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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes2004-089 I I I FAILED Sponsored by: Shealy Motion to Postpone: 8/9/04 CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2004-89 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURSUE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS FOR THE NORTH FOREST ACRES LEVEE/ROAD PROJECT, AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT WITH WILLIAM J. NELSON & ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,681.45 FOR FINAL DESIGN, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS WHEREAS, following the 1995 flood of Resurrection River and Japanese Creek, FEMA sponsored a multi-agency task force to develop a comprehensive flood mitigation plan for flood risks associated with the waterways on the north end of town, with said task force comprised of representatives from the City of Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Division of Emergency Services, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Railroad Corporation, FEMA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Resource Conservation Service, and the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs; and WHEREAS, this FEMA task force released a final report in 1998, identifying five projects that would need to be implemented together to protect Seward from future flooding in this area, with the construction of Japanese Creek levee being one ofthe critical components of a successful flood mitigation plan; and WHEREAS, construction of a levee to the north of Forest Acres subdivision provided a valuable opportunity to accomplish one ofthe community's long-standing goals of developing an alternative access route to the landfill from the Seward Highway to avoid heavy truck traffic through the Forest Acres Subdivision (SCC Reso. 90-099 and Kenai Peninsula Borough Ord. 90- 66), and thus resulted in the decision to construct a dual-purpose levee/road; and WHEREAS, the City has worked diligently over the past five years in conjunction with representatives of the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Alaska Division of Natural Resources - Office of Habitat Management and Permitting, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Marine Fisheries Service, to determine a levee alignment that is acceptable to each ofthe agencies charged with protecting habitat, wildlife, and resources, as part of three distinct permitting processes; and WHEREAS, with the help of William J. Nelson and Associates and HDR Alaska, Inc., the City has agreed to a compromise alignment that will balance the needs of the resource agencies to keep the levee outside of the floodplain, with the interests of the community in keeping the levee as far from property boundaries as possible; and CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2004-89 WHEREAS, based on this final alignment, the contractor must finalize the design changes necessary to complete the permitting process, work with the Department of Transportation to obtain an approach permit based on the connection of the levee with the Seward Highway, and re-incorporate floodgates into the final design, eliminating the re-routing of Japanese Creek, and the environmental partner, HDR Alaska, Inc. must finalize permit documents to reflect the agreed-upon alignment. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that: Section 1. The City administration is hereby authorized to pursue final environmental permits for the North Forest Acres Levee/Road Project, pursuant to the final compromise alignment agreed upon by all participating City, State, and Federal agencies, at the meeting of May 21, 2004, as reflected in the attached map. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to amend the contract with William J. Nelson and Associates to reflect an increase of $24,681.45 (including 10% contingency). Section 3. The amount of $24,681.45 is hereby appropriated from the NRCS Flood Mitigation Project grant account no. 666-6660-4680-0100 to the contracted services account no. 666-6660-5390. Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 23rd day of August, 2004. THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA --r:~/fL ~ Vanta Shafer, Mayor AYES: Branson, Amberg, Shafer NOES: Dunham, Va1datta, Anderson, Clark ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: (City Seal) '- ",,,U",,,, - ~...." OF S~~"'" .... ~-{ .,...... 'Af-t\.', :- ,.); ~n?t.PO.b:",'r;,.. '=' -. '\J ..- u- . ...,~ -'. 'V <tfJ. ::..~ ~'. ~ .. .'i; ____ "'. .. : !SEAL\ = "0: so. . . . - .. . . - ~\ -+-:= ~'" '..~ 1\,': ~ "# ~X"~lve 1 ..9J~.,'-.~ ~ 4~ ':.tt/)'j .......h... cr....." ""~/l: OF t>.\.~\.,:-. "'" U II'"