Title
Resolution to Adopt the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Sewer Rehabilitation - FY 2020 State Revolving Fund (SRF) Project Plan
Body
Agenda of: June 26, 2019
Item No.: 2019-248
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: June 26, 2019
RE: Resolution to Adopt the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Sewer Rehabilitation - FY 2020 State Revolving Fund (SRF) Project Plan
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Nicolette Bateson, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, Financial Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) approves the Resolution to adopt the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) Sewer Rehabilitation - FY 2020 State Revolving Fund (SRF) Project Plan; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The Detroit Water & Sewerage Department (DWSD) has identified two (2) sewer system rehabilitation projects in its FY 2020 to 2024 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for submittal to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) for the SRF financing program for funding in the state's 2020 fiscal year. The deadline for submitting all SRF project plans to MDEGLE is July 1, 2019, but prior to submitting the project plans, a public hearing must be held for the affected area.
The two (2) projects are comprised of the rehabilitation with some limited replacement of aging sewers in nine (9) neighborhoods within the City of Detroit. Construction will include rehabilitation of sewers and manhole structures, and in limited instances, excavation of existing sewers for replacement. The impact of the projects will be improved customer satisfaction and safe reliable service delivery of sewage sewer conveyance to the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF). The estimated cost of these projects is $25,628,000.
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