Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution administratively reclassifies the Senior Center Courtyard located at 330 West Mifflin Street as a city park under the authority of the Board of Parks Commissioners. The Courtyard will be added to the Parkland Inventory to be managed as an asset of the Parks Division. The 2023 Parks Division capital budget includes $450,000 for the planning, design, and reconstruction of the property as a public park, including $225,000 of Impact Fee funding. Reclassifying the Courtyard as a public park allows for the use of the impact fee funding which is legally restricted to development of parks.
The Community Development Division and the Parks Division are negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding to define each agency’s maintenance responsibilities of the exterior of the Senior Center property adjacent to the Courtyard. Parks Division costs in 2023 are anticipated to be paid from existing capital and operating budgets. Initial estimated future operating expenses are $60,000 but will be evaluated more closely prior to the 2024 operating budget request submission. Fiscal impacts for the Community Development Division are minimal. No appropriation is required at this time.
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Approving Administrative Parcel Reclassification of the Senior Center Courtyard from Urban Plaza to Park and Authorizing the Parks Division to Improve, Program and Maintain as a Public Park (4th A.D)
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison has owned the property located at 330 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703, described as Lot 1 of CSM 3753, in the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (“Property”) since 1981. The Property includes portions of the building at 330 W. Mifflin St., a driveway and entrance area, as well as an open space area designated as a “Public Mall”; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Community Development Division (“CDD”) has operated the Madison Senior Center on the Property since 1983. The Public Mall area of the Property, the Senior Center C...
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