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File #: 31639    Version: 1 Name: 10242 Mt. Olive Acquisition Midtown MPD
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/13/2013 In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
On agenda: 10/1/2013 Final action: 10/1/2013
Enactment date: 10/3/2013 Enactment #: RES-13-00759
Title: Authorizing the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City of Madison and Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church for the purchase of property located at 4018 Mineral Point Road for the location of a Midtown police station and an amendment to the 2013 Capital Budget to provide $30,000 for earnest money and buyer's contingencies.
Sponsors: Chris Schmidt, Shiva Bidar
Attachments: 1. 10242 Exhibit A.pdf, 2. 10242 Exhibit B.pdf
Fiscal Note
The 2014 Executive Capital Budget includes $1.2 million for purchase of a site for a Police Midtown District Station (Police Department Project No. 3). The purchase price of this property is $1.2 million. Funding of $30,000 for earnest money and expenses associated with the buyer's contingencies will be transferred from the General Land Acquisition Fund for expenditure in 2013.
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Authorizing the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City of Madison and Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church for the purchase of property located at 4018 Mineral Point Road for the location of a Midtown police station and an amendment to the 2013 Capital Budget to provide $30,000 for earnest money and buyer's contingencies.
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The Madison Police Department has used a strategic planning effort which included current data and future trends for City population growth, citizen demands for service, and staffing levels to assist in establishing geographical boundaries that define how Police Districts will be organized. While the MPD has been using a five District community-based model to provide primary police services for nearly two decades, data indicates that its current Districts are outgrowing capacity to meet the demands of the City of Madison. With the annexation of portions of the Town of Madison and Blooming Grove and increased City growth, the MPD is proposing to add a police station in the Midtown area of the City to alleviate workload issues in the South, West and Central Districts to maintain efficient response times.

A property located at 4018 Mineral Point Road (the “Property”) has been identified by the MPD that, if purchased by the City, would provide a site for a new Midtown police station. The Property has approximately 32,000 sq. ft. of improvements located on 2.19 acres (95,255 sq. ft.) The Property was formerly occupied by the Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church (the “Church”). The Property is currently being leased ...

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