Fiscal Note
This amendment provides $12,000 in funding from the Contingent Reserve to the Mayor's Office operating budget for development of a strategic plan for the community gardens program.
Funding of $12,000 is available in the 2014 adopted City operating budget, which has appropriated $1,200,000 in funding for the Contingent Reserve. The current uncommitted balance in the Contingent Reserve is $796,387 which will be reduced to $784,387 upon the adoption of this amendment. There is no net impact on the tax levy.
The 2014 City operating budget will be amended as follows:
($12,000) GN01-57600-971000 - Reduce Contingent Reserve
$12,000 GN01-54950-082000 - Increase Consulting Services Expense: Mayor's Office
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Amending the 2014 operating budget to appropriate $12,000 from the Contingent Reserve to the Mayor's Office and authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract to purchase the services of a facilitator for the purposes of developing a strategic plan for the future structure and funding of a community gardens program.
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WHEREAS, the Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin operated a community gardens program for over twenty years in Madison and Dane County;
WHEREAS, the City of Madison has supported the community gardens program through over $50,000 yearly in Community Development Block Grant funds;
WHEREAS, the Community Action Coalition ended the community gardens program, and contract with the City of Madison, effective May 30, 2014;
WHEREAS, community gardens remain critical to providing access to food, building community, and developing leadership within many Madison neighborhoods;
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2014, the City of Madison Community Gardens Committee convened a community gardens community conversation, in which over fifty stakeholders attended to discuss the future of the community gardens program,
WHEREAS, the message from the community was clear that vital components of a community gardens program should foc...
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