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HomeMy Public PortalAbout004-2022 - Application for State Revolving Fund Representative RICHMOND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA RESOLUTION 4-2022 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR STATE REVOLVING FUND (SRF) AND DESIGNATING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE WHEREAS, The Richmond Sanitary District(RSD)of the.City of Richmond,Indiana,has plans to proceed for required work on the Short Creek Interceptor Basin Improvements Projects, including the replacement of the Short Creek Lift Station and Hayes Lift Station, to meet state and federal regulations pertaining to sanitary sewer capacity and potential sanitary sewer overflow (SSO), as well as RSD's continued compliance with a court order from the Wayne Circuit Court with regards to combined sewer overflows (CSO); and WHEREAS, RSD will need to borrow funds to proceed with its stormwater, SSO and CSO work, and will need to apply to the State Revolving Fund (SRF) loans for a grant for reduced interest rate on its loan; and WHEREAS, The Department of Stormwater Management (D SM)may also be paying, through its stormwater fees, for part of the costs and expenses associated with the required work on West Side Interceptor Basin Project,but the loan application will be signed under the name of the RSD and any funds received will be processed through RSD; and WHEREAS, The interest rates from the SRF loans, for SRF pooled loan funds as well as SRF funds, are all lower than the interest rates that RSD, DSM or the City of Richmond could obtain on the open market; and WHEREAS, The application for the SRF loan and other related documents are to be signed by Sue Miller, President of the Richmond Sanitary District Board of Commissioners and a member of Board of Stormwater Management of the City of Richmond, as the SRF loan will be in the name of the RSD even though monies from DSM may also pay for part of the costs of the West Side Interceptor Basin Project for CSO work. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Board of Stormwater Management of the City of Richmond that: 1. Sue Miller, President of the Richmond Board of Sanitary Commissioners of the Richmond Sanitary District and a member of the Board of Department of Stormwater Management of the City of Richmond,be, and is, authorized to make application for an SRF Loan in the name of RSD and provide the State Revolving Fund Loan Program such information, data, and documents pertaining to the loan process as may be required, and otherwise act as the authorized representative of the Richmond Sanitary District and the Department of Stormwater Management for the purposes set forth herein. 2. The Board of Department of Stormwater Management of the City of Richmond agrees to comply with the Indiana Finance Authority, State of Indiana and Federal requirements as they pertain to the SRF. 3. That two copies of this resolution be prepared and submitted as part of the Richmond Sanitary District's Preliminary Engineering Report and application of the SRF loan,which SRF loan may involve monies from DSM. All of which is adopted and approved this 13th day of December,2022. ,President "dg 'ens ,Vice President Aman ¶/ shi _AO/ ,Member Sue Miller ATTEST: ( cording Secretary ems Johns