Windermere council to consider stormwater project IPOs

Windermere officials have been discussing various stormwater-improvement concepts for a while now, and the Town Council is set to vote on whether to proceed with two of them.

When council members meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, they will discuss whether to move forward with an individual purchase order for the Butler basin design and the Bessie basin design.

These individual purchase orders identify the scope, schedule and fee for engineering services for the design and permitting of dirt road and drainage improvements along existing dirt roads.

The town was awarded a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program grant for stormwater improvements for the Butler Street basin area — namely Butler Street and Seventh Avenue — in the amount of $80,000 for design and between $500,000 and $700,000 for construction. The grant also requires to town to contribute 25% of the project cost, which for this project would be $195,000.

Additionally, the town received an HMGP grant for stormwater improvements for Bessie Street and Ninth Avenue. The grant includes $90,000 for design and $1.1 million for construction. The town would need to contribute 25% of the cost, or $297,500.

For this project, design would include drainage improvements, rain garden landscape plans, water main plans and an unpaved road project maintenance plan.

This also marks the first hybrid Town Council meeting since the pandemic began. Anyone who wishes to attend in person at Town Hall — 520 Main. St. — must wear masks and agree to a temperature check prior to entry.

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