HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-087 Approving and Authorizing the Submission of an Application for Funds from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2022-087
RELATING TO UTILITIES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF
AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDS FROM THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA (WIFA) TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWIN
PEAKS INTERCONNECT PROJECT AND THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
THE PICTURE ROCKS INTERCONNECT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION TO
INCUR DEBT
WHEREAS the 2017 Water Infrastructure Improvement Plan (IIP) identified that
the Twin Peaks Interconnect and Picture Rocks Interconnect projects are required to meet
future water demand in Marana and to help mitigate the impacts of per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 1,4 Dioxane for water customers; and
WHEREAS on November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act(Act)which includes ten billion dollars to address
PFAS contamination in drinking water; and
WHEREAS the funds from the Act are being managed and distributed by the
Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA); and
WHEREAS the Act funds distributed by WIFA will either be a grant or a loan with
a forgivable portion; and
WHEREAS Town staff seek to use ACT funds distributed by WIFA to fund both
the Twin Peaks Interconnect and Picture Rocks Interconnect projects; and
WHEREAS to complete the application process for these funds from WIFA,
authorization to incur debt must be approved by Town Council; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council feel it is in the best interests of the Town and
its citizens to complete the application process for WIFA funds and to authorize incurring
debt.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, approving and authorizing Town Staff to
complete the application process for funds from WIFA and to incur debt.
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IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town's Manager and staff are hereby
directed and authorized to undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to
carry out the application process.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 16th day of August, 2022.
/Or Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David Udall, Interim Town Clerk Jane Fa all, Town Attorney
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MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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