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Home My WebLink AboutR-1994-071 Public Works Trust Fund• • RESOLUTION NO R-94- 71 A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to sign all applications, loan agreements and amendments, and other documents relating to Public Works Trust Fund wastewater collection system planning, design, and construction. WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has developed a plan for wastewater collection, treatment, disposal for the Yakima Regional Urban Area, such plan being necessary to determine the needs of the area for health, safety and well being of the people; and WHEREAS, the plan is developed in accordance with the requirements of Public law 92-500 and 95-217, and has set forth facilities and systems required to be constructed, improved and rehabilitated to serve the needs of the area, and WHEREAS, the financing element of capital improvements requires early attention to capture a funding base necessary for additional planning securing the most cost effective designs and to update existing planning documents as required for other State wastewater financing programs, and WHEREAS, the cost of planning, design, and construction of the wastewater collection facilities are eligible for Public Works Trust Fund loan financing; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: The City Manager is duly authorized to sign the attached application, loan agreements and amendments, and other documents relating to wastewater facility systems planning, design, and construction for the 1995 round Public Works Trust Fund loan program. ADOPTED THIS 7th day of June , 1994. ATTEST Gw�G i< - CITY CLERK PWfF Res -Collection -95 6/3/94 CW ga-t MAYOR CITY OF YAKIMA 1995 PWTF LOAN APPLICATION NEIGHBORHOOD COLLICETION SYSTEM Office of City Manager CITY OF YAKIMA May 5, 1994 CITY HALL, YAKIMA, WASHINGTON 98901 Phone: (509) 575-6040 Mr. Pete A. Butkus Public Works Manager Washington State Public Works Trust Fund Department of Community Development 906 Columbia Street S.W. P.O. Box 48319 Olympia, WA 98504-8319 Dear Mr. Butkus: The City of Yakima is pleased to submit to you the accompanying application for a Washington State Public Works Trust Fund loan. This loan application requests $209,400 which will be utilized to financially assist the installation of a sewer collection system in an older, existing, City residential neighborhood. Data collected by the Yakima Health Department demonstrate that the groundwater in the upper aquifer under much of the Yakima area is contaminated by septic tank failures. Many of these failures are in recently annexed older neighborhoods where the residents do not possess the financial ability to afford collection system installation costs. This program would nicely fit within the Neighborhood Reinvestment category, however, the City has other applications which, if successful, will deplete our allowance under that program. We truly appreciate the financial assistance your organization has provided our community over the years. With your assistance, Yakima has been able to upgrade streets, domestic water, storm water systems, as well as the wastewater collection and treatment facilities. With the assistance of this loan, the City of Yakima wishes to begin an ongoing annual program to bring sewer collection to these neighborhoods; thereby enhancing the quality of life in these neighborhoods and improving the groundwater quality, throughout the area. Very truly yours, R. A. Zais, Jr. City Manager enclosures: loan application documents 1995 PWTF Budget King Street Collection System King Str. Collection System Preliminary Eng. Report 2% $4,100 Design Engineering 8% $16,400 Land/R-O-W Acquisition Sales Tax 7.9% $16,195 Other Fees - Admin. 