RESOLUTION NO. 19-16

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR GRANT AND LOAN FUNDING FROM THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE HALLENBECK NUMBER ONE DOWNSTREAM SLOPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

Recitals:

The request from the Colorado Water Conservation Board in the form of a grant in the amount of $100,000 and loan of up to $1,010,000 would fund the $879,000 project to mitigate damage to the Hallenbeck Reservoir No. 1 dam (“Project”). The Project will mitigate the structural failure, provide improved control of seepage through the structure and return 699 acre feet of raw water storage to the City water system.

The grant in the amount of $100,000 has been awarded and the loan of $1,010,000 has been approved through the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Project expenditures are anticipated to accrue the summer of 2016.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION THAT:

The Interim City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with the Colorado Water Conservation Board for a Grant and a Loan for the Hallenbeck No. 1 Downstream Slope Repair Project.

PASSED AND APPROVED this 4^th day of May 2016.

                                                                 /s/ Phyllis Norris      

President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk