Fiscal Note
During the fiscal year of July 2007 through June 2008, net expenditures totaled $742,584.64, of which $247,528.21 is considered chargeable, and $43,689.06 is for State properties which may not be recoverable by the City. Net revenues of $198,002 have been included in the 2008 Parks Division Operating Budget. No appropriation is required.
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To amend the formula for calculation of the Mall Maintenance Special Charges for the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse, to amend the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse service area, and to approve the schedule of Mall Maintenance Special Charges to be imposed for 2007/2008. (4th & 8th ADs)
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Since 1982, a portion of the City’s annual costs to maintain the State Street Mall and Capitol Concourse (Mall/Concourse) have been recovered by imposing special charges against properties in proximity to the Mall/Concourse. These special charges have been generally calculated in accordance with Council Resolution #35,075 dated October 23, 1979, that provide that a portion of the City’s annual Mall/Concourse maintenance costs be specially charged to properties within the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse District, and Resolution #37,401 dated September 29, 1981, adopted a policy for calculating such special charges as current services rendered at the conclusion of the service year, pursuant to Section 66.0627, Wisconsin Statutes.
The Mall Maintenance special charges imposed do not include imposition of special charges against properties of the University or State of Wisconsin. The State is not legally obligated to pay such charges. However, the State is not prohibited from reimbursing the City for its proportion of these costs.
Based upon results of a 2008 study done by City staff and a Subcommittee of the Downtown Coordinating Committee, successor to the State Street Mall Capitol Concourse Operating Committee, the Common Council finds that a more equitable method of calculation of Mall/Concour...
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