Vote: approved

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F-3. RESOLUTION AMENDMENT FOR WHITE TANKS FLOOD RETARDING STRUCTURE #3 OUTLET CHANNEL PROJECT Adopt Resolution Amendment No.1 - FCD 2004R011A, White Tanks Flood Retarding Structure #3 Outlet Channel Project. This Amendment will authorize and direct the Chief Engineer and General Manager of the District to negotiate and prepare Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with the Town of Buckeye and others as appropriate, for cost sharing, design, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocations, construction, construction management, and operation and maintenance, of the White Tanks Flood Retarding Structure No. 3 Outlet Channel Project; to contract for engineering and construction services; and to include funding in the District Capital Improvement Program, subject to the ratifications and approval of this Board. The District developed the Loop 303 Corridor/White Tanks Area Drainage Master Plan (ADMP) to identify and mitigate existing and future drainage and flooding problems in the western metropolitan area bounded by the Agua Fria River , McMicken Dam, the Salt/Gila Rivers, and the White Tank Mountains . The ADMP recommended plan includes a channel and basin adjacent to the Jackrabbit Road alignment, from White Tanks Flood Retarding Structure No. 3 to White Tanks Flood Retarding Structure No. 4. The Board of Directors of the District approved Resolution FCD 2004R011 on February 16, 2005 (C-69-05-076-6-00), authorizing and directing the Chief Engineer and General Manager of the District to acquire land associated with the project. This Amendment will authorize and direct the Chief Engineer and General Manager of the District to negotiate and prepare Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with the Town of Buckeye and others as appropriate, for cost sharing, design, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocations, construction, construction management, and operation and maintenance of the White Tanks Flood Retarding Structure No. 3 Outlet Channel Project; to contract for engineering and construction services; and to include funding in the District Capital Improvement Program, subject to the ratifications and approval of this Board. This agenda item impacts Supervisory District 4. (C-69-05-076-6-01)