City Council Resolution 1981-06r
RESOLUTION REGARDING AMENDMENT TO STEP II
EPA GRANT NO. C-270855-02 FOR
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AT THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
WHEREAS, Orr-Schelen-Mayeron and Associates, Inc. (OSM) has incurred
additional engineering costs in the amount of $82,869.49 for preparation of
Step II Plans and Specifications under EPA Wastewater Treatment P]_ant Grant
No. C-270855-02; and
WHEREAS, that additional expense was necessary and proper; and
WHEREAS, the additional costs incurred were the result of unforseen
and substantial additional engineering design as a result of circumstances
discovered following the completion of the Step I facilities plan; and
WHEREAS, the additional costs incurred in making the substantial
additional engineering design furthered EPA objectives under the Wastewater
Treatment Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the EPA and MPCA have approved the plans and specifications
prepared by OSM for the Monticello Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements; and
WHEREAS, due to the particular circumstances of this case, including
the extremely tight schedule for completion of Step II engineering services
required by the MPCA staff and the earlier endorsement by the MPCA of a sub-
sequent grant amendment to the Step I grant;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Monticello moves that
the EPA Regional Administrator and requests endorsement by the MPCA for a
deviation from the substatutory requirements of Federal Regulations
40CFR30.900-1(a) and 40CFR35.935-11. Said deviation is requested pursuant
to 40CFR30.1000 Et.SEQ, and is further requested for the purposes of
allowing the engineering firm of OSM to recover otherwise allowable costs
in the amount of $82,869.49 for the necessary work done in producing plans
and specifications under Monticello's EPA Grant C-270855-02.
Approved by the City Council of the City of Monticello this 26th day of
January 1981.
Arve Grimsmo, Mayor
ATTEST:
W
Wie City Administrator
(1981 ~k6)