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Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement Recognizing Joint Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Initiatives between the City of West Allis and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)
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WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statues Section 66.0301 authorizes any municipality to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with another municipality for the furnishing of services; and,
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to establish a policy of collaboration between MMSD and the City of West Allis in their joint efforts to meet the requirements and goals of their respective permits and the recently completed Milwaukee Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) analysis for the MMSD’s jurisdictional streams. MMSD and the City of West Allis, enter into this agreement to move towards making progress on the TMDL requirements for local waterways as soon as possible. Each such effort shall be implemented through treatment plant, conveyance, watercourse, green infrastructure and watershed management Projects, and
WHEREAS, the City of West Allis will have the ability to petition the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to count towards regulatory compliance, the MMSD projects for which the City of West Allis, as a contributing member of the MMD, provided financial contribution ; and
WHEREAS, the City of West Allis will have the ability to petition the DNR to count other Municipal projects where another Municipality has signed onto this Agreement as contributing towards as steps towards regulatory compliance; and
WHEREAS, the MMSD and municipalities will work collaboratively to address requirements from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and DNR to improve the health of tributary watersheds while providing wastewater treatment and reclamation services, reducing overall pollutant loads, reducing flooding, and making progress toward general pollution reduction; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement will spell out the duties and obligations of the MMSD and the City of West Allis to collaboratively work together to implement water quality improvements that help the region meet water quality goals; and
WHEREAS, the MMSD understands that the work the City of West Allis is implementing will assist in reducing surface flooding and reducing the pollutant loads to the rivers; and the City of West Allis understands that the work the MMSD is implementing will assist them in reducing surface flooding and reducing the pollutant runoff loads to the rivers; and
WHEREAS, the City of West Allis wishes to be a party to this agreement with the MMSD and wishes to count the work implemented by the MMSD towards attaining compliance with its regulatory requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of West Allis that in order to document progress towards applicable TDML reduction, the MMSD and City of West Allis hereby implement this Agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Attorney are authorized by and on behalf of the City of West Allis to execute the Agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Engineer be and is hereby authorized to make such non-substantive changes, modifications, additions and deletions to and from the various provisions of the Agreement, including any and all attachments, exhibits, addendums and amendments, as may be necessary and proper to correct inconsistencies, eliminate ambiguity and otherwise clarify and supplement said provisions to preserve and maintain the general intent thereof, and to prepare and deliver such other and further documents as may be reasonably necessary to complete the transactions contemplated therein.