Fiscal Note
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Title
Authorizing the Common Council to accept ownership from Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association of a decorative garden and garden plantings to be located in the public right-of-way of Burke Avenue, near the intersection of Gannon Avenue.
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WHEREAS, The Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association has requested permission to install a decorative garden within the public right-of-way of Burke Avenue, near the intersection of Gannon Avenue, as shown on Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the decorative garden will include several small trees and shrubs; and
WHEREAS, the City Parks Division has reviewed and approve of the planting list for the decorative garden, under the condition that the Parks Division, through the City Forester, shall maintain and prune the trees.
WHEREAS, the Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association has agreed to perform maintenance of the balance of the decorative garden plantings and shrubs; and
WHEREAS, the Privilege in Streets Committee has reviewed this request and approved it with conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association will transfer ownership of the garden plantings to the City after they have been installed, in exchange for the ongoing maintenance of these site decorative plantings and shrubs by the Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council of the City of Madison accepts ownership, from the Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association of the decorative garden plantings, shrubs and trees to be located in the public right-of-way of Burke Avenue, near intersection of Gannon Avenue, as shown on the attached Exhibit A; subject to the following conditions:
1. The Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association work with the City to locate the decorative garden within a specific area, as approved by the City Engineering and Parks Divisions.
2. The Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association shall install and...
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