Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution approves the City of Madison Golf Program Code of Conduct for the City of Madison Golf Courses. Beginning in 2023, all Loyalty Cards and Season Passes will be sold subject to the player’s agreement to comply with this Code of Conduct, including full or partial revocation of season passes for violations as defined in the Code of Conduct. Season passes account for approximately $250,000 in revenue each year for the Golf Enterprise Program. The impacts of the proposed resolution on the Golf Enterprise’s Operating Budget are anticipated to be minimal. No appropriation is required.
Title
Approving the City of Madison Golf Program Code of Conduct for the City of Madison Golf Courses.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Parks Division, through the Golf Enterprise Program, currently owns and operates a municipal golf program at Yahara (36 holes on 451.08 acres); Odana (18 holes on 171.27 acres); Monona (9 holes on 85.45 acres); and Glenway (9 holes on 41.98 acres). The courses have all been in operation since at least 1968 and have been under complete City management since 2013; and,
WHEREAS, the Task Force on Municipal Golf in Madison Parks was established by Common Council on June 18, 2019 (Leg File #56004, RES-19-00456) for the following purposes:
· Solicit input from local stakeholders,
· Prioritize equity, public health, financial sustainability, and environmental sustainability,
· Review available research, best practices, and operational models related to municipal golf,
· Dicuss and evaluate all options for the use of the land currently occuped by Madison's public golf courses,
· Consider how to balance the allocation of resources among various parks uses,
· Recommend if the City of Madison ought to provide municipal golf to the public; if so recommend how much, where, and how,
· Develop recommendations to the Mayor, Common Council, Committees or Commissions, on the future of Madison’s Municipal Golf Courses that provide fo...
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