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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet 08/18/1999 i OR,'I NGELEb WASHINGTON, U.S.A. OFFICE OF THE CiTY Meeting with The Honorable Congressman Norm Dicks Wednesday, August 18, 1999 Caucus Room Port Angeles City Hall 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. AGENDA Drinking water supply (dam removal) for the City of Port Angeles Financial support request for slide areas in City of Port Angeles, especially 5* & Tumwater Provision of funding for correction of combined sewer overflow (separation of wastewater an stormwater to Wastewater Treatment Plant) Land Trade on Elwha Rayonier Superfund deferral Verbal: Brad Collins 101 / Hood Canal Bridge / Tacoma Narrow Bridge projects Verbal: Brad Collins P.A. International Gateway funding Verbal: Mike Quinn City of Port Angeles 321 East Fifth Street Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 417-4500 CITY OF PORT ANGELES pORXAN LES ~ ' CITY COUNCIL MEETING WASHINGTON, U.S.A. August 18, 1999 II. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Mayor Braun Councilman Campbell Councilman Doyle Councilman Hulett Councilmember McKeown Councilman Wiggins Councilman Williams Other Staff Present.: Staff Present: Manager Quinn ~/' , _~/{'. ~t~Jk Attorney Knutson Clerk Upton B. Becker S. Brodhun B. Collins V/ G. Cutler V/ S. Ilk Y. Ziomkowski III. ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION: Reason: Approximate Length: IV. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION: V. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by:. City_ of Port Angeles Domestic and Industrial Water Supply Discussion Paper for Congressman Norm Dicks August 18, 1999 Issue: The domestic and industrial water supply for the City of Port Angeles will be negatively impacted by removal of one or both of the Elwha Dams. Background: The high quality sole source domestic and industrial water supply to the City of Port Angeles is from the Elwha River. The water is vital to the current and future development of the City. Port Angeles has taken an active approach in identifying potential solutions and costs associated with the mitigation of the removal of the dams. In this endeavor Port Angeles has expended $150,000 for preliminary studies, staff coordination efforts, and consultant fees. Solutions: In order to ensure that Port Angeles has continued uninterruptible domestic and industrial water supplies, permanent filtration and related measures (currently not needed) will be essential. This is because high Elwha river turbidity will be a common recurring event. Longer term mitigation measures are further indicated by the sequential removal of the dams. The City has retained the consulting firm CH2M Hill, which is developing alternatives to mitigate the water supply impacts of dam removal. Design and permitting is anticipated to be approximately $5.5 million, which includes costs incurred by the City to date. Recommendations: It is recommended that the following actions be taken to protect and ensure that the current and future water supply for the City of Port Angeles is not interrupted: 1 - Appropriate sufficient funds to design and construct an adequate and safe water supply for the City of Port Angeles. 2 - Reimburse the City of Port Angeles for all current and future costs reasonably associated with the mitigation of the Elwha Dam(s) removal. 3 - Designate the City of Port Angeles as the lead agency in designing and constructing the necessary domestic and industrial water mitigation measures. Prepared by: Glenn A. Cutler, Director Public Works and Utilities Director, City of Port Angeles Telephone: 360-417-4800 N:\GLENN~PTPAPERI .WPD · · · · · (D 0 ~ oo ~ ~ ~ ~o City of Port An_oeles 1999 Storm Damage FEMA Disaster Fundincj Discussion Paper for Con~jressman Norm Dicks August18,1999 issue: The request for disaster assistance regarding the late January 1999 storms has been denied at the Federal Level. Background: In late January 1999 Western Washington was hit by a series of severe rain storms following earlier record setting rainfall amounts. These storms resulted in flooding and storm damage to an extent that