To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Phil Brun, Utilities Director
Prepared By: Doug De Master, Senior Civil Engineer
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Dwyer Road Pump Station Hazard Mitigation Grant
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution 1) authorizing the Utilities Director to submit a grant application to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES) and execute all documents necessary to secure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding in the amount of up to $6,525,000, with a City matching obligation of up to $2,175,000; 2) authorizing the Utilities Director to execute reimbursement agreements with the cities of St Helena, and Calistoga for the Dwyer Road Pump Station Project DR4344-AP-00916 in the amount of up to $725,000 each; 3) creating a new CIP Project, Dwyer Road Pump Station (53104-WX22UT06), and approving an increase of revenue and expenditures budgets in the amount of $8,700,000, and 4) authorizing a transfer of funds in the amount of $2,175,000 from water fund capital reserve account to water capital expenditure budget as documented in budget adjustment No. BE2205502.
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DISCUSSION:
After federally declared disasters, FEMA makes Hazard Mitigation Grant Program ("HMGP") funds available for improvements to mitigate damage in future disasters. The Dwyer Road Pump Station Project will reduce or prevent Property Damage and Loss of Critical Drinking Water and Fire Protection Infrastructure resulting from Fire by increasing water system reliability for three Cities--Napa, Calistoga and St Helena--by increasing available system storage by 5 million gallons in the event that the Hennessey Water Treatment Plant is not in operation. The Plant was threatened by wildfires in 2017 and 2020.
The Project will upgrade the existing Dwyer flow control station to a pump station, stabilize pressures in the up valley water delivery system, and add water storage capacity into...
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