HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-033-03/01/1988-AGREEMENT CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER PROGRAM U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY USGS COOPERATIVE WATER RESOURCES INVES RESOLUTION 88- 33
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE
USGS COOPERATIVE WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATION PROGRAM
PROGRAM FOR THE CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins needs river flow and quality data
regarding the Cache la Poudre River to provide baseline information for
cost-effective water quality and quantity management; and
WHEREAS, in 1987, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a monitoring
survey of seven sites on the Poudre River which survey provided this
necessary information to the City in a timely and professional manner; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of
Fort Collins that the City continue to participate in the U.S. Geological
Survey Cooperative Water Resources Investigation Program; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the City's participation for 1988 is Thirty-one
Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($31,475) , and said funds are
budgeted and available in the Water and Sewer Fund; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-66 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins, no professional services agreement in excess of Twenty Thousand
Dollars ($20,000) shall be entered into until approved by the City Council
in an open meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter
into an Agreement with the United States Geological Survey for the City's
participation in the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Water Resources
Investigation Program, for a cost of Thirty-one Thousand Four Hundred
Seventy-five Dollars ($31,475) for the year 1988.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager may, if he deems it to be
in the best interest of the City, extend the Agreement one (1) additional
year and may make modifications to the Agreement, or any extension thereof
as necessary to protect the City's interests and safeguard the City's water
quality and supply.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Fort Collins held this 1st day of March, A.D. 1988.
Assistant Mayor
,ATTEST:
City Clerk