Title
Approval of a Resolution Declaring an Emergency for the Percival Creek Utility and Pedestrian Bridge Repair
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a resolution declaring an emergency for the Percival Creek utility and pedestrian bridge repair.
Report
Issue:
Whether to declare an emergency for the Percival Creek utility and pedestrian bridge repair.
Staff Contact:
Eric Christensen, Water Resources Director, Public Works Water Resources, 360.570.3741
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
On February 7, 2020, a windstorm caused a tree to fall severing the center span of a utility and pedestrian bridge spanning Percival Creek. It is located approximately 0.4 miles west of Deschutes Parkway. The bridge supported a drinking water main and a sewer main, which were also broken.
The broken sewer main released approximately 31,000 gallons of raw sewage to Percival Creek before being temporarily bypassed. Sewer service has been restored, temporarily using aboveground bypass piping. The sewer main serves approximately 765 residential units and 42 commercial accounts including the Thurston County Courthouse.
The broken water main has yet to be repaired. As a result, the ability to provide drinking and fire protection water to an area serving approximately 2,100 residential units and 64 commercial accounts is reduced.
The Public Works Board will provide the City with a $1 million dollar, 20-year, 1.58% emergency loan on the condition that the City Council declare an emergency for the Percival Creek bridge and utility repairs on or before March 24th.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
All customers are receiving water and sewer service at this time. More permanent mid-term utility services will take at least another three weeks to restore. Long-term, more sustainable solutions will take a year or more.
Options:
1. Approve a Resoluti...
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