RESOLUTION NO. RS2013-662

A resolution approving cooperative agreement No.13ESTNGEML0030 with the United States Department of the Interior - United States Geological Survey for the continued operation and upgrades of Water Quality Monitors and flood warning gages in FY2014, FY2015, and FY2016 on Mill Creek, Dry Creek, Browns Creek, Richland Creek, Whites Creek, Stones River, and Cumberland River.

WHEREAS, The United States Department of Interior – United States Geological Survey has an existing agreement with the Metropolitan Government Department of Water and Sewerage Services to operate and maintain a ADVM gage on the Cumberland River and streamflow gages network and water quality monitors in several streams in Davidson County; and,

WHEREAS, The United States Department of Interior – United States Geological Survey and the Metropolitan Department of Water and Sewerage Services wish to continue funding the water quality monitors and stream gages for the period June 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016, at a fixed cost to the Metropolitan Government of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), as set forth in the attached agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Agreement No.13ESTNGEML0030, as attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.

Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Jason Potts, Lonnell Matthews

Attachment(s) on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee Public Works Committee
Introduced:	April 16, 2013
Adopted:	April 16, 2013
Approved:	April 17, 2013
By: