HomeMy WebLinkAboutBlack Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District-7/23/2012CITY OF WATERLOO
Council Communication
City Council Meeting: July 23, 2012
Prepared: Tuly 18, 2012
Dept. Head Signature: E.T.
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SUBJECT: Equipment Usage Agreement with Black Hawk County Soil and Water
Conservation District
Submitted by: Wayne Castle, PLS, EI Associate Engineer
Recommended City Council Action:
Approve for Mayor Clark's signature.
Summary Statements
This Equipment Usage Agreement between the City of Waterloo and the Black Hawk County Soil and
Water Conservation District allows the City to use the Conservation District's water sampling equipment
when the City performs watershed assessments, as required by our NPDES permit.
This agreement is available in the City Clerk's office if you wish to review it in its entirety.
Expenditure Required: None
Source of Funds: N/A
Policy Issue: Storm Water Management/Storm Water Permit Compliance
Alternative: N/A
Background Information:
This agreement was in place during our assessment of the Castle Hill -Pleasant Valley watershed assessment.
This agreement saves the City the cost of purchasing monitoring equipment, helps us develop a working
relationship with the SWCD, and helps the City fulfill the requirements of our NPDES permit regarding
watershed assessments.
To: Buck Clark, Mayor, City of Waterloo
From: Black Hawk Soil and Water Conservation District
cc: Wayne Castle, City Stormwater Engineer
Date: July 3, 2012
Re: Monitoring Equipment
Purpose
This agreement is to defme objectives, roles, and responsibilities as they relate to partners associated with urban water
quality monitoring in the Waterloo metro area
Scope
This agreement applies only to the equipment expressly described in this document and its attachment(s), other items
may be added given written agreement by both parties. This agreement shall be reviewed and reapproved on an
annual basis to reflect any changes in the monitoring activities.
Roles
Black Hawk SWCD — The Soil and Water Conservation District will provide use of its equipment to city staff and
designees for the purpose of water quality monitoring in the Waterloo metro area. The district will also provide
storage for this equipment in a location that is easily accessible to city staff during regular business hours.
City of Waterloo — The city shall provide standards and accessories necessary for the continued operation of this
equipment.
Communications
A schedule shall be developed for all regular monitoring and shared between parties to ensure that overlap is kept to a
minimum Should both parties need the equipment for wet weather or event monitoring simultaneously, samplings
required for regulatory requirements or to meet the explicit requirements of previously written grants or agreements
shall take priority.
Maintenance & Operations
Equipment should be checked for proper calibration before every use. It is the responsibility of the operator to ensure
that all equipment is properly prepared before the performance of any sampling activity.
In the event that equipment be lost, stolen, broken, or by any other means rendered unusable while in the field, it is the
responsibility of the employer of the party operating the equipment at that time to reimburse the owner of that
equipment the full cost of replacement.
Agreement of Terms
By signing this agreement, I agree to abide by these terms and consider other signatures partners in this urban water
quality monitoring effort, aof the date first written above.
Sherman Lundy, B SWCD
Buck Clark, City of aterloo