Title
Approval of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Loan for the Fones Road Booster Pump Station
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan for the Fones Road Booster Pump Station and authorize the City Manager to sign the loan contract in the amount of $1,931,982.
Report
Issue:
Whether to confirm staff's recommendation to approve the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan for the Fones Road Booster Pump Station.
Staff Contact:
Tim Richardson, P.E., Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8749
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is a program that provides low interest loans to water utilities to upgrade the water system. The Washington State Department of Health, Public Works Board, and Department of Commerce administer the loans.
The loans fund improvements that protect public health and help meet State drinking water regulations. The program seeks to protect public health by ensuring safe and reliable drinking water.
This loan will provide funding to replace an aging drinking water pump station. The City-owned station supplies water from the McAllister Wellfield to the eastside of Olympia. The 45-year old facility is essential, yet increasingly unreliable. It is located underground on Fones Road adjacent to the Woodland Trail.
A new above ground facility will be located in the same area on property currently owned by the City. It will ensure adequate water pressure, supply for fire protection and summer usage, and the ability to fill the Hoffman water reservoir. It will also serve the soon-to-be constructed Log Cabin reservoir. The project is included in Olympia's adopted Water System Plan.
Once Council has approved the loan, Staff will bid the project. Construction will start later in the summer...
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