5% $10,250 Inspection 15% $30,750 Start-up Costs 1% $2,050 Financing Costs 2% $4,100 Contingency 5% $10,250 Construction $205,000 TOTAL $299,095 PWTF Loan @ 70% $209,367 Local Share @ 30% $89,729 8B-3.01 Scope of Work 3.01 fluestion: Provide a Scope of Work for the proposed project in quantified terms -how much and which system elements are you proposing to repair or replace. If any of the project activities proposed are an expansion of your present system, identify these activities and explain whether they are necessary to serve the current population. Res op nse: The Basic Scope of Work for which the financial assistance of this loan is intended, consists of the installation of approximately 4,100 lineal feet of new 8" sewage collection system, approximately 25 new manholes, and stubs to approximately 120 existing parcels. The new installation will connect to existing interceptors in the vicinity. In addition to sewer pipe installation, the construction project shall consist of street patching, property restoration, and replacement or repair of any utilities or any other material damaged by construction activities. The entire program, as proposed, will be an expansion to the City's existing collection system. As further explained under Section I\f Project Need of this application, the intent of this program is 1:o bring sewage collection systems in an affordable manner to presently unsewered, older, established City residential neighborhoods which are situated in areas which experience a high ground water level. As demonstrated in Section IV, these areas have experienced many incidents of septic tank failure and well contamination in the recent past. 88-3.01 Page 1 1995 PWTF May 3, 1994 SHEET 10A-4.01 (a) Project Need 4.01 Question: This section of the application is your opportunity to tell us your story describing the need to proceed with the proposed project. Provide enough detail to describe the seriousness of the public works problem you are proposing to solve and the benefit you wish to achieve with this project. The need for the project described here should be addressed by the project's Scope of Work, question/response 3.01. a) Describe the seriousness of the public works problem you are proposing to solve. Response: Please refer to the following letter of May 2, 1994 from the Yakima Health District. This letter discusses some of the public health problems Yakima faces because of contamination of the upper aquifer from septage. Due to the rapid movement of this ground water, any contamination is quickly spread to down gradient shallow wells. Table 10A -4.01(a) lists the areas within the existing City Limits and those areas laying in the County immediately outside the City which have the potential to contribute to groundwater contamination through septic tank failure. (Please refer to the map in Section 111 which corresponds to the numbers in the first column of Table 10A - 4.01(a) ) These combine areas contain over 4,700 houses with a population of 10,800. The area which would be adversely effected by contamination would include these plus all areas to the South and East through Union Gap. Table 10B -4.01(a) is a partial list of parcels within the program areas which have recorded septic tank failures. This list vividly demonstrates that the groundwater has been and still is being contaminated from septic tank failures. The program for which this loan is intended, which will bring sewer collection service into these areas, is seen as the permanent remedy to this otherwise ongoing problem. 10A-4.01 Page 1 1995 PWTF May 3, 1994 CENTRAL OFFICE — 575-4040 — 104 North First Street — Yakima, WA 98901 SUNNYSIDE OFFICE — 837-3411 — 1319 Saul Road/P.C1. Box 821 — Sunnyside, WA 98944 May 2, 1994 Chris Waarvick Yakima Wastewater Treatment Plant 2220 E. Viola Yakima, Wa. 98901 Ref. Public Works Trust Fund Loan Application. Mr. Waarvick,, This office has reviewed the proposal for extension of sewage collection facilities and reduced cost connections for an area of the City of Yakima. This proposal would solve an on-going problem which arises every time a drainfield fails in this and other similar areas around the City. The problem is that the costs and time needed to extend sewer to a property become excessive and do not comply with good public health criteria. The City of Yakima, as with most cities, is surrounded by an area of densely situated housing which is not currently served by city sewer and in some cases is still using wells. These areas are among the most economically depressed areas of the city and county. The continued use of septic tank and drainfields in this and other like areas causes many problems. Among these are; room available for proper repair of the drainfields, existing drainfields which are not in compliance with current regulations regarding setbacks from wells and/or groundwater, existing drainfields which are not in compliance with current regulations regarding treatment prior to discharge to groundwater etc.. The history of problems caused in these areas by septic tanks and drainfields dates back to 1911 when a typhoid outbreak in northeast Yakima caused the formation of the Yakima Health District and continues to as recent as 1972 when another typhoid outbreak occurred in southeast Yakima. There have also been numerous occurrences of well contamination caused by leaking fuel tanks and improper disposal of hazardous materials into drywells and septic tanks. Currently, there are over 1,000 homes in and around the City of Yakima using bottled water because of improper disposal of chemicals. SUPPORTING GOVERNMENTAL UNITS Yakima County Harrah Selah Union Gap Yakima City Mabton Sunnyside Wapato Grandview Moxee Tieton Zillah .. . T .i. A little geology of the Yakima area will explain the reason for this. The City of Yakima is located over what has been described as a lake filled with sand and gravel and covered by a thin layer of soil. The first aquifer or water table starts at between 4 and 12 feet below ground surface and extends to an estimated depth of 300 feet. The ground water moves through this area at a rate found in dye studies to be in excess of 300 feet per day. The ground water then becomes part of the Yakima River at Union Gap due to a "funnel" effect caused by an uplifted ridge. In conclusion, the Yakima Health District supports this proposal and hopes that this will be the first step in extending city sewer to all the areas surrounding the City that are not currently connected to the sewer. Sincerely, Art McEwen EHS I Table 10A -4.01(a) Extent of Problem Population Housing Units Acres Area Within City Limits 1 KING 535 207 60 2 PACIFIC 429 170 145 3 ERIC SON 583 251 186 4 RIVER ROAD 1,168 649 943 5 CHESTERLY 479 273 257 Subtotal 3,194 1,550 1,591 Current) Outside Ci Limits 6 E. MEAD 2,135 861 352 7 PERRY 27 16 11 8 PACE 1,375 535 235 9 NORTHACRE 876 355 121 10 CASTLEVALE 3,200 1,404 588 Subtotal 7,613 3,171 1,307 TOTAL 10,807 4,721 2,898 Table 1013-4.01 Septic Tank Failures #1 KING Parcel Year Action 19133121405 89 N R=Repar 19133121411 70 N N=New 19133121412 74 _ R 19133121414 61 R 19133121428 93 R 19133121438 61 R 19133121459 83 N 19133121460 83 N 19133122408 86 R 19133122436 79 R 19133122438 78 R 19133122440 91 R 19133122449 88 R 19133122450 76_ N 19133122457 82 R 19133122460 85 R 19133122463 77 N 19133122474 60 N 19133122477 70 N 19133122479 70 N 19133122480 77 N 19133122493 83 R 19133122481 78 N 19133122495 75 R 19133122499 76 N 19133122500 76 N 19133122526 72 N 19133122531 72 N 19133122549 84 R 19133122550 83 R 19133122551 77 N 19133131009 76 N 19133131015 90 R 19133131017 75 N 19133131022 83 R 19133131028 S1 N 19133131030 71 N 19133131031 63 N 19133131033 65 N 19133131405 88 N 19133132006 77 R 19133132011 75 N 19133132014 66 R 19133132018 67 N 19133132019 83 N 19133132023 64 N 19133132026 64 N 19133132027 67 N 19133132028 66 N 19133132037 84 R 19133132039 79 R Table 10A-4.01 Pagel 