Fiscal Note
No fiscal impact.
Title
Authorizing the execution of a Landscaping Maintenance Agreement with the Blair Street Gardens Committee, Inc., for access and maintenance purposes of two decorative garden areas at 603 East Wilson Street and 499 East Wilson Street.
Body
WHEREAS, the Blair Street Gardens Committee, Inc, (the “Committee”), in conjunction with the Marquette Neighborhood Association, have been maintaining two decorative garden areas (the “Gardens”) located at the intersection of South Blair Street, Williamson Street, and East Wilson Street, since 1985, addressed at 603 East Wilson Street and 499 East Wilson Street; and
WHEREAS, the Garden area located at Blair Street and Williamson Street is known as the “Blair Street Gateway Garden”, and the Garden area located along East Wilson is known as “Wilson Green”, and
WHEREAS, the Gardens were originally designed to improve the aesthetics of said intersection and have been maintained by the Committee over the years with the unwritten approval of the City Parks and Engineering Divisions; and
WHEREAS, the two Garden areas are contained both in public right-of-way, and City-owned land under the control of City Engineering and the Water Utility; and
WHEREAS, most recently the Committee approached the City with a new design for the Blair Street Gateway Garden, and during discussions with City staff, it was agreed that there should be a formal written landscaping maintenance agreement defining the responsibilities of the City and the Committee in reference to the Gardens; and
WHEREAS, City staff, including City Engineering and the Water Utility, and the Committee have reviewed and agreed upon the language for a formal landscaping maintenance agreement for the Gardens; and
WHEREAS, the Marquette Neighborhood Association has reviewed and approve of the terms for the landscaping maintenance agreement between the City and the Committee; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City C...
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