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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO.2018-55 <br /> DATE: October 25,2018 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Billy Tyus,Interim City Manager <br /> Matthew Newell,P.E.,Public Works Director <br /> Paul Caswell,P.E.,City Engineer <br /> SUBJECT: Ordinance Authorizing the City of Decatur of Macon County,Illinois to Borrow <br /> Funds from the Water Pollution Control Loan Program, <br /> McKinley Sewer Rehabilitation Project, <br /> City Project 2017-22 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Ordinance authorizing a loan agreement to <br /> borrow up to $7,900,000 from the Water Pollution Control Loan Program which is administered by the <br /> Illinois Environmental Protection Agency(IEPA). The proposed loan will cover engineering and <br /> construction costs associated with the rehabilita.tion of the McKinley Sewer Rehabilitation Project. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> See Appendix A for a listing of prior Council actions. <br /> SANITARY SEWER PRIORITIES: <br /> Under the direction of the City Council,the Public Works Department has established four priorities to <br /> improve the City's sanitary sewer collection system as defined in the Sanitary Sewer Master Plan. <br /> 1. Critical Large Diameter Sewer Rehabilitation. <br /> 2. Sanitary Sewer Overflows Due to Inflow and Infiltration. <br /> 3. System Operation and Maintenance. <br /> 4. Small Diameter Sewer Rehabilitation. <br /> The McKinley Sewer Rehabilitation project addresses sanitary sewer priority 1, Critical Large Diameter <br /> Sewer Rehabilita.tion. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The City's large diameter critical sewers are sewers with diameters ranging from 3 to 7 feet. They are <br /> major trunk sewers that serve large areas of the City and are vital to the City's sewer system. There are <br /> 5 critical sanitary sewers that are owned and operated by the City: 7th Ward Sewer, McKinley Avenue <br /> Sewer, Union Street Sewer, Lake Shore Drive Sewer, and Broadway Sewer, see Figure 1. Failure of a <br /> critical sewer would have dire consequences for the City such as loss of service for large sections of the <br /> Page � 1 <br />