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• • • CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6D STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jason C. Wedel MEETING DATE: December 10, 2012 TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 12 -133, Authorizing Professional Services to Prepare Amendment to Wellhead Protection Plan VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 BACKGROUND On June 6, 2012, City staff met with representatives from the Minnesota Department of Health to discuss the requirements for amending the City's Wellhead Protection Plan. The amendment is broken down into Part I and Part II. Part I of the amendment includes the following items: • Delineations of the Wellhead Protection Area (WHPA) • Delineations of the Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) • Well and aquifer vulnerability assessments The goal of the plan amendment is to prevent human - caused contaminants from entering the water supply wells and to protect all who use the water supply from adverse health effects associated with groundwater contamination. The City Council is being asked to consider authorizing professional services for Part I only of the plan amendment. The City is required to complete Part I by December 2013. The City Council will be asked to consider authorization for professional services for Part II at a later date. Part II is required to be completed by March 10, 2015. The majority of the work for Part I involves ground water modeling. WSB has teamed up with Leggette, Brashears, & Graham, Inc. (LBG) to provide the ground water modeling. The costs break down as follows: LBG $14,000 WSB $ 3,500 Total $17,500 It should be noted that LBG was able to reduce their fee for the modeling since they will be concurrently working on the modeling for the City of Hugo. Funding for the plan amendment is proposed to come from the City's Water Fund. WSB and LBG are immediately available to begin work on the Wellhead Protection Plan Amendment Part I.