Fiscal Note
This resolution authorizes $15,000 of additional grant-funded work for wetland restoration at Cherokee Marsh. There is no impact upon the tax levy.
Title
Amending the Park Division's 2012 Capital Budget and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service for wetland restoration at Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park. (AD 18).
Body
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Private Lands Office has awarded a grant for wetland restoration at Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park via filling in of old agricultural ditches to restore the natural hydrology; and
WHEREAS, under this agreement the City will use the grant funding towards wetland restoration at Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park, and will provide approximately equal amounts of City funding towards this project; and
WHEREAS, the City funding for this project is available in the Conservation Parks capital project (#810401); and
WHEREAS, the grant award is likely to be up to $15,000 more than originally anticipated in the 2012 Parks Division Capital Budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign, on behalf of the city, grant agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, which includes accepting up to $15,000 to fund the above-described services, and also includes other terms and conditions of participating in this program,
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the agreements are to be reviewed and approved by the City Attorney and Risk Manager,
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the 2012 Parks Division Capital Budget is amended by the following amounts:
CL60-58201-810401-00-0000000-00000000-00000000: $15,000
CL60-73119-810401-00-0000000-00000000-00000000: ($15,000)