City of Madison - File #: 04641

• File #: 04641
• Version: 2
• Name: SUB -Warner Park Stadium Renovation Ad Hoc Committee
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/2/2006
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 10/17/2006
• Final action: 10/17/2006
• Enactment date: 10/18/2006
• Enactment #: RES-06-00894
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Creating an Ad Hoc Committee for the Warner Park Stadium Renovation.
• Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, Brian Benford, Paul J. Van Rooy

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/17/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
10/10/2006	2	Mayor's Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
10/10/2006	2	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office (SUBSTITUTES)
10/3/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer to a future Meeting to Adopt	Pass
10/2/2006	1	Mayor's Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
10/2/2006	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
10/2/2006	1	Mayor's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required. There is no anticipated impact upon cost controls or the tax levy.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Creating an Ad Hoc Committee for the Warner Park Stadium Renovation.
Body
Preamble

Since 1983, various baseball teams have leased the Warner Park baseball facility to provide professional baseball games for residents of the City of Madison and surrounding municipalities. Madison Professional Baseball, Inc. leased the Warner Park stadium for a team known as the Madison Muskies, from 1983 through 1993. In 1994, the St. Louis (Cardinals) National Baseball Club, Inc. leased the Warner Park stadium for a period of one year. Madison Baseball, L.L.C. of the Northern League, Inc., known as the Madison Black Wolf, leased the Warner Park stadium for professional baseball from 1996 through February 2001. Commencing with the 2001 baseball season, the Madison Mallards, a franchisee of the Northwoods League, has leased the premises. Their lease runs through 2010.

During its time at Warner Park Stadium, the Madison Mallards have seen substantial growth in attendance, rising from an average of 32,000 in 2001 to 216,036 in 2006. As fan attendance has continued to grow, the Madison Mallards have identified a number of deficiencies in the current stadium design that they would like to see addressed. The Madison Mallards have developed a conceptual plan for renovation of the stadium, with a goal of completion by June 2008.

In 1983, the existing portable bleachers were moved from the first base side to the third base side and the Madison Muskies installed additional bleachers under their lease agreement. In 2004, the total capacity for the bleachers along the first and third base sides was determined to be 1,034.

The City's Capital Improvement Plan for 2008 includes $800,000 for stadium renovations that must be undertaken, regardless of the Mallards expansion plans, due to the age and structural condition of the current bleache...