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| Project Name: |
East Side Storm Water Improvements Project |
| Project City: |
DeWitt |
| Project County: |
Clinton |
| Local Infrastructure Activity Type: |
Flood control/Flood protection |
| Disaster Relation: |
Future Flood - Mitigation |
| Demonstrated Substantial Economic Impact:: |
Regional |
| Is this project identified in an Iowa Great Places agreement, pursuant to Iowa Code 303.3C?: |
No |
| Total Projected Development Cost: |
$600,000.00 |
| Grant Amount Requested: |
$300,000.00 |
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| Provide a brief narrative description summarizing the proposed project, including how the project relates to disaster relief and mitigation and to local infrastructure: |
| Construction of a detention basin on the northeast side of DeWitt to capture and temporarily contain storm water that runs nearly a mile through open ditches on the east side of DeWitt. The detention area would include a long narrow berm to act as an impoundment structure and would require a minium of 6.5 acres. The detention basin would reduce street flooding at 11th Street (major east/west route with heaviest traffic counts in Dewitt) as well as other residential streets and streets in the industrial park. Currently there is flooding in rain events of 2 inches or greater. Additionally, the detention structure will help settle debris and sediment out of the storm water before it flows into the ditch system, thereby reducing the silting in the storm water ditch. In conjunction with the construction of the detention area the City proposes to clean and reshape the east side drainage ditch and the southeast drainage ditch in Crossroads Business (Industrial) Park (totaling approximately 7,000 lf of open ditch). Within the ditch there are two structural elements; concrete and railroad tie retaining walls that need to be rebuilt. The project would include surveying existing easements and establishing easements where there are none along the drainage ditch. The entire project would greatly reduce street flooding, and the flooding of private property and therefore reduce the damage to both public and private property. Additionally, the street flooding in the Crossroads Industrial Park temporarily shuts down commerce and has a financial cost to all the businesses in the Crossroads Business Park. It is estimated that the project cost including engineering, surveying, land purchase (for detention area), and construction would total $452,000.00. |
| Explain how the proposed project will have a demonstrated substantial local, regional, or statewide economic impact: |
| The proposed project will have a substantial local and regional impact. The southern part of the project is located in the Crossroads Business Park (industrial park) where over 1,000 employees are employed. The employees come from the City of Clinton, Jackson County, Scott County, Cedar County, and DeWitt. The proposed project will greatly reduce the street flooding that occurs in the the Crossroads Business Park. During heavy rains both East 3rd Avenue and Industrial Drive are flooded with overflow from the east side drainage ditch system. The flooding makes it difficult for employees to get to and from work, and it makes it difficult for the employers to recieve shipment and deliver their products. Improvements in this area will benefit all existing employees and employers as well as increase the opportunities for expansions of existing businesses in the park and increase the opportunties for new business to locate in the park. In addition to reducing the street flooding in the industrial park the proposed project will greatly reduce street flooding on 11th Street (former HWY 30 and part of the original Lincoln Hwy). Eleventh Street is a 4-lane collector and is DeWitt's busiest street serving primarily commercial properties. Although no longer a part of the Federal Hwy. system 11th Street is a consistently used route to travel to Clinton, and connects with routes to Charlotte, and Preston. DeWitt serves as a regional employer and retail market for the rural neighboring rural areas and small towns; the proposed project will greatly reduce the impact of flooding on industrial and commercial activity. |
| If your project is rebuilding disaster-damaged property or if it is replacing or rebuilding a local public building, please include an estimate of the additional cost of any expansion or improvement of the infrastructure beyond its size or functionality, etc., that existed prior to the disaster or prior to the replacement or rebuilding of a local public building. If your project does not replace or rebuild disaster-damaged property or a local public building, please put "Not Applicable.": |
| Not Applicable |
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| Jobs Chart: |
Exhibit_1_F4AA44C253BD9.doc
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| Number of full-time permanent jobs to be created: |
0 |
| Number of part-time permanent jobs to be created: |
0 |
| Number of full-time temporary jobs to be created: |
0 |
| Number of part-time temporary jobs to be created: |
0 |
| Total number of jobs to be created: |
0 |
| Explain the calculation methodology used to estimate the number of jobs to be created: |
| The proposed project is a storm water construction and repair project and will not directly create any permanent or temporary jobs. It will provide work for an entire construction season for the contractor that provides the low bid. |
| Number of full-time permanent jobs to be retained: |
6 |
| Number of part-time permanent jobs to be retained: |
0 |
| Number of full-time temporary jobs to be retained: |
0 |
| Number of part-time temporary jobs to be retained: |
0 |
| Total number of jobs to be retained: |
6 |
| Explain the calculation methodology used to estimate the number of jobs to be retained: |
| A workforce of six is the approximate number of workers that will need to be on the job daily to complete the proposed project in a construction season. The calculation assumes that if not for the proposed project the selected contractor would not have work enough for its entired force and therefore be required to lay off 6 employees. |
| Describe the overall expected work conditions and safety for the jobs to be created or retained: |
