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.
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Accepting the Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study by Isthmus Architecture, Inc.
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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 worthy of preservation. The Wisconsin State Register is administered by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Certification Date - July 19, 2002). Listed: 07/19/2002
City: The building is listed in the City of Madison Landmarks Registry. Designated October 15, 2002; and,
WHEREAS, Isthmus Architecture, Inc has drafted a reported entitled "Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study" which includes a building condition assessment, programming and space planning analysis, building code analysis, sustainability analysis, recommendations, conceptual schematic design, and preliminary cost estimates,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Madison hereby accepts the report entitled "Madison Municipal Building Conceptual Schematic Design Study" prepared by Isthmus Architecture, Inc.