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• _- ._ <br /> DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT <br /> Memorandum No. 2004-19 <br /> September 23, 2004 <br /> TO: Honorable Paul Osborne and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager <br /> John A. Smith, Assistant City Manager for Public Services <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management � <br /> SUBJECT: University of Illinois - Illinois State Water Survey <br /> Lake Decatur Watershed Monitoring Agreement <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing Amendment No. 08 to Standard Research <br /> Agreement No. 2003-07569-00 with the University of Illinois for Lake Decatur watershed <br /> monitoring services provided by the Illinois State Water Survey for a fixed cost of$40,939. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> This agreement continues water quality monitoring from May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005, in <br /> the Lake Decatur watershed for the 12th consecutive year. It also provides for a comparison and <br /> report of these findings with previous monitoring efforts. The City's financial contribution for <br /> this agreement will be credited as a non federal financial contribution to the USEPA Targeted <br /> Watersheds Grant soon to be obtained by the Agricultural Watershed Institute for the Lake <br /> Decatur watershed. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: <br /> None foreseen. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: <br /> Illinois State Water Survey <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management, telephone 424-2863 <br /> e-mail kdalexander@decaturnet.org <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: <br /> These services are a routine annual expenditure of the Water Capital Fund. <br /> Attach. 2 <br /> cc: Laura Keefer, ISWS (w/out attachment) <br />