The Black Hawk City Council approved a weed grant for Maryland Mountain as well as design services for the Hidden Valley Water Treatment plant during a regular meeting at 3 p.m. on June 8, 2022, at 211 Church Street in Black Hawk.

Public Works Director Tom Isbester introduced an ordinance approving the Memorandum of Understanding for the 2022 Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) Weed Grant for the Maryland Mountain Herbicide Treatment with the Jefferson County Conservation District. Staff has been working with the Gilpin County Weed Manager (GCWM) to coordinate efforts for spraying weeds within the county.

The GCWM has been working with the Jefferson County Conservation District (JCD) to provide a single grant request to the CDA. The JCD has experience in processing these grants.

The grant will require the City to provide an in-kind match of about $16,695, which will be provided in labor and equipment time. In turn, the City will receive $5,395 reimbursement as well as about $8,000 worth of hand spraying in Maryland Mountain Park by a licensed contractor. The JCD will pay the contractor for this work directly.

Staff will perform weed control within the City limits and hope to get some spraying done along the Hidden Valley Pipeline. All hours for labor and equipment will be logged as well as areas sprayed for monitoring purposes.

The Council approved the ordinance.

Jason Fredricks and Jim Ford introduced a resolution approving a change order to the design services contract with JVA, Inc., for design services for the Hidden Valley Water Treatment Plant in an amount not to exceed $44,600. The change order for the Hidden Valley Water Treatment Plant Design Services will also provide additional design services for the Hidden Valley Sludge Solids Handling Building.

Working on the design with JVA, Inc. on the Hidden Valley Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Second Train, it was determined that the upgraded sludge handling system necessary to support the second treatment train would not fit in the current sludge system footprint. A small addition to the Hidden Valley WTP is necessary to house the new equipment.

By moving the sludge equipment out of the existing building, two issues are solved: sludge contamination will not affect other treatment processes, and the dumpster collecting the sludge will find removal easier.

The Council approved a change order to the Design Services Contract with JVA, Inc. for design services for the Hidden Valley Water Treatment Plant in an amount not to exceed $44,600.

The next Black Hawk City Council meeting will be at 211 Church Street in Black Hawk on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 3 p.m. For more information go to https://site.cityofblackhawk.org/.