HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-22-20 City Commission Packet Materials - C11. Agreement w USDA FS Custer Gallatin NF for Hyalite Canyon Rd Guardrail
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Brian Heaston, Senior Engineer Mitch Reister, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to execute a Collection Agreement with the USDA Forest Service Custer Gallatin National Forest for Hyalite Canyon Road guardrail installation. MEETING DATE: June 22, 2020
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to execute a Collection Agreement with the USDA Forest Service Custer Gallatin National Forest for Hyalite Canyon Road guardrail
installation.
BACKGROUND: In 2009, the City of Bozeman and Gallatin National Forest partnered to
install guardrail along Hyalite Canyon Road to protect the City’s Hyalite Creek water supply
system from vehicles running off the road and into the creek. If a vehicle accident caused gasoline or other vehicular fluids to discharge to Hyalite Creek, and that contaminated water entered the City’s water supply system, significant time and expense to purge the contaminated water from the system would be required along with potential water boil orders. Should this
event occur, the Hyalite Creek water supply system, which supplies 40% of the City’s water
supply, would be rendered temporarily inoperable. Since the completion of the 2009 guardrail project a length of road proximate to the City’s Hyalite Creek water supply intake has been identified as needing guardrail protection. The
purpose of the attached Collection Agreement and its incorporated Financial Plan is to document
the voluntary contribution of City funds to the Forest Service to install approximately three-quarters of a mile of additional guardrail. The Collection Agreement identifies a $60,000 contribution by the City to be provided to the Forest Service as a reimbursement upon completion of the guardrail work. This is a one-time contribution to the Forest Service who will
own and maintain the guardrail installed, as well as administer its construction contract.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The adopted FY21 Capital Improvements Plan contains project W99 – Hyalite Guardrail Extension funded at $70,000. The Collection Agreement obligates the City to reimburse the Forest Service at an amount of $60,000 for this project. Sufficient funding exists
to enter the Collection Agreement.
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ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the Commission.
ATTACHMENTS: Collection Agreement with Financial Plan Report compiled on June 12, 2020
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