| The jobs retained will be outdoor construction jobs. Although the workers may face adverse weather conditions the retained jobs will be safe as long as the contractor uses safe work practices as required by the contract, as well as state and federal regulations. |
| Describe the average benefits (including health benefits) provided for all jobs to be created and retained by the project and how those benefits compare to typical comparable jobs in the county in which the project will be located: |
| The average benefits retained by the project are dependent on the actual contractor who submits the lowest bid. Contractors in the region may or may not include benefits such as health benefits as a part of their compensation package. |
| Total number of jobs to be created or retained: |
6
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| Of that total, number of jobs expected to offer health insurance: |
1 |
| Will the proposed project accrue benefits to areas distressed by high unemployment?: |
Yes |
| If yes, briefly describe the anticipated benefits to the area?: |
| If the proposed project is funded there will be many residual benefits to the local economy. The local purchase of supplies and materials will serve as a boost to a distressed local econonmy. Generally, contractors buy everything from concrete to lunch locally. This will help local business retain jobs, which is particulalry important since Clinton County's unemployement is currently 1.7% higher than the state average. Additionally, the Clinton County unemployment rate increased by 1.3% between May and June 2009, which was more than twice as much as the state average increased. |
| Current unemployment rate in the county or counties where the proposed project is located: |
7.9 |
| Anticipated long-term tax generation of the proposed project: |
$20,000.00
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| Explain how the project will enhance the region’s quality of life: |
| Currently the City's east side drainage ditch does not function well. During heavy rains there is flooding on private and public property. There are a number of streets that closed as a result of flooding; most significantly, 11th Street in East DeWitt experiences flooding. Eleventh Street is a 4-lane arterial street, is the City's busiest street, is located primarily in commercial districts and is the City's main east-west route. Its closure impacts, a number of businesse residents and other travelers. In addition to 11th Street East 3rd Avenue and Industrial Drive both located in the Crossroads Business Park (industrial park) are subject to flooding, which disturbs the shipment of materials and product, and interfers with the ability of the workforce to get to work. The proposed project will significantly decrease the flooding of roadways and private property. Furthermore, a cleaned and reshaped drainage ditch will not only funtion better, but look better and be easier to maintain for the approximately 50 residents and businesses located adjacent to it. |
| Explain how the proposed project will contribute to the community’s efforts to retain and attract a skilled workforce: |
| The project will have a significant impact on the transportation in the City's Industiral Park (Crossroads Business Park) where over a 1000 individuals are employed and where there is the potential to employee many more becaue of available lots and buildings. Currently during heavy rains the east side ditch running along East 3rd Avenue and Industrial Drive overflow and cause significant street flooding (on July 24, 2009, 1.5 inches of rain in a quick downfall caused these streets to be impassable for hours). The flooding that occurs in this area is a deterent for industries to expand or locate in the industrial park. Additionally, it has a negative impact on workers traveling to or from work. The proposed project would include a detention site north of the industrial park that would reduce the high flows in the ditches. Additionally, the project would include repairing and reshaping the ditches in and adjacent to the industrial park allowing for more capacity and creating ditches that function properly. These improvements would make the the industrial park a much better place to work and do business. Furthermore the project would reduce the flooding on other roadways and on private property which overall makes the City of DeWitt a more attractive place to live and work. |
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| Minority Impact Statement |
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| The proposed grant projects programs or policies could have a disproportionate or unique positive impact on minority persons: |
| No |
| Describe the positive impact expected from this project: |
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| Indicate which group is impacted: |
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| The proposed grant project programs or policies could have a disproportionate or unique negative impact on minority persons: |
| No |
| Describe the negative impact expected from this project: |
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| Present the rationale for the existence of the proposed program or policy: |
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| Provide evidence of consultation with representatives of the minority groups impacted: |
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| Indicate which group is impacted: |
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| The proposed grant project programs or policies are not expected to have a disproportionate or unique impact on minority persons: |
| Yes |
| Present the rationale for determining no impact: |
| The City of DeWitt has a very small minority population. Additionally, the minority population is not distributed more heavily in the project area. As a result there will not be a diproportionate or unique impact on minority persons. |
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| Project's Revenues and Expenses |
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Exhibit_2_D1B5A381814A8.doc
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| Describe the operational plan for the proposed project, including detailed information about how the project will be operated and maintained: |
