CITY OF HOMER City Manager

HOMER, ALASKA

ORDINANCE 04-26

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000.00 TO REPLACE OLD PVC WATER PIPE WITH HDPE PIPE ALONG EAST END ROAD AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS

WHEREAS, The Homer City Council has determined that it is advantageous to extend water and sewer lines along East End Road as part of the East End Road reconstruction project being undertaken by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT/PF), and

WHEREAS, The City has secured a low interest loan from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to finance the extension of water and sewer lines and is currently working with the benefitted landowners to determine how they will ultimately participate in sharing the cost of construction, and

WHEREAS, The road reconstruction and water and sewer line extensions have been combined as one project pursuant to an agreement signed by DOT/PF and the City, and

WHEREAS, DOT/PF, acting in its capacity as project administer, recently suggested to the City that it would be beneficial for a variety of reasons to replace the existing PVC water line with new HDPE pipe, and

WHEREAS, DOT/PF asked the City if it was interested in replacing this pipe and if it would share in the cost of doing so, and

WHEREAS, DOT/PF has proposed that it replace 2,100 meters of line and that the City replace the remaining 800 meters of line; at an estimated cost to the City of $180,000, and

WHEREAS, The Department of Public Works has reviewed this request and recommends that the City participate at the $180,000 level, and

WHEREAS, Public Works recommends that the funds come from unspent and unallocated money that remains in the DEC grant account used to finance the new water tank and other improvements to the water distribution system.

WHEREAS, The Council understands that the City will be responsible for paying 30 percent of the requested $180,000 ( the local match under this grant program) if this financing mechanism is used.

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Ordinance 04-26

City of Homer

NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Homer Ordains:

Section 1. That the City Council hereby appropriates $180,000.00 for the East End Road PVC Pipe replacement as follows and that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the appropriate documents:

Account No. Description Amount

Funding 215-829 1 MG Water Tank $180.000.00

Expenditure: 215-829 East End Road PVC Pipe Replacement $180,000.00.

Section 2. This ordinance is a budget amendment only, is not of a permanent nature and is a non code ordinance.

PASSED AND ENACTED by the Homer City Council this ____ day of ___________, 2004

CITY OF HOMER

_____________________________ JACK CUSHING, MAYOR

ATTEST:

_____________________________________

MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK

Introduction:

Public Hearing:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Ayes:

Noes:

Abstain:

Absent:

Reviewed and approved as to form and content:

___________________________ Walt E. Wrede City Manager Gordon Tans, City Attorney

___________________________ Date Date

Fiscal Note: Fiscal information included in body of Ordinance.

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