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Council Memo <br /> Public Works Department <br /> No. 2026-29 <br /> DATE: 3/2/2026 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Melissa Hon, City Manager <br /> Matt Newell,Director of Public Works <br /> Robert Weil, Water Production Manager <br /> Jennifer Gunter,Watershed & Lake Manager <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Resolution Authorizing Lake Decatur Watershed Farmland Conservation Program Agreement for <br /> Waterway and Sediment Control Basin Improvements with Emily Baldwin <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached <br /> resolution authorizing a Lake Decatur Watershed Farmland Conservation Program Agreement between the City <br /> of Decatur and Emily Baldwin for the construction of a waterway and sediment control basin to control <br /> nutrients, sediment and erosion for a not to exceed cost to the City of$58,318.32. This amount represents 90% <br /> of the total project cost of$64,798.13 with a 15%contingency. The remainder of$6,479.81 will be paid by the <br /> farmer tenant. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The City's 2021 Watershed Management Plan is designed to significantly reduce Lake Decatur sedimentation <br /> and improve the lake's water quality through watershed conservation. City staff manages the watershed <br /> conservation efforts in-house with the assistance of Spheros Environmental, the City's Watershed Management <br /> Plan consultant. <br /> The waterway is to be constructed on private land and is expected to result in these reductions over the 10-year <br /> life of the project: <br /> Nitrogen 456 pounds <br /> Phosphorus 22 pounds <br /> Sediment 21 tons <br /> This particular project is in the Long Creek watershed, which is a significant source of sediment to Lake <br /> Decatur. The details of the project are attached to Exhibit A of the Resolution. The main feature to be installed <br /> is a well-supported conservation practice called a watershed and sediment control basin(WASCOB). <br /> LEGAL REVIEW: The form of agreement form was approved as a template by the Legal Department on <br /> September 21, 2022. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> September 25, 2023—Study session in which the Mayor and City Council received a briefing on the watershed <br /> protection program. <br /> January 11, 2024—Council reaffirmed Priority Goal#6, Collaborate with others in ensuring integrated and <br />