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File #: 88163    Version: 1 Name: Approving an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Madison Water Utility and the City of Madison Parks Division for the installation and maintenance of public water main facilities within a portion of Yahara Hills Park (West) located
Type: Resolution Status: Items Referred
File created: 4/29/2025 In control: BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
On agenda: 5/6/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Approving an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Madison Water Utility and the City of Madison Parks Division for the installation and maintenance of public water main facilities within a portion of Yahara Hills Park (West) located at 3901 Savannah Road. (District 16)
Sponsors: Sean O'Brien
Attachments: 1. MOU with MWU (Water Main Installation and Maintenance) (Yahara Hills Park-West) (DEV Updates).pdf, 2. Exhibit A - Water Project Overview.pdf, 3. Exhibit B - Water Staging Plan.pdf

Fiscal Note

No City appropriation required.

 

Title

Approving an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Madison Water Utility and the City of Madison Parks Division for the installation and maintenance of public water main facilities within a portion of Yahara Hills Park (West) located at 3901 Savannah Road. (District 16)

 

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WHEREAS, the City of Madison has owned the property located at 3901 Savannah Road, Madison, WI 53718, in the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (“Property”) since 1991. The Property, known as Yahara Hills Park (West), is managed by the Parks Division and includes stormwater facilities, a berm and natural areas; and,

 

WHEREAS, the City of Madison Water Utility seeks to install a public water main and associated facilities within a portion of the Property, as depicted on the Exhibit attached hereto, to close the loop at an extremely long dead end in the system to improve system hydraulics, redundancy and fire flow capacity along the corridor; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Parks Division is agreeable to the City of Madison Water Utility installing public watermain facilities within a portion of the Property, subject to certain terms and conditions.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison Water Utility and the Parks Division are authorized to enter into an interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding regarding the installation and maintenance of public water main facilities in Yahara Hills Park (West), on a form and in a manner that has been approved by the City Attorney.