City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 21, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Authorization for the City Manager to Sign an Agreement Between the City of Alexandria, Fairfax County, and Alexandria Renew Enterprises to Establish the Cost Sharing Framework for West Side Wet Weather Facilities.
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ISSUE: Consideration of Authorization for the City Manager to Sign an Agreement between the City of Alexandria, Fairfax County, and Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew) to Establish the Cost Sharing Framework for construction of West Side Wet Weather Facilities.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council authorize the City Manager to finalize the agreement and enter into an agreement consistent with the draft agreement provided as Attachment 1 between the City, Fairfax County, and AlexRenew regarding the cost sharing framework for construction of the West Side Wet Weather Facilities.
BACKGROUND: As Council is aware, AlexRenew provides wastewater treatment and conveyance to the City and Fairfax County under respective Service Agreements. The City's current combined sewer system permit requires that Alexandria submit to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) an update to its existing Long Term Control Plan to address the Hunting Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (Hunting Creek TMDL), which calls for significant reductions in combined sewer discharges from the combined sewer outfalls that discharge into Hunting Creek (CSO-002) and Hooff's Run (CSO-003 and CSO-004). Separately, VDEQ has issued a permit to AlexRenew requiring it to commence an engineering evaluation of options/alternatives to study the need, feasibility and possible means of minimizing the occurrence of wet weather overflows at the Hooff's Run Junction Chamber, which is adjacent to the AlexRenew wa...
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