North Slope Borough Federal Tax ID: 92-0042378 Project Title: Project Type: Maintenance and Repairs North Slope Borough - Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Total Project Snapshot Report 2013 Legislature TPS Report 60238v1 Agency: Commerce, Community and Economic Development Grants to Municipalities (AS 37.05.315) Grant Recipient: North Slope Borough Federal Tax ID: 92-0042378 Project Title: Project Type: Maintenance and Repairs North Slope Borough - Critical Infrastructure Protection State Funding Requested: $6,000,000 House District: 40 / T Future Funding May Be Requested Brief Project Description: This project will provide funding for the design and permitting of revetment to protect essential infrastructure in Barrow and Point Hope. Funding Plan: Total Project Cost: $80,000,000 Funding Already Secured: ($0) FY2014 State Funding Request: ($6,000,000) Project Deficit: $74,000,000 Funding Details: No funds have been appropriated in prior years. Detailed Project Description and Justification: This project will provide beginning funding for the design, permitting, and construction of revetment to protect essential infrastructure in Barrow and Point Hope. The North Slope Borough has an established beach nourishment program, however more permanent solutions need to be pursued in order to continue providing critical services to residents. The extended periods of open water and increased number of severe storms are overtaking current efforts, leading to flooding of low lying areas, and potential permanent damage to assets essential in provision of public services. Revetment off the coast of Barrow will provide additional protection to the coast line, reducing flood related damage and protecting public and private property. The 12-foot option was determined as the best course of action based on the 100 year storm mark, where in 1963 12-foot swells did significant damage to the city. Revetment off of Point Hope will be used to protect the airport and runway. The airport provides the only year-round access to Point Hope. The airport is essential for the transport of goods, services, residents and for the provision of emergency medical services. The value of the North Slope Borough owned assets potentially protected by the revetment in Barrow is estimated at over $600 million dollars. This amount does not include the cost of providing services through alternate means (water, sewer, etc.) that would be required in an event generating surf similar to the 1963 storm. The value of protected private assets in the same area exceeds $600 million dollars. For use by Co-chair Staff Only: Page 1 Contact Name: Staff to Rep. Nageak $1,700,000 Contact Number: 4653473 Approved 2:01 PM 5/9/2013 Total Project Snapshot Report 2013 Legislature TPS Report 60238v1 Project Timeline: Design and construction in the amount shown will require a 2 - 3 year period. Entity Responsible for the Ongoing Operation and Maintenance of this Project: North Slope Borough Grant Recipient Contact Information: Name: John Bitney Title: State Government Liaison Address: 326 4th Street, Mendenhall #308 Juneau, Alaska 99801 Phone Number: (907)317-0038 Email: [email protected] Has this project been through a public review process at the local level and is it a community priority? X Yes No For use by Co-chair Staff Only: Page 2 Contact Name: Staff to Rep. Nageak Contact Number: 4653473 2:01 PM 5/9/2013 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District Barrow, Alaska Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Technical Report Appendix B – Real Estate Plan March 2007 Technical Report Barrow, Alaska, Storm Damage Reduction Appendix B – Draft Real Estate Plan NOTE: This Appendix was originally created as the Draft Real Estate Plan (REP) for an early version of the Draft Integrated Interim Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement for Coastal Storm Damage Reduction at Borrow, Alaska. That document underwent Independent Technical Review. As a result of that review, basic hydraulic and economic analyses were redone, with the result that no alternative yielded positive National Economic Development benefits greater than the costs of implementing that alternative. Since there is no Federal action proposed in this Technical Report, there is no need for a formal Real Estate Plan. However, since the draft REP had compiled information on real estate, it is included for information only . REAL ESTATE PLAN BARROW STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT BARROW, ALASKA 26 March 2007 1. Purpose This study was authorized by a resolution adopted 2 December 1970 by the House Public Works Committee. The resolution, known as the “Rivers and Harbors in Alaska” resolution, reads in part: Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors is hereby requested to review the reports of the Chief of Engineers on Rivers and Harbors in Alaska, published as House Document Numbered 414, 83rd Congress, 2nd Session…and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining whether any modifications contained herein are advisable at the present time… The purpose of this study is to determine the Federal interest in providing storm damage reduction, flood damage reduction and navigation improvements at Barrow, Alaska; to identify a non-federal sponsor willing to share in the cost of the feasibility study; and to develop a Project Management Plan (PMP) for a feasibility-level study. Barrow, the northern most community in North America and the economic center for the North Slope Borough, is located on the Arctic Ocean about 750 miles (mi) north of Anchorage, Alaska. Barrow is a first-class city with about 4,400 residents. The North Slope Borough, which includes almost all of Alaska north of the 68th Parallel, has a population of about 9,600 persons spread over 95,000 mi2, an area about the size of the state of Oregon. The majority of residents are Inupiat Eskimos. Barrow is located on a southwest-northeast coastline of the Chukchi Sea about 10 mi southwest of Point Barrow, the northernmost point of land in Alaska (Figure 1). Point Barrow is located on a spit fronting Elson Lagoon and marks the boundary between the Chukchi Sea on the west and the Beaufort Sea on the east. Page 1 2. Project Description For the purposes of this study, the protection plan includes the entire 25,000 foot-long shoreline under attack, including Barrow, Browerville, and the sewage lagoon/landfill area. The construction of shore protection at the sites shown on figure 3 combined with the placement of nourishment and wave absorption beach fill shown at locations on the same figure should protect the City of Barrow, the sewage lagoon, and the landfill from erosion. Page 2 3. Real Estate Requirements for the Project: Summary of Required Real Estate Interests for Storm Damage Reduction Revetment: Project Feature Areas Required Owner Estate Minimum Revetment 14.62 acres Municipal Perpetual easement Public Private (5 lots) A temporary construction staging area might be required but has not been identified at this time. 4. Within an existing Federal Project There are no existing, authorized Corps of Engineers (Corps) or other Federal water projects within the proposed project area. 5. Federally/Government Owned Land included There is no federally owned land included in the project area. There is local government land included in the project area. 6. LER below MHW/OHW – availability of Navigation Servitude Navigation servitude is available however the MHW is 0.40 ft. Since it appears the project will lie entirely above MHW, navigation servitude may not need to be exercised. 7. Map of Project area is Attached as Exhibit A. 8. Potential flooding induced by construction, operation or maintenance of project The intent of the project is to control flooding to low lying areas affected by storm surges. 9. Real Estate and Administrative Cost Estimate: Table II Federal project portions Item Federal Local Subtotal Total Administration $50,000 $50,000 $000 $000 Real Estate Cost (Land) -0- $95,000 -0- -0- 10. Relocation Assistance (PL 91-646) There are no relocation assistant benefits anticipated for this project. 11. Mineral Activity There is no known mineral activity occurring within the lands required for the project. Page 3 12. Non-Federal sponsor’s acquisition experience: Assessment attached as Exhibit B. 13. Real Estate Acquisition Schedule: COE NFS Activity Initiate – Complete Initiate - Complete Execution of PCA 1 day Formal transmittal of final ROW drawings 1 week after PCA to LS and instruction to acquire LER Mapping, legal descriptions, title evidence 3 months (minimum) Conduct appraisals, negotiations & closing 6-9 months 1 week upon 1 week upon receipt Certify availability of LER for construction completion of of NFS certification acquisition 14. Relocations (Facilities and Utilities) There are no known facilities and/or utilities that will have to be relocated. 15. Environmental / HTW There are no known hazardous and/or toxic waste on the land required for the project. 16. Known or Anticipated Support or Opposition of Landowners in project area Based upon available information, landowner support appears to be good. 17. Other RE issues relevant to planning, design, or implementation of the project Another alternative may be considered for relocation of the town. Page 4 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District Barrow, Alaska Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Technical Report Appendix C -- Cost Estimate September 2008 APPENDIX C COST ESTIMATE Technical Report for Barrow, Alaska Coastal Storm Damage Reduction BARROW COST ESTIMATING APPENDIX - SEP 2008 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION This Cost Estimating Appendix describes the technical cost aspects of the Barrow Coastal Storm Damage Reduction study. 1.1 HISTORY For the Preliminary Draft Interim Feasibility Report, the alternatives selected for further consideration consist of combinations of two initial alternatives, Coastal Dike and Bluff Revetment. The Coastal Dike portion was a 8,700-foot-long rock dike, with a crest of +20.5 ft (as shown in Figure 49 in Hydraulic Appendix), constructed of approximately 67,500 cubic yard (cy) of armor rock, 48,300 cy of B rock, 18,000 cy of core rock, and an estimated construction cost of $46.6 million.