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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: June 3, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Jim Hibbard
SUBJECT
Items Relating to Review of Stormwater Best Management Practices and Pilot Testing of Low
Impact Development Stormwater Practices.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The proposed three year agreement with Colorado State University is for$303,012 and will be paid
from Stormwater Fund Prior Year Reserves.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Resolution 2008-054 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Intergovernmental
Agreement with Colorado State University for Review of Stormwater Best Management
Practices.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2008, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the
Stormwater Fund For Review of Stormwater Best Management Practices and
Implementation of Low Impact Development Demonstration Projects.
Council has asked for a review of the City's Stormwater Best Management Practices. City staff has
requested assistance from Colorado State University. This item authorizes the City Manager to
execute an intergovernmental agreement with the Urban Water Center at Colorado State University
for services related to the Best Management Practices review and appropriates $303,012 from
Stormwater reserves to fund the contract.
BACKGROUND
City Council has asked for a review of the City's Stormwater Best Management Practices(BMPs).
City staff has requested assistance from Colorado State University. The first phase includes:
• Review of current stormwater BMPs, and
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• Recommended changes in practice and design criteria, including appropriate Low Impact
Development (LID)practices.
Any proposed changes will be considered by City Council in the first quarter of 2009.
The second and concurrent phase is:
• Monitoring performance of certain existing stormwater water quality facilities;
• Recommending performance and operational changes for existing facilities;
• Monitoring results of performance modifications; and
• Pilot testing of selected LID practices and BMP renovation demonstration projects.
The total length of the agreement will be three years, with the results of the second phase used for
continuous improvement to stormwater BMPs. This review of stormwater practices and the
proposed agreemenf with Colorado State University also support the Utilities 21 st Century Initiative
to implement sustainable utility practices.
The Urban Water Center at Colorado State University is a nationally recognized leader in
developing protocols for control of urban runoff to create sustainable urban stream systems from
both hydrologic and ecologic perspectives. Recently, the Colorado Stormwater Council, a non-
profit organization of Municipal Stormwater Discharge permit holders, of which Fort Collins is a
member,commissioned a significant study with the Urban Water Center to study the Performance
and Whole Life Costs of Stormwater BMPs. This study uniquely positions the University to
perform the work requested by the City. In addition,the availability of graduate students,under the
supervision of Dr.Larry Roesner,Director of the Urban Water Center,results in substantially lower
cost to the City. Finally,the proposed agreement will strengthen the relationship between the City
and the University, support the goals of the UniverCity Connections Program and connect the
University to the City, Downtown, and the Poudre River.
RESOLUTION 2008-054
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR
REVIEW OF STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
WHEREAS, the City Council has requested a review of current Stormwater Best
Management Practices; and
WHEREAS, such a review supports the Utilities 21st Century Initiative to implement
sustainable utility practices; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Center at Colorado State University ("CSU") is recognized
nationally as a leader in stormwater best management practices and is engaged in a study of such
practices commissioned by the Colorado Stormwater Council; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of Colorado State University's ongoing work in the field of
stormwater best management practices,the Urban Water Center is uniquely positioned to leverage
the results of concurrent studies with a review of the City's stormwater practices; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Stormwater Council study allows for strong synergy in the review
of the City's stormwater practices and would lower the City's cost of review due to the participation
of graduate students; and
WHEREAS,one of the purposes ofUniverCity Connections is to bring CSU,the City of Fort
Collins, Downtown, and the Poudre River together in harmony with our natural environment and
utilizing the services of CSU to review the City's stormwater practices would further this purpose;
and
WHEREAS, City staff is recommending that the Council authorize such an agreement
between the City and CSU for the above described purposes; and
WHEREAS,Article II, Section 18 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins and Section 1-22
of the City Code authorize the Council to enter into contracts with other governmental bodies to
furnish services or cooperative or joint activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an intergovernmental
agreement with Colorado State University for review of the City's current stormwater best
management practices for recommendations on changes on practice and design criteria, including
appropriate low impact development practices; monitoring the performance of certain existing
stormwater water quality facilities; recommendations on performance and operational changes for
existing facilities; monitoring the results of performance modifications; and the pilot testing of
selected low impact development practices and best management practices renovation demonstration
projects.
Section 2. That, in consideration for these services, the City of Fort Collins will pay to
Colorado State University the sum of$303,012.00.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 3rd
day of June A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE STORMWATER FUND
FOR REVIEW OF STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the City Council has requested a review of current Stormwater Best
Management Practices; and
WHEREAS, such a review supports the Utilities 21st Century Initiative to implement
sustainable utility practices; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Center at Colorado State University ("CSU") is recognized
nationally as a leader in stormwater best management practices and is engaged in a study of such
practices commissioned by the Colorado Stormwater Council; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of Colorado State University's ongoing work in the field of
stormwater best management practices,the Urban Water Center is uniquely positioned to leverage
the results of concurrent studies with a review of the City's stormwater practices; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Stormwater Council study allows for strong synergy in the review
of the City's stormwater practices and would lower the City's cost of review due to the participation
of graduate students; and
WHEREAS,one of the purposes of UniverCity Connections is to bring CSU,the City of Fort
Collins, Downtown, and the Poudre River together in harmony with our natural environment and
utilizing the services of CSU to review the City's stormwater practices would further this purpose;
and
WHEREAS,City staff has recommended,and by authorization of Resolution 2008-054,the
Council has authorized an agreement between the City and CSU for the above described purposes;
and
WHEREAS, the funds needed to carry out the City's financial obligations under this
agreement are available from the Stormwater Fund prior year reserves; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as
may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves were
not previously appropriated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from Stormwater Fund Prior Year
Reserves the sum of THREE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND AND TWELVE DOLLARS
($303,012),to be used to fund the City's obligations under the above-referenced intergovernmental
agreement with Colorado State University for the review of the City's stormwater best management
practices and implementation of low impact development demonstration projects.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 3rd day of June,
A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of July, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of July, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk