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Approval of Cooperative Agreement with United States Geological Survey for Annual Operations & Maintenance of a Stream Gage on the Lowe River and Valdez Glacier Stream
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SUBMITTED BY: AnnMarie Lain
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $8,499.99 2016 $34,000.00 annually 2017-21
Unencumbered Balance: $4,000.00
Funding Source: 001-5500-43400
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Approval of Cooperative Agreement with United States Geological Survey for Annual Operations & Maintenance of a Stream Gage on the Lower River and Valdez Glacier Stream
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Since 2014 the City has held a joint funding agreement with the USGS for the operations and maintenance of a stream gage on the Lowe River. This agreement ends on September 30th, 2016. The steam gage is critically useful in monitoring water levels during potential flooding events of the Alpine Woods area. The gage streams live data to a website that updates every 15 minutes and sends alarms when the stream levels rise above a specified threshold.
The Lowe River stream gage was an essential step toward a comprehensive flood protection program for Alpine Woods.
This is immediate, relevant data to both individuals that live in the floodplain as well as emergency flood responders. Given the magnitude of the last few outburst events on the Valdez Glacier Stream, another gage has been added to the cooperative agreement.
Attached to this agenda statement is a draft agreement the City would sign with the USGS authorizing them to install the new stream gage and committing the annual monitoring and maintenance funds. The USGS agrees to pay half the cost and the City will pay the other half of the cost. Also attached is a USGS cost evaluation document that explains where the costs come from to commit and maintain stream gages.
It is staff's recommendation that City Council approve funding for the USGS stream gage on the Lowe River and Valdez Gla...
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