Fiscal Note
Funds are available in account # ESTM-54950-810386-00-53W0858 cost is not to exceed $28,000.00
The budget amendment contained in this resolution is as follows:
ESTM-54950-560000 $80,575 (Consulting Services)
ESTM-56440-560000 $6,500 (Inter-D Health Dept)
ESTM-54967-560000 ($25,000) (Memberships)
ESTM-57999-560000 ($62,075) (Reserves Generated)
Funds for the agreements referenced in this resolution will be available in ESTM-54950-563245.
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SUBSTITUTE - Amending the 2009 Operating Budget of the Stormwater Utility to fund additional efforts related to the Yahara Lakes and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into all agreements related to this initiative. a design engineering contract with MSA Professional Services for completion of a floodplain study associated with the series of bridges on the Upper Yahara River at STH 113.
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PREAMBLE
In April of 2009, the Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with Dane County, the City of Madison and partnering communities, developed a short term action plan to reduce the threat of flooding in the Yahara watershed. The City of Madison is responsible for the following parts of the plan:
· Identification of alternatives and/or the feasibility of modifying the Highway 113 railroad bridge to reduce the 100-year-flood elevation by an estimated 1 foot and reducing flood damage to upstream residences and Cherokee Marsh;
· Installation of one gauge on Starkweather Creek to better monitor inflow in Lake Monona and to calibrate the lake level prediction model; and
· Completion of the Mendota portion of a hydraulic model and expanding the model to other lakes in the Yahara chain of lakes by January 2013 for water level management evaluation and flood prediction.
On May 20, 2009, the Board of Public Works adopted the “City of Madison Policy for Stormwater and the Improvement of Water Quality in Lakes Mendota, Monona and Wingra.” The part of this policy covering lake management identifi...
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