Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing a Grant Application for the Mitigating Coastal Flood Risks to Storm and Wastewater Systems Project
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a Resolution authorizing a grant application for the Mitigating Coastal Flood Risks to Storm and Wastewater Systems Project.
Report
Issue:
Whether t to approve a Resolution authorizing a grant application for the Mitigating Coastal Flood Risks to Storm and Wastewater Systems Project.
Staff Contact:
Susan Clark, Engineering and Planning Supervisor, Public Works Water Resources and Drinking Water Utility, 360.753.8321
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Capability and Capacity Building grant program funds initial project scoping and feasibility projects that once constructed increase resilience and public safety, reduce injuries and loss of life, and reduce damage and destruction to property, critical services, facilities, and infrastructure. It is a cost-share grant, with 75 percent federal funds and 25 percent local funds. The State of Washington is expected to provide half of the non-federal portion.
Downtown Olympia is the economic and cultural hub of the Thurston region, and it contains vital infrastructure such as the Budd Inlet Wastewater Treatment Plant (BITP), operated by LOTT Clean Water Alliance (LOTT). The BITP is at risk from wastewater and stormwater runoff entering a combined sewer system routed to the treatment plant. Increased peak flows in the combined system, due to increasing precipitation intensity and sea level rise, could exceed the plant's capacity, resulting in localized backups into buildings, discharge of untreated or partially treated wastewater into Budd Inlet, and disruption of biological treatment processes.
In December 2022, Olympia experienced its highest tide ever reco...
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