City of Madison - File #: 32477

• File #: 32477
• Version: 1
• Name: Accepting the Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study by Isthmus Architecture, Inc.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/3/2013
• In control: PLAN COMMISSION
• On agenda: 12/3/2013
• Final action: 1/21/2014
• Enactment date: 1/23/2014
• Enactment #: RES-14-00077
• Title: Accepting the Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study by Isthmus Architecture, Inc.
• Sponsors: Paul R. Soglin, Michael E. Verveer, Marsha A. Rummel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/21/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
1/13/2014	1	PLAN COMMISSION	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
1/8/2014	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
12/9/2013	1	LANDMARKS COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
12/4/2013	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
12/4/2013	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
12/3/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
12/3/2013	1	Engineering Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required to accept this report. The Facilities Management 2014 Capital Budget includes $2,220,000 for the MMB renovation. An additional $23,700,000 in funding for repair, renovation and remodeling is included in the capital improvement program through 2016. The report projects costs to range from $19,000,000 to $25,700,000.


Title
Accepting the Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study by Isthmus Architecture, Inc.

Body
WHEREAS, the City of Madison contracted with Isthmus Architecture, Inc. to develop a Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study, a copy of the report is available ; and,

WHEREAS, the study was initiated to assess the Madison Municipal Building in terms of historical significance and better understand how the City would undertake a sustainable re-use and rehabilitation of the building. The study also identified the programming needs and established estimated costs for a comprehensive rehabilitation. In addition, the study will help inform Judge Doyle Square development project currently under consideration by the City; and,

WHERAS, in 1913, the Federal Public Buildings Act authorized the construction of a large number of federal public buildings. The United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse, the previous name of the Madison Municipal Building, was designed as a first class, subclass B, building, stating: “The building exemplifies the image the federal government sought to project to the public.”; and,

WHEREAS, the Madison Municipal Building have the following historical designations:
Federal: National Register of Historic Places, authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Listed: 11/27/2002

State: Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, authorized by the Wisconsin State Legislature is the State’s official list of cultural resources...