22nd day of January, 2001 . P blished y title as Ordinance No . ~-Series of 2001 , on tbe 26th day of January, 200 !. ATTEST: ,1-u,d,. le-64½.- Brenda J. Cas7oeputy City Clerk I, Brenda Castle, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Englewood , Colorado, hereby certify that the above and foregoing ie a true copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No. ,2;., Series of 2001. -2- ,, Form!l-1:Jali (Uay t~) U.S . Department of th• Interior -'&retmtnt I o. U.S. Geological Survey Customer ~o. COI08 Joint Funding Agreement TJN 114-6000S83 FOR A Water Resources lnvesttgatlons~ ... IS AGREEMENT Is entered Into as ol the ls1 day of October j$eff by the U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITE □ STATES □E PAR7M ENT OF THE INTERI OR , party of he first part, and Iha City of Engllwoocl , party of the second par.. 1. The parties helflto agree tha l subject to the availability of apprapriaticns and in accordance wlth th eir respective authorities there shall be ma1 ntalned In cooperation operation and maintenance of the strumHow and water quality statlonll on the South Platte River, here inafter called the program 2. The following amounts shal l be contributed to cover all of the cost of the necassary field and analytical work directly relat1,,:I to this prog ram . (a) $17,380.00 by the party of the first part during ,he period October 1, 2000 to September JO, 2001 (b) S 18 ,8:?0.00• by rhe party ol the second part during the period Oc1ober 1, 2000 to September 30 , 2001 • Sl, .io.oo unmatched funding (c) A-,d itio nal or redu ced amounts by each party du rin g the a.bove period or succeeding periods as may be uetermined by mutual agreement and set forth in an exchange of letters betwee n the parties . 3. The costs of th is program may be paid by either party in conformity with the la.vs and regulations re .spec iv eiv govern ing each party. 4. The field and analytical work pertainin g to this program shall be under the direction of or subject te> ;:,erio.:'i c revie w by A an aut horized representative of the party of the first part. ~-Th e area s to be included in the prog ra m shall be dete rmined by mutual agree ment between the parties he ret o or the ir authorize d representatives. The methods emp loyed in the fi eld and office shall be those adopted by the party of the firs t part to in sure the required standards of accuracy subject to mod ifi cation by mutual agreement . 6 . During the course of this program. all field and analytical work of either party pe rta in ing to this program shall be open to the in spec tio n of the other party. and if th e work is not being carried on in a mutually satis ,'actory manner, either party may term inate this agreement upon 60 days written notice to the oth er party. 7. The or iginal ecords resulting from this pro gram will be deposited in the office of origin of those records. Upon reques t. copies of the origi nal records will be prov ided to th e office of the other party. 8 . The maps. reco rds or reports resulting from th is program shall be made available to the public as pro mptly as possible . Th e maps , records or reports normally will be published by the party of the first part. Howev er. the party of the second part rese rves the right to publish the re sults of this program and. if already publ ished by th e pa rty of the first part shall. up on request, be furn ished by the party of the first part, at cost , Impressions suitable fo r purposes of reproduction similar to that for which th e original copy was prepared . The maps . records or reports published by either pa rty shall contain a statement of the co operative re lations between th e parties. 9. Billin g for this ag reeme nt will be rendered annuallv . Pay ment s of bills are due with in • 60 days al er the billin g date. If not paid by the due date . int erest will be charged at th1: current Treasury rat e fo r each 30 day periOd, or portio n th ereof. that the paymen t is delaye d beyond lhe du e date. (31 USC 3717; Comptroller General Fi le 8-212222, August 23, 1983 .). U.5. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR r _____ --:-____ Ci ty of En le wood By _________________ _ By _________________ _ By ___ (_S~l~-3~~~~c·U~~R~1.~,~&~L~r~,;~L~~~~~.---By ________________ _ Oistritt Chief, Color:ido District (USE REVERSE SIDE IF ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED) CITY OF ENGLEWOOD/U.S . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COOPERATIVE PROGRAM 2001 WATER YEAR Station Number 06710247 Station ame South Platte River below Union Ave., at Englewood Operation&: Maintenance of four-puam eter. Wa ter-Quality Monito r 06 I 1565 South Pl2 e River at En gl ewood $21 ,500 TOTAL S21 ,500 CO"MBiNEC CITY Ai"ID USGS COST: ENGLE WOOD SHARE OF EXISTING PROGRAM COSTS Streamflow Statiun $9,800 •4,900 $14,700 $36,2 00 $18,820 •One half of to tal station cost The other half is funded through the Urban Draicage and Flood Control District/U .S. Geol ogical Surv ey cooperative agreement. • • • • • Date January 8, 2001 IN ITIATE D BY COUNC IL COMMUNIC ATION Ag enda Item 10a 1i STAFF SOURCE Subject Gau gin g Sl ations at Union Ave nue & UEWWTP Utilities Depa rtmenVL 1ttleton/Engl ewo od Wastewater Treatment Plant Stewart H. Fonda , Dire ctor of Ul il i1ie s COUNCIL GOAL AN D PREVI OUS CO UN CIL ACTI ON Council actio n of Ordinance Number 5, series of 1999, approv ing the prior Join t Funding Agreeme nt. REC OMM ENDED ACTION The rec om me nded action is to approve by Ordin ance the ren ewal of an Intergovernmental Agr8'.!ment for Joint Fundi ng be tween the City of Eng lewood and the U.S. Geologica l Survey for two Gauging Stati ons and to authorize the Director of Utilities to exec ute the agreement and further extend the agre emen t for fr .a add ~io nal one year penods . BACKGRO UND , ANALY SIS , ANO ALTER NATIV ES ID ENT IFIED In cooperat ion with th e U.S.G .S. and Urban Dra ina ge, th e City of Eng lewood cont ri bu tes to the cost of maintain ing the fl ow gauge at Union Avenue and the flow gauge and water qual ity mon ito r at the Littleton/En glewood Wa st ewate r Treatment Plant . Information from this equipment Is used to make calls fo r water ;ele ases from C 1atfield to maintain necess ary le vels at the Union Aven ue reservoi r and determ ine st ate water ou al ity permi l req uirements fvr the Li ttleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatm ent P ant. FINANC :AL IMPAC T The budg eted 20 1 cos ts are shared by he City or Eng lewood , 'he U.S.G S .. Urb,.n Drainage , and the City of Littl eton . Th e City of Englewood's co st of S11 .8 60 is approxI mate!y 30% of th e total. The fund s are con ta ined in th e 2001 budg ets. LIST OF ATTACHME NTS U.S.G.S. Joint Fund ing Agreement Bill for an Ordinance