Fiscal Note
Total funding of $1,239,600 (comprised of $639,600 in Federal TIGER II grant funds, plus $600,000 in available TID proceeds) for this project has been included in the 2013 Adopted Capital Budget of the Department of Planning & Community & Economic Development (DPCED), Project No. 12, "Judge Doyle Square," Account No. 810707. This funding in 2013 is net of about $400,000 ($312K from Federal grant funds) that had been previously committed in support of the first phase of the planning process.
This Resolution authorizes initiation of the next phase of planning for Judge Doyle Square - the issuance of the Request for Qualifications document to solicit private development teams to undertake the project with the City. Additionally, the Resolution authorizes the extension of the existing Judge Doyle Square Project Management Services Agreement for one additional year, from May 2013 to April 2014, at a cost not to exceed $50,000.
Staff resources from the Department of Planning & Community & Economic Development, Traffic Engineering, Parking Utility and City Engineering will be allocated to provide support for the Request for Qualifications process without the need for additional expenditure.
All future expenditures associated with the project will require further Council approval other than the costs associated with administering the current RFQ/RFP process.
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Approving the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Judge Doyle Square project and directing follow-up actions for the Judge Doyle Square Committee.
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WHEREAS, on July 17, 2012, the Common Council directed the Judge Doyle Square Staff Team to draft a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for development teams for Judge Doyle Square (Blocks 88 and 105) using the Findings and Recommendations of the Judge Doyle Square Staff Team Report and the Blocks 88 and 105 studies as the basis of the RFQ/RFP and to present the recommended RFQ/RFP to the Common Council for approval prior...
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