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 103-4.01 Septic Tank Failures #3 ERICKSON & #9 NORTHACRE Parcel Year Action 19130732401 69 R 19130732403 58 N 19130733007 78 R 19130733017 88 R 19130733400 89 R 19130733401 56 19130733403 76 N 19130733404 92 R 19130733411 89 R 19130733420 76 R 19130733422 79 R_ R 19130733426 59 19130733450 88 R 19130733451 75 19130733452 84 19130733454 88 N 19130733455 89 N 19130733461 61 N_ R 19130733465 57 19130733471 78 R 19130733482 78 R 19130733483 80 R 19130733492 69 R 19130733495 71 N 19130733500 81 N 19130733405 93 R 19130733433 89 N 19131821001 78 19131821001 76 N 19131822402 72 19131822409 92 R 19131822412 92 R 19131822413 78 t 19131822417 71 R 19131822419 82 N 19131822420 89 N 19131822421 86 R 19131822428 72 R 19131822434 55 N 19131822439 87 R 19131822437 82 N 19131822441 85 N 19131822492 83 N Table 10A-4.01 Page2 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 10B-4.01 Septic Tank Failures #7 PERRY & #8 PIERCE_ Parcel Year Action 18133611460 54 N 18133612422 92 R 18133612441 82 R 18133612444 72 R 18133612446 78 R 18133612464 94 R 18133612467 78 R 18133612472 74 N 18133612478 94 R 18133612479 76 N 18133612485 81 R 18133612488 76 R 18133612493 62 R 18133612508 66 N 18133612520 67 N 18133612521 76 R 18133612531 75 R 18133612532 75 R 18133612534 92 R 18133612545 60 N 18133612550 79 N 18133613404 72 R 18133613409 76 R 18133613409 76 R 18133613410 85 R 18133613437 89 R 18133613438 81 R 18133613440 58 N 18133613444 85 R 18133613445 88 R 18133613446 88 R 18133613447 76 R 18133613457 76 N 18133613458 91 R 18133613461 80 R 18133613467 94 R 18133613470 70 N 18133613475 90 R 18133613478 62 R 18133613479 62 N 18133613496 80 N 18133613498 62 N 18133613499 84 R 18133613501 82 R 18133613504 57 N 18133613508 58 R 18133613509 59 N 18133613511 58 R 18133613524 87 R 18133613526 82 R 18133613529 71 N 18133613531 90 R 18133614002 65 N 18133614020 63 N 18133614022 63 N 18133614023 80 R Table 10A-4.01 Page3 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 10B-4.01 Septic Tank Failures 18133614024 84 N 18133614029 78 R 18133621006 61 N 18133621009 75 N 18133621010 89 R 18133621021 89 R 18133621024 79 R 18133621025 84 R 18133621436 75 R 18133621443 72 R 18133622011 71 N 18133622410 86 R 18133622414 71 N 18133622487 81 R 18933624030 61 N 18133624404 65 N 18133624405 65 N 18133624407 65 N 18133624408 65 N 18133624425 72 R 18133624463 72 R Table 10A-4.01 Page4 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 10B-4.01 Septic Tank Failures #4 RIVER RD., #5 CHESTERLY,& #10 CASTLEVALE Parcel Year Action 18131411401 77 N 18131413020 76 N 18131413035 71 R 18131413047 76 N 18131413400 62 N 18131413413 76 R 18131413419 90 R 18131413428 74 R 18131413429 69 R 18131413430 79 R 18131414412 76 R 18131414416 92 R 18131414417 80 R 18131414422 81 N 18131422402 81 N 18131423001 78 R 18131423400 90 N 18131423406 87 R 18131423409 80 R 18131423419 75 R 18131423421 63 N 18131423426 77 R 18131423452 77 R 18131423453 83 R 18131423456 83 R 18131424002 75 N 18131424432 76 N 18131424433 76 N 18131424434 75 N 18131424435 75 N 18131424442 76 N 18131424445 79 N 18131424447 76 N 18131424448 77 N 18131424450 83 N 18131424464 85 N 18131431005 82 R 18131431008 80 R 18131431011 83 R 18131431022 76 R 18131431027 81 R 18131431032 76 R 18131431054 86 R 18131431061 87 R 18131431065 77 R 18131431069 77 R 18131431070 71 N 18131431417 82 R 18131432004 76 R 18131432012 81 N 18131432025 81 N 18131432419 85 R 18131432420 61 N 18131432430 75 N 18131432438 90 R 18131433006 84 R Table 10A-4.01 Page5 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 10B-4.01 Septic Tank Failures 18131433011 88 R 18131433012 84 R 18131434006 82 R 18131434008 72 R 18131434017 83 R 18131434018 63 N 18131434020 57 N 18131434023 78 R 18131434031 67 N 18131434039 79 R 18131434040 64 N 18131434056 65 N 18131434065 56 N 18131434068 83 R 18.131434069 71 N 18131434402 89 R 18131434403 63 N 18131434406 71 N 18131434413 