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Resolution Adopt the Ypsilanti Pumping Station Improvements Project FY 2022 Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Plan
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Agenda of: June 23, 2021
Item No.: 2021-242
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
DATE: June 23, 2021
RE: Resolution to Adopt the Ypsilanti Pumping Station Improvements Project FY 2022 Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Plan
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Nicolette Bateson, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, and Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer-Water & Field Services, the Board of Directors of the Great Lakes Water Authority, approves the attached Resolution to Adopt the Ypsilanti Pumping Station Improvements Project FY 2022 Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Plan; and authorizes the CEO to take such action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The project is comprised of the evaluation, design, and construction of the full replacement of the Ypsilanti Pumping Station. The existing YPS is an in-line booster pumping station located in Van Buren Township adjacent to the Willow Run Airport. It was constructed in the mid 1980's to replace an older temporary pumping station to boost the pressure of water supplied from the Wick Road Pumping Station. In the mid-1990's the City of Ypsilanti decommissioned their aging water treatment plant and switched to what is now the GLWA water system. During this time, a connection to a transmission main supplied by the Joy Road Pump Station was added to the YPS to provide a continuous supply of water to the YPS service area. The total cost of this project is currently estimated at $35,500,000.
GLWA wishes to utilize loans available under the State of Michigan Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) for this project. A public hearing on the project plan was held on June 23, 2021, at 2:00 pm. The attached Resolution ap...
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