Fiscal Note
No additional appropriation would be required as a result of adoption of this resolution. The 2005 Adopted Stormwater Utility Capital Improvement Program, Project #23, anticipates a total of $100,000 in annual rain garden funding through the year 2009. Resources are to be derived from a mix of City (Stormwater Reserves), State (grant funding), and homeowner cost sharing, with each funding source contributing in equal proportion. Funding for this work is contained in project ESTM-58270-810515-00-53W0265. There is no additional impact anticipated upon either cost controls or the tax levy.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to adopt the Nonpoint Source Control Plan for the Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project. (City-Wide ADs)
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PREAMBLE
For several years, the City of Madison has been actively involved in the Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project, which was established in 1998. The City is striving to meet the goals outlined in the Nonpoint Source Control Plan for the Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project, and has used grant money from the Priority Watershed Project during the early stages of implementation.
In order to help fund the City of Madison's 1,000 Rain Gardens Project, City Engineering has submitted a grant application to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Lake Protection Grant Program (Resolution #RES-05-00426), which offers financial assistance for projects designed to protect lakes. In order to be eligible for grant funding, one requirement is that the City of Madison formally adopts a DNR-approved, watershed management plan that explicitly recommends the project for which funding is requested.
The Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Plan was written prior to any widespread use of the term "rain garden". However, it does state the following regarding the importance of stormwater infiltration: "Reducing pollutant transport to surface waters involves reducing the volume of urban storm water reaching streams, from primarily impervious surfaces. This is accomplished by increasing the infiltration of storm water into the soil and ground layers." The grant application cites the Mendota Priority Watershed Plan, the plan had been previously approved by the DNR, and they have agreed that encouraging rain gardens is one way to increase infiltration in urban areas.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Madison formally adopts the Nonpoint Source Control Plan for the Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project.