RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ATC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FUNDS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

Committee Status: 
Approved
Budget Status: 
External Source
Decision Impact: 
Significant
FTE Impact: 
Yes
Funding Source: 
Other (see budget status)

Purpose

WHEREAS, under Wisconsin law, counties with a new 345,000-volt transmission line being constructed in their jurisdiction receive a one-time environmental impact fee payment after project construction starts; and,

WHEREAS, Sauk County will receive $908,662.00 from the Wisconsin Department of Administration as the county’s environmental impact fee (EIF) related to the portion of the Badger Coulee transmission line being installed by the American Transmission Company (ATC) within the county along the I90/94 interstate; and,

WHEREAS, in accordance with Wisc. Stat. §16.969 (4), environmental impact payments may be used only for park, conservancy, wetland or other similar environmental programs, without special permission; and,

WHEREAS, Sauk County solicited proposals for uses of the ATC EIF funds that support, enhance or expand park, conservancy, wetland or other similar environmental programs within the county as intended by state statute; and,

WHEREAS, Sauk County received 18 requests, totaling $2,694,112.00, for the ATC EIF funds, which requests were reviewed by the members of Finance, Highway and Parks, Conservation, Planning and Zoning, and Property and Insurance oversight committees; as part of each committee’s review process, the projects were scored and evaluated by the members of the four oversight committees, utilizing such criteria as project scope and anticipated outcomes, fiscal accountability, responsiveness to the county’s strategic priorities, extent of collaboration, and potential return on investment; and,

WHEREAS, Finance Committee met on September 13, 2016, to conduct a final review of the proposals, taking into consideration the scores, comments and recommendations of the members of the Highway and Parks, Conservation, Planning and Zoning, and Property and Insurance oversight committees, and based on that review, the Finance Committee selected for funding nine proposals deemed broadly representative of the county’s natural and environmental interests.

Background

 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Administrative Coordinator is authorized to send award letters to the proposers of the above described proposals and to administer payment of the approved amounts in accordance with the terms and conditions of their respective proposals.

 

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on October 18, 2016.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Sauk County FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

 

______________________________________

TOMMY LEE BYCHINSKI, CHAIR

 

_______________________________________ Martin F. Krueger

 

______________________________________ eric peterson

 

 

 

 

______________________________________

kristin white eagle

 

______________________________________

Richard M. flint

Resolution Files: 
PDF icon resolution_approving_awards_of_atc_eif_funds_0.pdf
Budget Status (Other/External Sources): 

 

FISCAL NOTE:  The approved requests will be paid from the funds paid to Sauk County by the Wisconsin Department of Administration as Sauk County’s ATC Environmental Impact fee.

 

MIS NOTE:   None

Resolution Body

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, that the following described proposals, totaling $908,662.00, be approved for funding from the ATC EIF funds for the amounts indicated to be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of their respective proposals:

 

First Phase Baraboo River Corridor Plan

Villages of North Freedom & West Baraboo and City of Baraboo

                $250,000

High Performance Building at White Mound Park

Sauk County Parks Department

 $225,412

Prairie Restoration Project

Riverland Conservancy

                  $55,000

Manley Creek Restoration Project

Riverland Conservancy

                  $50,000

Expanding Crane Roosting Habitat and Crane Tourism

Aldo Leopold Foundation

                  $98,250

Baraboo Hills Native Bio Diversity Project

The Nature Conservancy

                  $70,000

Sandhill Crane Project

International Crane Foundation

                  $50,000

Ornithology Preserve Honey Creek Land Acquisition in Baraboo Hills

Wisconsin Society for Ornithology

                  $50,000

Land Management on Badger Lands with a Focus on the Great Sauk Trail

Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance

                  $60,000

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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