58 R 18131434416 85 R 18131434424 90 R 18131434425 84 R 18131434427 77 R 18131434428 77 R 18131434430 66 N 18131434433 89 N 18131434434 65 N 18131434435 64 N 18131434449 80 R 18131434450 81 R 18131434455 81 R 18131434457 88 R 18131434458 87 R 18131434459 82 R 18131434486 86 R 18131434491 86 N 18131434496 79 R 18131434501 86 R 18131434505 62 N 18131434506 56 N 18131434510 63 N 18131434515 55 N 18131434521 76 R 18131441401 76 N 18131441405 80 R 18131441415 81 R 18131441427 77 N 18131441428 77 N 18131441432 87 N 18131441434 87 N 18131441506 87 N 18131441515 84 R 18131441481 55 N 18131442001 91 R 18131442017 80 R 18131442414 80 R 18131442019 66 R 18131442022 83 N Table 10A-4.01 Page6 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 10B-4.01 Septic Tank Failures 18131442021 83 N 18131442036 72 R 18131442040 81 R 18131442401 71 R 18131442407 76 R 18131442411 91 R 18131442412 66 N 18131442413 55 N 18131442415 61 N 18131442416 63 N 18131442418 63 R 18131442422 85 R 18131442424 82 R 18131442426 85 R 18131442431 91 R 18131442433 81 N 18131442434 76 N 18131442442 84 R 18131442444 81 N 18131442511 91 R 18131443401 84 R 18131443402 76 R 18131443403 87 R 18131443408 89 N 18131443409 86 R 18131443410 84 R 18131443411 80 R 18131443412 91 N 18131443413 83 N 18131443414 84 N 18131443419 67 R 18131443421 78 R 18131443423 88 N 18131443426 89 R 18131443437 71 N 18131443439 61 N 18131443443 79 R 18131443447 77 R 18131443468 85 R 18131443472 70 N 18131443476 58 N 18131443493 70 N 18131443496 90 R 18131443497 59 N 18131443498 78 R 18131444413 92 R 18131444414 92 R 18131444426 83 R 18131444432 77 R 18131444433 55 N 18131444442 85 N 18131444461 81 R 18131444467 92 R 18131444468 83 N 18131444475 83 N 18131444476 78 R 18131444477 58 N 18131444480 55 N Table 10A-4.01 Page7 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 Table 1 OB -4.01 Septic Tank Failures 18131444501 83 N 18131511005 87 N 18131511008 87 N 18131511013 85 N 18131511016 83 R 18131512003 87 N 18131512004 81 N 18131512008 77 N 18131512022 74 N 18131512023 83 N 18131512029 85 N 18131514403 76 R 18131514405 92 R 18131514406 71 N 18131514410 71 N 18131514418 75 R 18131514421 76 R 18131514423 76 R 18131514423 91 N 18131514422 90 N 18131514426 88 N 18131514459 93 N 18131521006 65 R 18131541408 83 R 18131541425 76 R 18131541426 80 18131541428 75 R 18131541435 89 R 18131541436 76 R 18131541437 82 R 18131541443 76 R 18131541444 62 R 18131541445 67 N 18131541445 93 R 18131541448 79 R 18131542001 81 R 18131542213 81 R 18131544400 82 R 18131544409 80 R 18131544415 77 R 18131544424 76 R 18131544432 74 N 18132311403 77 N 18132311404 77 R 18132311405 83 R 18132311421 88 R 18132311427 60 N 18132311447 60 N 18132311458 81 R 18132312007 81 R 18132312009 71 N 18132312048 75 R 18132312062 76 N 18132312403 79 R 18132312405 79 R 18132312408 71 R 18132312415 82 R _ 18132322424 91 R Table 10A-4.01 Pages 1995 PWTF 5/3/94 SHEET 10A-4.01 (b) Project Need 4.01 (b) Question: Describe how and to what extent or degree this project will benefit this public works system. (If the project will reduce the cost of operation, permit efficiencies, or extend the useful life of the system. Also, please tell us if the project will use recycled materials or otherwise help to conserve or recycle resources. Response: Historically, collection systems within existing neighborhoods of the City of Yakima are constructed through a Local Improvement Distract (LID) program with all of the associated expenses passed back to the affected property owners. Yakima also assess Capital Cost Recovery Charges (CCRC) against new wastewater customers. This charge is a "latecomers charge" through which new customers "buy into" the equity other rate payers already have in the Treatment Facility and Interceptors. As reported in the previous response, the Yakima area contains several established neighborhoods which are not currently sewered and, due mainly to depth of