the City of Port Angeles along with many other Washington Cities and Counties declared an emergency to expedite repairs and requests for financial assistance. The State of Washington declared an emergency and requested Federal assistance through FEMA. This assistance, after considerable delay in the response, was denied by the executive branch at the Federal level. The State of Washington has appealed the denial but no response has been received. The estimated total cost of the storm repairs for the City of Port Angeles is $884,000. A list of the damaged facilities and estimated cost to repair is attached. The storm damaged critical element of the City's infrastructure which required immediate repairs and could not be delayed for FEMA funding. The critical elements included three slides which threatened the City's water supply mains and four additional slide which closed arterial streets and restricted access to a dam on Morse Creek. Most of the repairs have been made or are in progress. Lack of Federal assistance will severely impact our already depressed economy. Solutions: Improve Federal agency response time in declaration of disasters. Take into account the impacts of funding denial, especially in areas which are already economically depressed. Recommendations: It is recommended that the Federal denial of the FEMA assistance be reviewed and assistance granted to avoid further economic impacts on the City and the surrounding area. Prepared by: Glenn A. Cutler, Director of Public Works & Utilities, City of Port Angeles Telephone: 360-417-4800 STATUS REPORT FOR STORM EVENT ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 28, 1999 PROJECT 99-05 Report Prepared August 18, 1999 ESTIMATED FUNDED NO. D_ESCRIPTION ....... COST(5/99) OBLIGATIONS BALANCE 1 Debris Clearance on City roads - $5,000.00 $5,771.01 $0.00 _ 2 ....Clear Slide on RR grade access road _ $8,000.00 $4,496.04 $0.00 3 I_nitial Geotechnical Consulting Work $11,000.00 $6,648.93 $0.00 4 Additional Geotechnical Work for Tumwater $33 000.00 $33,000.00 $0.00 5 Repair Ennis St. north of Columbia _. _ $93 000.00 $0.00 $93,000.00 6 Repair Tumwater St. at 5th. $125.000.00 $112,624.00 $0.00 7 Repair Cherry St. at 2nd. $5 000.00 $2,500.00 $0.00 8 Re-grade access road to Screen House $10 000.00 $9,144.05 $0.00 _ 9. Re-Grade RR grade access rd. w/gravel ~ _ $15 000.00 $0.00 $15,000.00 10_ _ Repair access road to Morse Cr. clam* $120 000.00 $0.00 $120,000.00 11 Slide Removal & Repair to Industrial Water Line $50 000.00 $11,797.63 $0.00 12 Site Work to Stabilize Area around City Water Main: $250 000.00 $180,827.41 $69,172.59 13 __Elwha Emergency Valve: $52 000.00 $7,666.05 $44,333.95 14 Site Work to Stabilize Slide)RePair Blowoff at peabody Cr. $85 000.00 $0.00 $85,000.00 1.~5 Slope Stabilization at 14th & Tumwater Truck~ Route $10 000.00 $9,325.86 $0.00 16 Improvements to north (Rife Rd.) access to Railroad ~]rade $12r000.00 $0.00 $12r000.00 $884,000.00 $383,800.98 $438,506.54 City of Port Angeles Funding for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) and Stormwater NPDES Requiremen~ Discussion Paper for Congressman Norm Dicks August 18, 1999 Issue: The lack of adequate funding for EPA's National Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy and Stormwater NPDES Policy requirements which mandate costly sewer and stormwater improvements. Background: Older portions the City of Port Angeles's sewer and storm systems are combined and the City of Port Angeles has been identified one of several CSO communities in the Puget Sound region. The City has expended $20,000,000 in upgrading the City's sewer treatment from primary to secondary to meet NPDES requirements. In addition to the secondary upgrade our NPDES permit requires improvements to the combined portion of out collection system to reduce to incident of CSO events. We estimate that these improvements will cost as much as the original upgrade to secondary treatment approximately $20,000,000. In addition we are faced with meeting EPA stormwater management requirements administered by DOE. The recent ESA listing of the Chinook Salmon is already imposing costly delays, required biological assessments, and