Title
A Resolution Authorizing the Stormwater Enterprise Manager to Execute All Intergovernmental Agreements with the Colorado Department of Transportation Related to Maintenance of Stormwater Infrastructure
Presenter:
Erin Powers, P.E., Stormwater Enterprise Manager
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Summary:
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) periodically cooperates with the City to construct stormwater infrastructure. CDOT requires maintenance agreements for constructed infrastructure to be formatted as intergovernmental agreements (IGAs). The proposed resolution streamlines that process by formally delegating approval authority to the Stormwater Enterprise Manager (SE Manager).
Background:
Stormwater infrastructure is vital to ensure the City's ability to protect its citizens and downstream neighbors from potential damage due to stormwater. City Code ? 14.8.102 requires the Stormwater Enterprise to provide maintenance activities for the City owned stormwater infrastructure. To make efficient use of funding, the Stormwater Enterprise frequently partners with other entities, such as the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), to construct stormwater infrastructure.
When infrastructure is constructed by multiple entities, a maintenance agreement is needed to document the entity responsible for maintaining the infrastructure. While these agreements are generally regarded as routine administrative matters, CDOT requires maintenance agreements to be formatted as intergovernmental agreements (IGAs). This resolution grants the Stormwater Enterprise Manager (SE Manager) the authority to enter into maintenance agreement IGAs for stormwater infrastructure.
City Code ? 14.8.104 states the following: "The SE Manager is authorized to execute all necessary contracts and agreements in the name of the City of Colorado Springs, except that contracts and agreements between the enterprise and other Colorado or Federal governmental entities (intergovernmental agreeme...
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