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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2023-149
File ID: AB2023-149 Version: 1 Status: Adopted
File Created: 02/17/2023 Entered by: mdonley@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department: Public Works File Type: Ordinance
Department
Assigned to: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Final Action: 03/21/2023
Agenda Date: 03/21/2023 Enactment #: ORD 2023-013
Primary Contact Email: sdrapernco.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Ordinance amending the project budget for the Academy Road Stormwater Improvements Project
Fund, request no. 3
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
See memo
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body:
Action:
Sent To:
03/07/2023 Council
INTRODUCED
Council Finance and
Administrative Services
Committee
Aye:
7
Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas,
Frazey, Galloway, and Kershner
Nay:
0
Absent:
0
03/21/2023 Council Finance and Administrative
RECOMMENDED FOR
Services Committee
ADOPTION
Aye:
3
Donovan, Frazey, and Kershner
Nay:
0
Absent:
0
03/21/2023 Council ADOPTED
Aye: 7 Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Frazey, Galloway, and Kershner
Nay: 0
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 312212023
Agenda Bill Master Report Continued (AB2023-149)
Absent: 0
Attachments: Staff memo, Proposed Ordinance, Proposed Exhibit A, Budget Supplemental Request PBB
Whatcom County Page 2 Printed on 312212023
1 PROPOSED BY: Public Works
2 INTRODUCTION DATE: 3/7/2023
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5 ORDINANCE NO. 2023-013
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8 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ACADEMY ROAD STORMWATER
9 IMPROVEMENTS FUND, REQUEST NO. 3
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12 WHEREAS, Academy Road Stormwater Improvements project was
13 constructed in 2015 as a priority capital project due to its listing on the
14 county's Lake Whatcom Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan, and
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16 WHEREAS, this project upgrade is listed as item number one on the
17 2023-2028 Six -Year Water Resources Improvement Program for the Lake
18 Whatcom watershed, and
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20 WHEREAS, the project was intended to treat runoff from
21 approximately 80 acres and included a pretreatment unit, media filtration
22 system, a high -flow bypass, and a vegetated buffer along the lake front, and
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24 WHEREAS, this project was constructed jointly with the City of
25 Bellingham, and
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27 WHEREAS, the project has not performed up to original design
28 expectations due to issues associated with original filtration media,
29 sedimentation from offsite, and greater stormwater flows than anticipated,
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32 WHEREAS, the initial funding request in 2014 for $1,109,000
33 (Ordinance 2014-080), which was amended in 2016 to add $95,000 for staff
34 labor costs (Ordinance 2016-057), was used to construct the original project,
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37 WHEREAS, a second supplemental funding request in 2021 for
38 $86,845 (Ordinance 2021-014) was used to cover Phase II engineering
39 design costs required to evaluate options to improve system performance
40 and to provide engineering plans, specifications and an estimate for system
41 upgrades to achieve original design performance, and
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43 WHEREAS, these additional expenses were funded by a transfer from
44 the Lake Whatcom Stormwater Utility (LWSU) district funds and by remaining
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WHEREAS, additional funds are needed to cover the construction
costs associated with the proposed upgrades. The updated construction -
related expenses for this project are estimated at $688,500, and
WHEREAS, these additional expenses will be funded by a transfer
from Real Estate Excise Tax II funds ($268,500) and from the Lake Whatcom
Stormwater Utility fund ($420,000),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County
Council that Ordinance No. 2021-014 is hereby amended to add $688,500 of
expenditure authority, as described in Exhibit A, to the current project
budget of $1,290,835, for a total amended project budget of $1,979,335.
ADOPTED ,i,hi§t day of March , 2023.
�.• �Pi OD�j•••� WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
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Dana Brow ii-Davis; er of the Council B ry cha n, Chair of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Christopher Quinn approved via email
Christopher Quinn
Senior Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney - Civil Division
WHATCOM COUNTY EXECUTIVE
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Satpal SiLlhu, County Executive
(�) Approved ( ) Denied
Date Signed: ?�Z:0L2=
EXHIBIT A
ACADEMY ROAD STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS (FUND 364)
Expenditures
Account
Description
2016 Amended
Project Budget
2021 Amendment #2
to Ord.2016-057
2023 Amendment #3
to Ord.2021-014
Total Amended
Project Budget
6110
Wages
$ 55,233
$
18,065
$
22,500
$
95,798
6290
Applied Benefits
$ 39,767
$
16,844
$
18,000
$
74,611
6630
Professional Services
$ -
$
75,000
1 $
70,000
1 $
145,000
6699
Other Services- Interfund
$
$
24,000
$
6,000
$
30,000
7199
Other Miscellaneous-Interfund
$
$
4,000
$
2,000
$
6,000
7380
Other Improvements
$ 1,109,000
$
(51,074)
$
570,000
$
1,627,926
TOTALS
$ 1,204,000
$
86,835
$
688,500
$
1,979,335
Revenues
Account
Description
2016 Amended
Project Budget
2021 Amendment #2
to Ord.2016-057
2023 Amendment #3
to Ord.2021-014
Total Amended
Project Budget
4334.0315
Department of Ecology Grant
$ 50,000
$
-
$
50,000
4337.0701
City of Bellingham
$ 259,000
$
-
$
259,000
8301.132
Operating Transfer In - LWSU
$ -
$
86,835
$
420,000
$
506,835
8301.169
Operating Transfer In - Flood
$ 180,000
$
-
$
180,000
8301.324
Operating Transfer In - REET II
$ 715,000
$
-
$
268,500
$
983,500
TOTALS
$ 1,204,000
$
86,835
$
688,500
$
1,979,335