Fiscal Note
Up to 80% of the total project cost is funded by USDOT/FTA.
Funding is included in the transit utility 2005 Capital Budget . Total cost of the project not to exceed $339,505.
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Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into an agreement with RNL Design for a Building Needs Analysis Study.
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PREAMBLE
The City's FY05 capital budget includes funding for a Space Needs Analysis Study within Metro Transit's Building Remodeling/Expansion project (Project #3). This Space Needs Analysis Study will assess the needs of the transit utility and develop a Master Plan, cost estimates for budget purposes, and phasing plan for the renovation and expansion of facilities.
As indicated in prior Facilities Planning Surveys by the City, Metro Transit's current administrative/ operations/maintenance facility with approximately 285,000 sq. ft. of space, located at 1101 E. Washington Ave. in Madison, is inadequate to current Metro needs in a number of respects. The facility was built to house 77 fewer buses than it now holds. Operations/Dispatch, Buildings and Grounds, and maintenance office and work space has been cited in several WisDOT audits as inadequate to present needs. Some functions (marketing, customer services, and planning) have been exported to leased space.
The Needs Analysis Study will assess the feasibility of bringing all functions - administrative, marketing and customer service, planning, operations, and maintenance together in a single facility by remodeling and expanding the Metro facility at 1101 East Washington Avenue, and determining what functions should be exported if meeting all of those needs is not feasible. The Study will determine the feasibility of accommodating an expansion to serve a 237 bus fleet, address overcrowding in storage, work, and office space for the various units within Metro, with special emphasis on operations and maintenance; review location and space needs of network and communica...
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