| The City of DeWitt will be owner of the detention basin. The City owns or has easements for most of the property where the east side ditch is located. The City will acquire easements where it does not have them for access to the storm water ditch. The City and adjacent property owners will maintain the improved ditch. The City will own and maintain the detention area. |
| Provide a timeline for implementing the proposed project: |
| A study has been completed pertaining to the east side storm water detention area. Design for the project will begin as soon as funds are available. Application for the necessary permits will begin as soon as funds are available. Construction will begin within 3 months of funding being available if weather permits. It is the City's intention to do the project as soon as practicable. |
| Discuss the availability of other federal, state, local, and private sources of funds for the proposed project and the status of other funding commitments: |
| The City has $300,000.00 available for this project from its Storm Water Utility reserve funds and its operating capital improvements budget. The City Council is prepared to use all of these funds for the proposed project. |
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| I-Jobs Project Budget Form |
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| I-Jobs Project Budget Sources: |
| Source of Funding |
Amount |
Are Funds Secured? |
If No, Estimated Date to be Secured |
| I-JOBS Local Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program |
$300,000.00 |
Yes |
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| City of DeWitt Storm Water Utility Fund |
$300,000.00 |
Yes |
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| TOTAL SOURCES |
$600,000.00 |
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| I-Jobs Project Budget Uses: |
| Use of Funding |
Amount |
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| Building Acquisition |
$0.00 |
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| Land Acquisition |
$189,000.00 |
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| Demolition |
$0.00 |
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| On-site Improvements |
$294,000.00 |
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| Off-site Improvements |
$0.00 |
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| Rehabilitation |
$0.00 |
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| New Construction |
$0.00 |
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| Permits |
$0.00 |
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| Construction Contingency |
$19,000.00 |
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| Soft Cost Contingency |
$12,000.00 |
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| Construction Loan Fee |
$0.00 |
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| Construction Loan Interest |
$0.00 |
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| Real Estate Taxes |
$0.00 |
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| Risk/Liability Insurance |
$0.00 |
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| Architect |
$0.00 |
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| Engineer |
$53,000.00 |
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| Attorney |
$0.00 |
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| Accounting/Cost Certification |
$0.00 |
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| Consultant's Fee |
$0.00 |
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| Administration |
$0.00 |
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| Survey |
$28,000.00 |
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| Archaeological/Environmental |
$5,000.00 |
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| Appraisal |
$0.00 |
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| Permanent Loan Fee |
$0.00 |
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| Title/Recording |
$0.00 |
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| Relocation |
$0.00 |
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| Developer Fee |
$0.00 |
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| Capitalized Reserves |
$0.00 |
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| TOTAL USES |
$600,000.00 |
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| Fedral Funding Verification Document: |
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| Alternative Budget 1: |
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| Alternative Budget 2: |
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| Sustainability criteria on which the applicant is electing to be scored: |
General Sustainability Criteria |
| Efficient and effective use of land resources and existing infrastructure by encouraging compact development in areas with existing infrastructure or capacity to avoid costly duplication of services and costly use of land; Conservation of open space and farmland and preservation of critical environmental areas; Promotion of the safety, livability, and revitalization of existing urban and rural communities; Compact development maximizes public infrastructure investment and promotes mixed uses, greater density, bike and pedestrian networks, and interconnection with the existing street grid: |
| The project will occur in areas that already operate as drainage ditches and have generally for 100 years. The detention area will be constructed in what is now a farm field. The detention area will be planted in a grass vegetation. It will remain a green open space. |
| Provision for a variety of transportation choices, including public transit, pedestrian and bicycle traffic: |
| NA |
| Construction and promotion of developments, buildings, and infrastructure that conserve natural resources by reducing waste and pollution through efficient use of land, energy, water, and materials: |
| The project will reduce pollution. The detention area will capture water; some of that water will naturally filter through the soil removing pollutants and enter the aquifer. Some of the water will be filtered and exit the detention area through an outlet structure. The filtering process will remove most of the sediment from the water and will reduce silting downstream, including Iowa rivers and streams. |
