I-JOBS Application for Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration ProjectMasterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuque
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Iowa Jobs (I -JOBS II) Application, Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration
Project
DATE: July 16, 2010
City Engineer Gus Psihoyos recommends the City Council approval to submit an
application for I -JOBS II Disaster Prevention Grant Program funding for the Lower Bee
Branch Creek Restoration Project.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Attach.
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Michael C. Van Milligen
BACKGROUND
DISCUSSION
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
DATE: July 16, 2010
SUBJECT: Iowa Jobs (I -JOBS II) Application, Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration
Project
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is request City Council approval to submit an application for
I -JOBS II funding for the (Lower) Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project.
In 2010, the Iowa Legislature appropriated $30 million from FY 11 revenue bonds to the
I -JOBS Board for a Disaster Prevention Grant Program for grants to cities and counties.
The money is intended to assist in the development and completion of public
construction projects relating to disaster prevention, including construction, replacement
or reconstruction of, local public buildings in a manner that mitigates damages from
future disasters, including flooding.
Because the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project is a disaster prevention project, it
seemed to qualify for the funding. One of the qualifications of a project is related to how
soon it can move into construction. Therefore, on July 1, 2010 a Notice of Intent to
Apply for $7.3 million in I -JOBS II Disaster Prevention Grant Program funds was
submitted for the Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration project. The Lower Bee Branch
Creek Restoration Project is the section of the project from the 16 Street Detention
Basin to the railroad tracks just north of the former pack site.
On July 15, 2010 the City received notice from the Iowa Finance Authority that the City
was eligible to apply for funds from the program. As a next step, the City was invited to
complete an online application. The application deadline is August 2, 2010.
One of the requirements of the application is an "official resolution from the applicant
authorizing the submission of (the I -JOBS II) application."
The resolution required as part of the grant application has been prepared (see
attachment).
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the
submission of an application for I -JOBS II funding for the Lower Bee Branch Creek
Restoration Project.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
I respectfully request that the City Council pass the attached resolution authorizing the
submission of an application for I -JOBS II funding for the Lower Bee Branch Creek
Restoration Project.
Prepared by Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer
cc: Teri Goodman, Assistant City Manager
Jenny Larson, Budget Director
Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer
RESOLUTION NO. 262-10
AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF IOWA (-
JOBS II DISASTER PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM FOR FUNDING FOR THE
LOWER BEE BRANCH CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT
Whereas, in 1999 and again in 2002 and 2004, heavy rains produced flood
damage spurring a Presidential Disaster Declarations for Dubuque County, and
Whereas, the Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project has been identified
as one of a series of projects to provide relief from property damage due to flooding to
1,150 residents in the City of Dubuque, and
Whereas, the City of Dubuque has expended $5,100,000 constructing the Carter
Road detention Basin and the W. 32 Street Detention Basin to mitigate flood damage,
and
Whereas, the Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project is required to provide
further protection from property damage due to flooding,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
That the City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to submit an
application for I -JOBS II Disaster Prevention Grant Program for funding of the Lower
Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project.
Attest:
Passed, approved and adopted this 19th day of July , 2010.
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eanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
Roy D. Buol, Mayor