unknown future requirements on all improvement projects within the City. Solutions: Provide adequate Federal funding and a reasonable time table to meet mandated improvements to our sewer and stormwater systems. Recommendations: Support legislation providing CSO support such as H.R. 828, the CSO Control and Partnership Act of 1999. Support additional funding legislation for other mandated stormwater and sewer improvements required by EPA to meet Stormwater NPDES and National Marine Fisheries (NMF) requirements. Prepared by: Glenn A. Cutler, Director of Public Works & Utilities, City of Port Angeles Telephone: 360-417-4800 pORTANGELES 'sdV A. $ H i N G T O N, U. S. A. CITY COUNCIL Juno 7, 1999 Clallam County Commissioners Boardman, Ireland, and Doherty Clallam County Courthouse Port Angeles, WA 98362 Re: . Elwha Land Trade Dear Commissioners Boardman, Ireland, and Dohcrty: The Port Angeles City COuncil has endorsed a proposal (attached) to trade public lands in thc National Forest for the private lands of Fort James referred to as the Lake AldwelFLake Mills properties. The idea is to look for lands of equal value within the National Forest in Clallam County and complete appraisals first on land surrounding the lakes and then on the Forest Service land to be exchanged. The Lake Aldwell/Lake Mills properties would be purchased for dam removal, and the Forest Service lands would be sold by the federal government. The latter would be sold at public auction to achieve the greatest return. There should be considerable interest in a sale of over 1000 acres of accessible forest land containing approximately 17 million board feet of commercial timber. Just as importantly, the distribution of public and private lands in Clallam County will remain whole, i.e., the tax base will not be eroded by increasing government ownership of land on the Olympic Penirisula. Accordingly, the City of Port Angeles urges thc Clallam County Commissioners to make such a request to the federal government for an Elwha land trade. The City Council believes that this is in the public interest and is necessary to maintain the economic base of the North Olympic Peninsula. If the City can be of assistance in the request, please .contact me and Interim City Manager Jack pittis. , Sincerely, Mayor Gary Braun Attachment cc: Hon. Norm Dicks, US Congress Russell Hepfer, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Chair Christine Anderson, Port of Port Angeles 321 EAST FIFTH STREET · P. O. BOX ! 150 · PORT ANGELES, WA 98362-O217 PHONE: 360-417-4500 · FAX: 360-417-4509 · TTY: 360-417-46Zl. 5 E-MAIL: COU N CI L~CI. PORT~A NGELES.WA. US AprilS, 1999 Elwhti I.arld Tra;le - L~ke Aidwell/I. ake Mills properties - Fort Jame~ The lands surrounding Itmse two lakes will be ac<lui~ by the Park Servic~ as a portion of the vallJe of purchasi~tg the dams from Fort James under terms of the Etwha Act of 1993. The total cost to the government h~ been established at $29.5 million. The~e dollars have already been The Lake Aldwell land~ comprit4 the largest share of thi~ ownemhip totaling about 990 acres that include 462 acres of average second growth timber. These lands are outside the National Park boundarms and would likely be The Lake Mills land~ total 160 acres and ir,dude 76 acm~ of large growth titular. This property is within the Pa~k bounda~ and would naturally be retained by the Park. In order to make an evaluation, the acres of commercial timber around both lakes and along the river have been calculatecl by excluding a 200 ft. The EIw~ Citizens Advisory Committee recom~ in their 199~ report that these lands shoulcl be sold or traded as, means to recover a IXWlion loss of Clallam County's tax b,~e. A rough appmi~l has been made of these lands that show~ a value of timber and timbeflencl In the neighborhood of $6 million. Forest in Clallam County and Ihen ~omplete appraisals first on the land sold by the government. The latter could be ~ld at public auction to achieve the greatest return. There i~ little doubt that ;on,iderlble interest woul;! be created by ,uch · ~ale of over 1000 acr~ of lcce~ible f0reStlar~ containing approximately 17 million Ixl. It of commercial timber.