Fiscal Note
Staffing of the Committee will be accomplished with existing resources. No appropriation required.
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SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the reappointment of members to the Ad Hoc Downtown Restroom Committee and adjusting meeting requirement, recommendation deadline and construction schedule report back dates.
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WHEREAS, the Common Council adopted Resolution, ID# 34004 creating an Ad Hoc Downtown Public Restroom Committee on May 20, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution, ID# 34004 included appointments to the committee and required that members submit to the City Clerk's Office a Statement of Interest form prior to serving on the Committee, and if the form had not been received after 30 days of appointment the position would then be considered vacant; and,
WHEREAS, the first meeting did not occur before the resolution deadline and therefore requires the following people who did not have a Statement of Interest form on file with the City Clerk, to be reappointed to the committee:
· One Capitol Neighborhoods (CNI) representative, Jeffrey Vercauteren (President) Davy Mayer
· One Downtown Homeless Services Provider, Pastor Carly Kuntz, First United Methodist Church
· One major downtown property owner, Mark Binkowski, Urban Land Interest
· One resident who has previously experienced homelessness who has been appointed to the current Dane County Homeless Issues Committee, Ronnie Barbett; and,
WHEREAS, the following people continue to be members of the ad hoc committee and do not need to be reappointed (Statement of Interest Forms are on file with the City Clerk):
· One Downtown Ald. Mike Verveer (also on Downtown Coordinating Committee (DCC);
· One Downtown Madison Inc (DMI) Representative, Susan Schmitz or designee;
· One Dane County Homeless Issues Committee Ald. Larry Palm;
· One Business Improvement District (BID) Board member, President Gregory Frank or designee (also on DCC and Visitor Bureau); and,
WHEREAS, the Committee was not able to meet to make recommendations to the Common Council in time for 2015 budget deliberations;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Committee will:
1. Hold their first meeting no later than January 1, 2015;
2. Make recommendations to the Common Council for construction of a public restroom no later than May 5, 2015.