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Form #: B-52 7118191 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DEPARTMENT: Environmental Management DATE: 2118/2020 STAFF CONTACT: Dora Beck PHONE: 961-8513 A. REQUEST: A resolution authorizing the submittal of a second financial assistance application to the Bureau of Reclamation for the Planning, Design, and Construction of the expansion of the Kealakehe Recycled Water Treatment and Distribution System; authorizing the Department of Environmental Management Director to execute all necessary application documents; and authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement to accept grant funds. B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED The Department is pursuing federal grant funds from the Bureau of Reclamation for the planning, design, and construction of the expansion of the Kealakehe Recycled Water Treatment and Distribution System, also known as the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant R-1 Upgrade project. The initial application in fiscal year 2019 requested funding toward the planning and preliminary design phases of work. This second application for fiscal year 2020 funds will request additional funding toward the planning and design phases work. Subsequent application(s) will be submitted to request additional funding for construction once the eligibility requirements for that phase of work are met through the planning and design phase. The grant program may award a grant up to 25% of the total costs and requires a recipient cost share of 75% or more. The application deadline for the grant is February 19, 2020. An official resolution is required to be submitted as part of the application process and must be received no later than 30 days from application deadline. Therefore, we respectfully request to have the resolution waived from committee and placed on the next Council Agenda. SIGNED: . `{ DATE: Department Head