Fiscal Note
The grant (if awarded) will provide approximately $11,500 for installation of a rain garden. Should the City of Madison receive the grant for this project, funds would be used to purchase services from Earth & Water Works, LLC. These services would total up to $13,000. The City would provide up to $7,500 in conjunction with this project. Funds available in ESTM-55410-810515-00-53W0265.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to apply for and accept a grant from Dane County and to purchase services from Earth & Water Works, LLC for installation of a rain garden. (6th AD)
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PREAMBLE
City Engineering recognizes the value of utilizing rain gardens to increase infiltration of stormwater runoff. This project would involve constructing a rain garden along the Isthmus Bike Path near Starkweather Creek behind the Kipp Foundry buildings and parking lot. The rain garden would collect some of the runoff coming from the parking lot before it reaches a nearby wetland.
The Dane County Grant Program offers financial assistance for projects designed to improve and protect water quality. City Engineering will apply for this grant in early 2006. Should the City of Madison receive a grant for this project, the funds would be used to purchase the services of Earth & Water Works, LLC, including designing, site preparations, planting, and plant costs. Other partners offering funding and services for this project include the Friends of Starkweather Creek, Rock River Coalition, Kipp Corporation, MG&E, Atwood Community Center, and the following Neighborhood Associations: Schenk, Atwood, Starkweather, and Yahara.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Madison requests the funds and assistance available from the Dane County Land Conservation Department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Madison will purchase services from Earth & Water Works, LLC for work related to the construction and planting of the rain garden, said costs up to $13,000; and
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Madison will provide up to $7,500 in funding for planning and construction of the rain garden.