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<br /> R-11-24 <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING GRANT ASSISTANCE FROM THE VIRGINIA DAM <br />SAFETY, FLOOD PREVENTION AND PROTECTION ASSISTANCE FUND. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth through its Department of Public Utilities owns and <br />operates three earthen dams in the City of Suffolk that provide drinking water to the City; and <br />WHEREAS, dam safety regulations have changed that require certain improvements be <br />made to these three earthen dams to help prevent possible erosion or dam failure; and <br />WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Virginia <br />Resources Authority administer the Virginia Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection <br />Assistance Fund which provides grants to defray engineering and design costs for improvements <br />needed to meet current dam safety regulations; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has been allocated a grant from this Fund in the amount of $24,348 to <br />defray the estimated engineering and design costs of$140,000 for all three dams; and <br />WHEREAS, the Grant Manual requires that City Council adopt a resolution requesting <br />assistance before any grant monies can be awarded and released; and <br />WHEREAS, the balance of the costs have been appropriated in the FY 2011-12 Public <br />Utilities Capital Improvements Fund. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that it hereby requests assistance for as required in the Grant Manual for the Virginia Dam <br />Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund and authorizes the City Manager and/or the <br />Director of Public Utilities submit a grant application for monies available from said Fund and to <br />take such additional actions as may be required to secure said funds. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on August <br />23,2011. <br /> Teste: <br /> City Clerk <br />