TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, ICMA-CM-Deputy City Manager
FROM: Rob Stone, P.E. Director of Engineering and Infrastructure
Tracey Broyles, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: June 26, 2017
RE:
Title
Adoption of Special Revenue Project Ordinance 2017-11 to Appropriate a Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service for Repairs of the Streambank at Cross Creek Cemetery
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
District 2
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and secure community
Goal 3: High quality built environment
Goal 4: Desirable place to live work and recreate
Executive Summary:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded the City $267,129 of grant funds for a project to repair Hurricane Matthew related creek bank damages at the end of Lamon Street at the edge of Cross Creek Cemetery.
Special Revenue Project Ordinance (SRO) 2017-11 will appropriate $345,697 for the project, funded by the $267,129 of federal funds and the $78,268 required local match from the General Fund for the creek bank repair project.
Background:
On October 8, 2016, Hurricane Matthew caused a bank failure along Cross Creek endangering City owned property, including 25 grave sites in the Cross Creek Cemetery, an office building and two athletic storage buildings. A massive section of bank sheared off during the storm, approximately 750 feet long and 35 feet high, and caused secondary failure behind the top of the bank slope. This is a complicated project and has been overly time consuming due to complexities in funding, design and multi-jurisdictional coordination.
The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded the City a grant totaling $267,129 toward the completion of this project. This figure includes $235,702 for construction and $31,427 for technical assistance (engineering design work). As a requirement o...
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