Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Authorizing the City’s execution of a Sixth Amendment to Lease for the purpose of adding two community garden sites to the City’s lease with Rooted WI, Inc. (13th & 14th AD)
Body
WHEREAS, in 2015 the City of Madison (“City”) executed a lease (“Lease”) with Rooted WI, Inc. (“Lessee”), formerly known as Community GroundWorks, Inc., allowing for the Lessee to operate community gardens on certain parcels of City-owned land across the City; and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2022, lands formerly within the Town of Madison, including community gardens known as the Fraust Park Community Garden and the Heifetz Park Community Garden, were attached to the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, the City and Lessee desire to support the continued operation of the community gardens listed above by amending the Lease to add said community gardens to the Leased Premises, under the terms detailed in the attached Exhibit-Sixth Amendment to Lease (“Sixth Amendment”).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City’s Common Council hereby authorizes the Mayor and Clerk to execute and record the Sixth Amendment to Lease and take any further action required to accomplish the purpose of this resolution in a form approved by the City Attorney.