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Resolution authorizing the City Engineer to amend an existing Professional Services Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to update the City's current water quality management plan in the Milwaukee River Basin for an amount not to exceed $117,520
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WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has now awarded a $58,760 grant to the City of West Allis through the Urban Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement and Storm Water Management Grant; and,
WHEREAS, On January 7, 2020, the Common Council of the City of West Allis passed Resolution R-2020-0003 authorizing the City Engineer to enter into an Urban Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement and Storm Water Management Grant Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; and,
WHEREAS, the City has an existing Professional Services Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to provide Design and Construction Engineering Services for two Green Solutions parking lots at both the West Allis Library and in the Business Improvement District and for our Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination program as required by our WisDNR Watershed Permit, for an amount not to exceed $101,750.00; and,
WHEREAS, the City will now need further assistance from AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to update the City's current water quality management plan to aid in understanding the impacts of the total maximum daily load (TMDL) limits that will impact the Milwaukee River Basin. The proposed update will build upon previous planning efforts dating back to the April 2014 citywide pollutant-loading analysis when the City conducted its last comprehensive stormwater quality analysis. The City has lands tributary to several major watersheds including the Menomonee River, Underwood Creek, Honey Creek, and Kinnickinnic River, which are all part of the Milwaukee River TMDL. The study will result in an implementation plan that will guide the City towards the long term goal of meeting TMDL wasteload a...
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