Title
Approval of Interlocal Agreement with the City of Lacey for Operation and Maintenance of Woodland Creek Groundwater Recharge Facility
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Lacey to operate and maintain the Woodland Creek Groundwater Recharge Facility.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Lacey to operate and maintain the Woodland Creek Groundwater Recharge Facility. The Woodland Creek Groundwater Recharge Facility is a joint construction project between the cities of Olympia and Lacey. The facility mitigates surface water impacts associated with the cities' groundwater withdrawals. This agreement establishes roles and responsibilities, and the means for sharing facility operation and maintenance expenses.
Staff Contact:
Donna Buxton, Senior Program Specialist, Public Works Water Resources, 360.753.8793
Presenter(s):
N/A
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia and the City of Lacey established the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Lacey and the City of Olympia for Water Rights Mitigation (October 2008) for the purpose of developing a shared water rights mitigation strategy. Both cities have water rights to withdraw groundwater for drinking water purposes. Because the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) requires the Cities to mitigate these withdrawals, the cities submitted a shared mitigation strategy to Ecology in December 2010.
When Ecology approved Olympia's and Lacey's water rights, the shared mitigation strategy was also approved. Under the strategy, the cities built a groundwater recharge facility in Lacey's Woodland Park. Reclaimed water is piped from the LOTT Clean Water Alliance Martin Way Reclaimed Water Plant to the groundwater recharge facility in Woodland Park. The groundwater recharge facility then infi...
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