Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the Parks Division to apply for and accept if awarded, grant funding of up to $25,000 from The FairWays Foundation. The grant will fund a portion of the costs of ecological restoration work as part of the Yahara Hills Golf Course Redesign Project. If awarded, the Parks Division's 2025 Adopted Capital Budget Park Land Improvement Program (Minor Project #15610, Golf Infrastructure Improvements) will be amended to appropriate the grant funding. No additional appropriation is required.
Title
Authorizing the Parks Division to submit, and, if awarded, accept a grant of up to $25,000 from The FairWays Foundation for golf course improvements and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a contract with The FairWays Foundation to accept grant award. (District 16).
Body
WHEREAS, the Common Council created the nine member Task Force on Municipal Golf in Madison Parks (“Task Force”) to consider all options for the parkland currently in use for municipal golf and to make recommendations to the Mayor, Common Council, Committees and Commissions on the future of the City’s Municipal Golf Courses; and,
WHEREAS, the Task Force recommended the City should establish a plan and timeline to eliminate eighteen holes at Yahara Hills; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Park Commissioners reviewed and approved the Yahara Hills Golf Course Redesign Project in September of 2023; and,
WHEREAS, design features of the project include ecological restoration, including long term restoration of natural areas and creation of new natural areas; and,
WHEREAS, the Task Force also recommended that the City should work to promote positive ecological outcomes at the golf courses through reducing reliance on limited natural resources and providing ecological assets; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Parks Division staff are hereby authorized to act on behalf of the City of Madison as follows:
• Submit an application to The FairWays Foundation for any grant funding that may be available for the ecological restoration work that will be part of the Yahara Hills Golf Course Redesign Project.
• Submit reimbursement claims along with necessary supporting documentation within 6 months of project completion date;
• Submit Signed Documents; and,
• Take necessary action to undertake, direct and complete the approved project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if the grant is awarded, the Parks Division’s Adopted Capital Budget will be amended to accept grant funding of up to $25,000 from The FairWays Foundation and sign any documents necessary for that purpose or to administer the grant; and,
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that, if awarded the grant, the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign a grant agreement with The FairWays Foundation, in a format approved by the City Attorney, and any other documents necessary to comply with the grant requirements and to secure the grant funding.