File #: R-2016-0053    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/1/2016 In control: Public Works Committee
On agenda: 3/1/2016 Final action: 3/1/2016
Title: Resolution Amending the Agreement with Ayres & Associates to Conduct a Groundwater Investigation of Reported Contamination at the Intersection of S. 84th Street and W. National Avenue as Ordered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in an Amount Not to Exceed $20,000.
Sponsors: Public Works Committee
Attachments: 1. R-2016-0053 signed resolution, 2. Groundwater Proposal signed

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Resolution Amending the Agreement with Ayres & Associates to Conduct a Groundwater Investigation of Reported Contamination at the Intersection of S. 84th Street and W. National Avenue as Ordered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in an Amount Not to Exceed $20,000.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of West Allis received a letter from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) notifying the City that soil and potential groundwater contamination had been reported in the middle of the intersection at S. 84th Street and W. National Avenue; and,

 

WHEREAS, based on that information, the DNR, in that letter dated May 29, 2015, ordered the City to investigate the reported contamination as described under Section 292.11, Wisconsin Statutes, known as the Hazardous Substances Spills Law; and,

 

WHEREAS, the DNR ordered the City to hire an environmental consultant by June 28, 2015 which the City compiled with when the Director of Public Works/City Engineer hired Ayres and Associates to conduct the preliminary work; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Agreement was amended to include a soil contamination investigation which detected soil contamination above the DNR residual contaminant levels (RCL) at the groundwater table; therefore, the DNR ordered further investigation by the City; and,

 

WHEREAS, the next phase of the investigation will include drilling four groundwater monitoring wells, laboratory analysis of soil samples and conducting other miscellaneous tests, waste disposal of spoils, date analysis and reporting and other miscellaneous work to comply with DNR orders.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Common Council of the City West Allis confirms and authorizes the expenditure of funds and approves an amendment to the current Agreement with Ayres and Associates in an amount not to exceed $20,000.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED By the Common Council of the City of West Allis that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer is directed and authorized to conduct and supervise all work and to take all appropriate actions in this matter with funding taken from the appropriate account.