Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a non-competitive agreement with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to install and manage rain gauge and flow monitoring stations as part of the City’s watershed and flood studies. It also authorizes the USGS to monitor select watersheds that install green infrastructure (GI) practices. The estimated contract cost is $284,000 for 5 years broken out as follows.
Fiscal Year City of Madison USGS
2020 $65,000 $22,000
2021 $53,500 $18,000
2022 $54,000 $18,500
2023 $55,000 $18,500
2024 $56,500 $19,000
TOTAL $284,000 $96,000
Funding is provided in the 2020 Adopted Stormwater Utility Operating Budget to support Flood Studies. No additional appropriation is required.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a non-competitive agreement with the USGS for Urban Flood Monitoring and Watershed Response to Reduced Impervious Cover through Implementation of Green Infrastructure in conjunction with the City’s watershed and flood studies. (Citywide)
Body
PREAMBLE
To support the watershed and flood studies, the City will need to provide rain gauge and flow monitoring in the watersheds in order to calibrate the models for accuracy based on known rain fall events. This contract will be a multi-year analysis (2020-2025) to assist in monitoring activities and analyze the implementation of green infrastructure (GI) practice to minimize stormwater runoff entering storm drains. Although much is known on the stormwater volume reduction benefits of individual GI practices, very little is known about the watershed response to a collection of practices.
WHEREAS, the Common Council has authorized funding for continued watershed study efforts as part of the adopted 2020 Stormwater Utility Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, rain gauge and flow monitoring data are necessary for completion of the stormwater models and are needed to accurately calibrate the models to meet real life rainfall even...
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