Fiscal Note
Estimated revenues for the two year agreement term are $4,800 and will be deposited into the Golf Enterprise Fund (EG01), as the maintenance for the site is conducted by Yahara Golf Course Maintenance staff.
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To authorize Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a two (2) year agreement with two optional one-year renewals on behalf of the City with Madison Area Radio Control Society (MARCS) for use of Kettle Field, City parkland. (AD 16)
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison has provided space in parkland for operation of radio-controlled model airplanes for over three decades; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Area Radio Control Society (MARCS), which is affiliated with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and as such subscribes to a strict code of safety in the operation of model airplanes, wishes to continue to use City parkland for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Parks Division, by the authority conferred in Sec. 8.30, Madison General Ordinances, and in the interest of citizen safety, has not allowed radio-controlled model airplanes to be operated in any other park in the City except Kettle Field; and
WHEREAS, the maintenance is currently performed by the Golf Course Maintenance staff, revenues will be deposited into the Golf Enterprise Fund to cover maintenance expenses incurred; and
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to the terms and conditions of MARCS continued use of Kettle Field whereby MARCS will pay an annual fee of $2,400 for 2013 and $2,400 for 2014 to cover all City costs for the maintenance of the parkland, located north of the Yahara Hills Golf Course, for the safe operation of radio-controlled model airplanes.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to enter into a two (2) year contract with two additional one year renewal options with MARCS beginning January 1, 2013, for the use of Kettle Field for the operation of radio-controlled model airplanes.