DATE: April 16, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Funding Agreement, Accept $600,000 in Environmental Protection Agency San Francisco Water Quality Improvement Fund Grant Funds, and Appropriate $600,000 to the Nature-Based Solution Feasibility Study Project No. 07809 in Fund 612 Sewer Improvement Fund
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to 1) execute a funding agreement with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to accept $600,000 in grant funding from United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the study of nature based solutions at the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF); and 2) appropriate $600,000 to the Nature-Based Solution Feasibility Study Project No. 07809 in Fund 612 Sewer Improvement Fund.
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SUMMARY
The City, in partnership with ABAG, applied for and received a grant to further study and begin preliminary design of a horizontal levee and constructed wetland at the western end of the WRRF, in the amount of $600,000. Staff requests that the City Manager be authorized to accept this funding, authorize execution of a funding agreement, and appropriate the funds to the Nature-Based Solution Feasibility Study Project No. 07809 in Fund 612 Sewer Improvement Fund.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution