Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Town of Blooming Grove for design, construction, and maintenance of a stormwater conveyance system located in the Town of Blooming Grove adjacent to the City of Madison at a total estimated cost of $200,000. Under this agreement, the City of Madison would be charged 70% of project costs for design, permitting, and capital improvements ($140,000) and the Town of Blooming Grove would be charged the remaining 30%. These percentages correspond to an approximate percent of the watershed drainage area flow contributions that are within the City of Madison’s corporate limits. Funding is provided in the 2020 Adopted Stormwater Utility Operating Budget Stormwater Quality System Improvements Program (12960).
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Blooming Grove for design, construction and maintenance of a stormwater conveyance system located in the Town of Blooming Grove Adjacent to the City of Madison. (16th AD)
Body
WHEREAS, the Town of Blooming Grove (the “Town”) has requested City of Madison’s (the “City) assistance in redesign and repair of an existing greenway and conveyance system (the “System”) located in the Town; and
WHEREAS, the City and Town each have contributing drainage areas that flows through the System; and
WHEREAS, the existing ditches located both within the City and the Town are in need of repair and have caused the System to eroded become unstable; and
WHEREAS, the eroded nature of the System is causing downstream damages to a property located within the City; and
WHEREAS, this portion of the Town will be annexed into the City in 2027; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City’s and Town’s best interest to work on a joint solution prior to the official annexation date; and
WHEREAS, the City is in a position to design and let a public works contract for the repair to the System; and
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