75-80 Execute Step III Phase I grant w/ EPA for WWTP

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ORDINANCE NO. 75-80 BY: Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling, Brown,Chinnock AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor to execute a Step III - Phase I Grant Agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and to enter into a contract with Watermation, Incorporated for engineering services necessary for the Step III work to construct the Phase I improvements in the Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Plant and its ancillary systems in accordance with the Lakewood Facility Plan. WHEREAS, it is necessary to comply with Public Law 92-500, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has received a Step II Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for detail design to upgrade the City's wastewater treatment facilities, and WHEREAS, the first phase of the Step II design work has been completed, and WHEREAS, detail specifications and drawings produced in the Step II activity have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, and WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has advised the City that a Step III Grant sufficient to cover the federal 75% share of the Phase I portion of the Step III work is now available and the Grant Agreement must be executed by the City and returned to the Environmental Protection Agency without further delay, and WHEREAS, the firm of Watermation, Incorporated has performed all Step I and Step II work for the City of Lakewood in a satisfactor manner and has submitted a proposed contract between the City of Lakewood and Watermation, Incorporated to perform Step III engineering services as a part of our Step III Grant Application, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for th~ immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and for the further reason that it is in the interest of the public service, welfare and safety to proceed with the Step III work relating to our wastewater treatment plant and ancillary systems at the earliest possible time; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute a Step III, Phase I Grant Agreement in the amount of $13,410,825.00 with the Environmental Protection Agency and employ by contract the firm of Watermation, Incorporated, 2304 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota as consulting engineers for the purpose of performing engineering services necessary for the Step III work to construct the Phase I improvements in the Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Plant and its ancillary systems in accordance with the Lakewood Facility Plan, the amount of said engineering services contract to be $725,214.00. Section 2. That the City of Lakewood's 25% share of the total cost for this work is estimated at $4,470,275.00, and the funds for this work are to be provided by the Wastewater Sewer Facility Fund. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.