water table and soil type, have a history of septic tank failures and well contamination. The residents in these neighborhoods also are not economically in a position to afford the front end expense of a "typically financed" sewer collection system project. Per the Yakima Health District's request, Yakima's Wastewater Division is exploring ways to subsidize collection construction in such neighborhoods. All City unsewered neighborhoods would be reviewed and ranked by the Community Development Advisory Committee. We are considering an ongoing program under which the Wastewater Division would invest approximately $250,000 annually until all such neighborhoods were sewered. We, in turn, now approach your organization with this application for low interest financing to fund this worthy program. The most prominent and apparent benefits from this program are to the quality of the ground water under Yakima which feeds the Yakima River and to the quality of life for residents in the affected 10A-4.01 Page 1 1995 PWTF April 11, 1994 neighborhoods. The benefit to the overall public works system will be an expanded customer base which improves financial security. This program will utilize little if any recycled material as work shall consist of installation of new sewer line and appurtenances. 10A-4.01 Page 2 1995 PWTF April 11, 1994 r SHEET 10A-4.01 (c) Project Need 4.01 (c) Will the Scope of Work fully address all of the project needs as described in 4.01 (a) and (b) above?. NO. If no, please identify how the project described in the Scope of Work is a part of a strategy to fully address the need. Please identify what other projects and time frames are necessary to complete a local government response to the project need will be required to fully solve the problems(s), please identify Response: Please refer to the map in Section III (Scope of Work) and the following Table 10A -4.01(c). Within the existing Yakima City Limits, there are 1,600 acres containing 3,200 residences which meet the criteria for the proposed program. In addition, immediately outside the City Limits, currently within Yakima County, there are an additional 1,300 acres containing 7,600 residences which may become eligible for this program upon annexation. In fully developed neighborhoods, approximately 200 lineal feet of sewer pipe with appurtenances and restoration would be required to complete each acre of collection system. At a 1994 cost estimate of $50 per lineal foot, this represents a total program cost of $10,000 per acre. Extending this unit cost, the total program would cost $16,000,000 to sewer the existing City properties and an additional $13,000,000 to sewer those properties which are currently in the County adjacent to the Yakima City limits. The Wastewater Division is suggesting an annual investment of approximately $250,000 toward this program. At this level of investment, this total program would take many years to complete, however, each unit sewered will reduce the potential of groundwater contamination. 10A-4.01 Page 1 1995 PWTF May 3, 1994 Table 10A -4.01(c) Potential Program Areas ' Housing Housing Units Median Age of Housing Units # Area Population Units Acres /Acre Income PRE 1940 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980+ Within City Limits 1 KING 535 207 60 3.45 $20,560 " 6% 23% 14% 15% 27% 15% 2 PACIFIC 429 170 145 1.17 $11,937 27% 26% 21% 5% 13% 8% 3 ERICKSON 583 251 186 1.35 $13,237 29% 8% 7% 12% 23% 21% 4 RIVER ROAD 1,168 649 943 0.69 $21,509 * 2% 8% 8% 11% 44% 26% 5 CEESTERLY 479 273 257 1.06 $16,927 4% 29% 7% 14% 21% 25% Totals 3,194 1,550 1,591 * Census data available combines Information on this area with adjacent "high end" residential area. Currently Outside Clty Limits 6 E. MEAD 2,135 861 352 2.45 7 FERRY 27 16 11 1.45 8 PEITE 1,375 535 235 2.28 9 NORTH ACRE 876 355 121 2.93 1 10 CASTLEVALE 3,230 1,404 588 2.39 I Totals 1 7,613 3,171 1,307 I 1