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tiO� Dfc'� <br /> - c <br /> v �s <br /> �� � <br /> '��LINO�`' <br /> May 19, 1998 <br /> PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 98 - 33 <br /> MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> FROM: James L. Williams, Jr., City Manager V <br /> Bruce A. McNabb, Director of Public Works <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Lake Manager <br /> SUBJECT: Illinois State Water Survey Nitrate Monitoring Contract <br /> The attached resolution is for the approval of a contract with the Illinois State Water Survey <br /> to continue nitrate monitoring from May 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999, in the Lake Decatur <br /> Watershed for the sixth consecutive year. It also provides for the reporting and comparison of <br /> these findings with the first five years of monitoring, with a report to be delivered no later than <br /> July 31, 1999. <br /> The monitoring will be beneficial to the City by indicating, to a limited extent, the impact that <br /> watershed management techniques have on Lake Decatur nitrate levels, including Macon County <br /> Soil and Water Conservation District efforts and the current IEPA / USEPA nonpoint source <br /> pollution control grant project. <br /> The total contract cost is $35,033. The proposal is identical in scope and cost to the <br /> previous contract. Fundin� is available in the approved Fiscal Year 1998-99 Water Fund Budget. <br /> City staff recommends that this contract be approved to continue monitoring the City's watershed <br /> management nitrate reduction efforts. <br /> attach.: 2 <br />