| Capture, retention, infiltration and harvesting of rainfall using storm water best management practices such as permeable pavement, bioretention cells, bioswales, and rain gardens to protect water resources: |
| The detention area will operate as a bioretention cell. Some of the captured storm water will naturally perculate through the soil where pollutants will be removed naturally prior to entering the aquifer. The rest of the stormwater will be filtered prior to leaving the detention area in an outlet structure, thus reducing sediment and silting down stream. |
| Extent to which project design, construction, and use incorporate renewable energy sources including, but not limited to, solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels, and support the following state of Iowa plans and goals: Office of Energy Independence’s Iowa Energy Independence Plan and the general reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: |
| By removing sediment and reducing silting through the use of the bioretention area, the City will reduce the necessary maintenance of the ditch. Thus reducing the operation of heavy equipment such as backhowes, bulldozers, and heavy trucks, and therefore reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Exhibit_4_C171B3CA02DBE.doc
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| If not applicable, explain: |
| The proposed project does not include the construction of any bricks and mortar type facilities. The project includes repairing/reshaping a drainage ditch and the construction of detention areas. |
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| Benefits for Disaster Recovery |
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| Replaces or repairs a structure or facility damaged by the disaster and incorporates measures for reducing or eliminating future disaster losses: |
| The project will repair the east side drainage ditch which has been damaged by the disaster and no longer can adequately handle heavy rains. The detention basin of the proposed project will help control the amount of run off resulting from heavy rains - the detention will equalize flow to diminish flooding. Additionally, repairing and reshaping the east side storm ditch will add capacity to the system and cause it to funtion better, also diminshing the flooding of private propery and public roadways. |
| Helps achieve the community and/or region’s overall post-disaster recovery vision: |
| The project does help achieve the communities overall post-disaster recovery vision. The City's 2009 approved Strategic Plan includes "Storm water improvements on the east side - detention and ditch improvements" as one of the City's six TOP PRIORITIES for the 2009 calendar year. |
| Benefits the economic recovery of individuals, businesses, and/or nonprofit organizations: |
| The proposed project will reduce the damage to both public and private property resulting from flooding. The reduced flooding on private property will increase the property values of homes and properties located adjacent to the storm water ditch. The reduced flooding of the roadways will benefit the industries in the park and make it easier for them to do their daily business and possibly expand in the future. Additionally, the improvements will improve the value of the lots in the Industrial Park and make them more attractive to prospective industries that may consider locating in DeWitt. The work of the project itself will engage engineers and contractors in additional work allowing those business to retain employees. |
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| Has preliminary or final engineering and architectural work been completed?: |
| No |
| If no, explain: |
| The design work has not been completed, however the City had a study conducted on the northeast DeWitt drainage system and with that report the City's engineer IIW Engineers & Surveyors PC. reommended the addition of the detention area in northeast to improve the storm water system. |
| Has all financing for the project (other than funds requested in this application) been committed and is available?: |
| No, preliminary or final work are not complete |
| If no, explain: |
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| Have all real property interests (including easements and temporary construction easements) necessary for the construction of the project been acquired?: |
| No, necessary acquisition is not complete and no options have been signed |
| If no, explain: |
| The City has some areas of the east side drainage ditch within existing easements, however some are not. In public meetings residents adjacent to the ditch have indicated that they are willing to allow for easements at no cost if the City does improvements to the ditch. The City has a reasonable negotiated price for the area where the detention structure is to be located and a cooperative land owner. However, without the funds requested in this application |
| Have all necessary governmental approvals, at the federal, state, and local levels (including, but not limited to, zoning variances, building permits, approval from the Army Corps of Engineers, etc.) been obtained?: |
| No, all necessary governmental approvals have not been obtained |
| If no, explain: |
| Without the necessary funding and final design the City has not moved forward to acquire all necessary permits. The City is aware of the necessary permits and can quickly line up the work to be done for the permits by it consulting engineer. |
| Does the project have a demonstrated reasonable likelihood of incurring costs totaling at least 10% of the project’s total projected development cost within three months of execution of the grant award agreement?: |
| Yes, the project can incur such costs within three months |
| If yes, explain how such expenditure will be accomplished or, if no, explain the anticipated impediments to meeting a 10% expenditure goal: |
| The costs for design and permitting will exceed 10% of the total budget. These activities will begin immediately if funding is available. The City's consulting engineer has reviewed the project site and is in the process of preparing a proposal for work. The City's engineer will be ready to begin immedidately once given the City's approval. |
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