City of Peoria - File #: 16-077

• File #: 16-077
• Version: 1
• Name: AMEC Task Order 9 Amendment 8 re Peoria CSO
• Type: Agreement
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/27/2016
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 3/22/2016
• Final action: 3/22/2016
• Title: Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Approve Amendment No. 8 to AGREEMENT #07-040 (The 2007 Professional Services Agreement With AMEC ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. [Formerly MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.]), with an Effective Date of March 1, 2016, and a Completion Date of December 31, 2017, for a Total Additional Compensation Amount Not To Exceed $1,381,500.00, to Assist the City in the Development and Negotiation of a LONG-TERM CONTROL PLAN to Meet the Requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the City's COMBINED SEWER OUTFALLS.
• Indexes: Goal 1 - Financially Sound City , Goal 3 - Beautiful Peoria, Goal 4 - Grow Peoria, Invest in our infrastructure and transportation, Reinvest in neighborhoods, Support sustainability

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/22/2016	1	City Council	approved	Pass
3/8/2016	1	City Council	deferred	Pass

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Approve Amendment No. 8 to AGREEMENT #07-040 (The 2007 Professional Services Agreement With AMEC ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. [Formerly MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.]), with an Effective Date of March 1, 2016, and a Completion Date of December 31, 2017, for a Total Additional Compensation Amount Not To Exceed $1,381,500.00, to Assist the City in the Development and Negotiation of a LONG-TERM CONTROL PLAN to Meet the Requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the City's COMBINED SEWER OUTFALLS.

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BACKGROUND: The City of Peoria's combined sewer overflows (CSO's) have been regulated by USEPA and IEPA for over 25 years. This regulation is through a permit in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The permit is renewable every five years. When the City of Peoria's permit was issued in June, 2006, the City was required to develop a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) to address the impact of CSO's.

Negotiations with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) and review of submitted technical documents continues to be slow. It is anticipated that the LTCP can be substantially completed during 2016. City outside legal counsel continues to advise that the City proceed slowly and deliberately in obtaining incremental approvals from USEPA/DOJ. The goal is to enter into a Consent Decree which memorializes the LTCP Green Infrastructure project approach and a favorable implementation schedule.

During 2016, the project focus will be further refining the green infrastructure hydrologic and hydraulic model, expanding financial analyses, and continuing public involvement efforts. One of the early efforts will be to coordinate with the i-Team on a Green Infrastructure pilot project. Ideas for supplemental environmental projects will ...