APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A CONSERVATION STREAMBANK EASEMENT FOR THE WEBB FARMS II LLC PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND SAUK COUNTY

Committee Status:

Approved

Budget Status:

Budgeted

Decision Impact:

Routine

FTE Impact:

Funding Source:

Combination

Purpose

purchase streambank easement

Resolution Files:

Resolution

Supporting Files:

Funding Info

Budget Status (Other/External Sources):

Fiscal Note: The easement purchase price of $26,000 plus related expenditures such as title search and appraisal are funded 55.6% by the state and 44.4% by existing appropriated funds.

I've attached a spreadsheet that is being kept to track the funding. Please note that the in the column of "other expenses" the figures in blue are estimated figures by Serge as to what they will be. These are currently easements that are in the process and we have either ordered an appraisal or merely only conducted an appraisal thus far. In some cases we have paid for the appraisal and in others we have yet to be billed for it. Brentt/Serge have choses to track and estimated cost rather than actual on this form.

Resolution Body

WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) and Sauk County are parties to the “Memorandum of Agreement Concerning U.S. Highway 12 Between Middleton and Lake Delton, Wisconsin” (MOA), fully executed by WISDOT, Sauk County, the Governor of Wisconsin, the Federal Highway Administration, the National Park Service(NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WISDNR), Dane County and the Nature Conservancy (TNC); and,

WHEREAS, by Resolution #124-2011, the Honorable Sauk County Board of Supervisors approved the Memorandum of Agreement implementing the Sauk County Fund component of the Highway 12 Growth Management Plan that provides the State of Wisconsin allocate funds in the amount of $250,000 to fund among other things the purchase of lands or scenic/conservation/agricultural easements from willing sellers in Sauk County outside of the Baraboo Range National Natural Landmark (BRNNL); and,

WHEREAS, one of the express and stated purposes of the Implementation Agreement between the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Sauk County for the Sauk County Fund is to procure streambank easements and to protect and enhance these environmentally sensitive areas and mitigate the environmental impact caused by the expansion of US Highway 12.

WHEREAS, the Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee believes this offer to purchase a streambank easement is in the best interest of Sauk County and implements the MOA executed between Sauk County and the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, that said streambank easement is hereby Approved.

Requested Board Review Date:

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Committee Review 1 Date:

Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee (CPZ)

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