R2025-011 Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Grant Agreement Between the State of Illinois, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Decatur

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Agreement No.25-0378-3192301 The Grantee shall design a sign which acknowledges the participating agencies and identifies Section 319 of the Clean Water Act as a funding source of the project. The Grantee shall complete and submit a sign design to the Grantor for review and approval by June 1, 2025. Upon Grantor's request, the sign design shall be re-submitted containing all required modifications by the Grantee to the Grantor for review and approval. The Grantee shall erect the sign prior to the installation of the BMP(s) and for a period thereafter as mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and the Grantor. The Grantee shall secure any necessary permits prior to the implementation of the Design developed under Item 2 of Exhibit D of this Agreement. In the event that the Grantee does not own the entire project site, the Grantee shall enter into legally binding agreements with participating landowners to ensure that the BMPs are maintained as designed and that the O&M Plans are implemented for no less than 10 years from the implementation of the BMPs. The draft landowner agreement shall be submitted by the Grantee to the Grantor for review by June 1, 2025. Upon Grantor's request, the Landowner Agreement shall be re-submitted containing all required modifications by the Grantee to the Grantor for review and approval. The Grantee shall submit a copy of the executed agreement(s) to the Grantor prior to the implementation of the BMP. Implementation of the BMP Designs developed in accordance with Item 2 of Exhibit D of this Agreement must begin by March 1, 2026. In the event that construction and implementation of the Designs developed in accordance with Item 2 of Exhibit D of this Agreement has not begun by March 1, 2026, the Grantee, or its Assigns, shall immediately discontinue all work on the Design implementation, unless an extension is requested by the Grantee and approved by the Grantor prior to January 15, 2026. In the event of such a discontinuation of work, limited costs incurred in association with the BMP Design will be eligible for reimbursement by the Grantor. The Grantee shall complete the implementation of the BMPs by June 1, 2026. Upon completion of the BMPs, the Grantee shall complete and submit Part II of the BMP Documentation Form with all supporting documentation to the Grantor by June 30, 2026. Support documentation includes invoice and photographic documentation. WATERSHED-BASED PLANNING STRATEGY AND SELF ASSESSMENT OF THE PLAN 3. The Grantee shall cause the development of a succinct Watershed-Based Planning Strategy (Strategy) to update the Big/Long Creek watershed plan as an Illinois EPA approvable Watershed-Based Plan (Plan) for the Big Creek-Long Creek watershed (HUC 071300060409) and Long Creek watershed (HUC 071300060406) of the Upper Sangamon River watershed. The Plan shall be consistent with US EPA watershed-based plan guidance found in Appendix C of the Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories dated April 12, 2013 (as revised) and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's "Guidance for Developing Watershed Action Plans in Illinois" dated June 2007. The Strategy shall identify any updates needed in the existing watershed plan. See Attachment 2 for required components of a Watershed Resource Inventory. The updated plan will be developed from the existing watershed plan with input from the local stakeholders and local experts. The Plan shall include a problem statement, goals, and objectives and shall identify and assess use impairments of water resources along with the causes and sources of such impairments. Potential management practices shall be identified for prevention, remediation, restoration, and maintenance to achieve water quality and natural resource objectives. The Plan shall identify the costs and funding sources associated with implementing recommendations of the Plan. The Plan shall include an implementation schedule; description of interim, measurable milestones; public information/ education component; and a monitoring component. The Plan shall contain tables identifying site-specific best management practices (BMP) recommendations along with the associated units (number, feet, acres) that should be implemented, cost of implementation, estimated pollutant load reduction, priority, and responsible State of Illinois GRANT AGREEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2025 Page 28 of 32