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Council adopts budget amendment and work order to create backbone stormwater facility plan (Resolution 458‑26)
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 458‑26 and authorized Work Order 360‑26 with Jones Edmunds & Associates to prepare a facilities plan linking Rhode Island/Veterans Memorial work into a backbone stormwater system; city staff said the facility plan is reimbursable under the SRF loan program and the work order was authorized up to $192,163.40 including a 10% contingency.
Interim utilities director John McHugh presented a proposal to link an SRF‑funded Rhode Island and Veterans Memorial project with a larger backbone stormwater system serving the Industrial Drive and Mill Lake area. McHugh described the plan to extend an underground storm line and add a pump station so multiple basins could be directed toward the borrow pit rather than let individual projects remain standalone.
McHugh said the facility plan — the next step required by the SRF loan program — would be prepared by Jones Edmunds & Associates under Work Order 360‑26. He told council the approach was reviewed with SRF staff and is 100% reimbursable. Council discussed possible impacts to west‑side neighborhoods, tiger‑dam contingency plans for the current hurricane season and a projected design/construction timeline (facility plan, then design: 8–10 months, with construction required to be complete by June 2029 under SRF rules). Councilmember Johnson moved to adopt Resolution 458‑26 and approve Work Order 360‑26 in the amount of $174,694 with authorization for change orders up to 10% ($17,469.40) for a maximum total of $192,163.40; the motion passed by roll call.
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