Fiscal Note
This agreement grants the "First Tee Program" access to the Monona Golf Course. Green fees and range range ball fees will be paid by program participants before play, or subsidized by the Chapter. The City will agree to set a rate for green fees that will not exceed the rate in effect for high school golf programs. The Chapter will also pay a usage fee to the City of $1.00 per year. The City will pay all utility, maintenance, and management costs associated with operating the Golf facility. No appropriation from the General Fund is required.
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Authorizing the execution of an Agreement between Madison Metro Youth Golf Initiative, Inc. and the City of Madison to allow use of Monona Golf Course for The First Tee program. (AD16)
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WHEREAS, the City is the owner of the golf facilities at Monona Golf Course, located at 111 E. Dean Ave. in the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (the "Golf Facility");
WHEREAS, the Madison Metro Youth Golf Initiative, Inc., a Wisconsin nonprofit corporation, doing business as The First Tee of South Central Wisconsin (the "Chapter") is a licensee of The First Tee, a division of World Golf Foundation, Inc. ("The First Tee"), pursuant to which the Chapter is responsible for introducing the game of golf to young people in Madison, Wisconsin and the surrounding area by combining affordable access to golf together with The First Tee Life Skills brand of curriculum which emphasizes golf's unique ability to instill and develop essential values such as honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, self-discipline, respect and a solid work ethic, and to give those young people the confidence and skills to pursue broader goals in life; and
WHEREAS, the Chapter desires to establish The First Tee Life Skills Education Program (the "First Tee Program" or the "Program") at the Golf Facility, and the City is willing to provide the Chapter access to and use of its Golf Facility for the Program in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to sign an agreement with the Madison Metro Youth Golf Initiative, Inc. doing business as The First Tee of South Central Wisconsin for the implementation of a youth program at Monona Golf Course.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all such agreements shall be in a form approved by the Risk Manager and the City Attorney.