Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends adopted RES-18-00069 and RES-18-00399 to provide that the Town of Blooming Grove will be responsible for a maximum of $15,000 for ADA bathroom remodeling costs. Remaining grant funds received by the City per RES-18-00399 will be used to pay for any remodeling costs in excess of $15,000. No additional City appropriation is required.
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Amending Resolution Enactment Nos. RES-18-00069 and RES-18-00399, which authorize a lease with the Town of Blooming Grove for space within the building located at 3325 Thurber Avenue for use as an artist studio.
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WHEREAS, on January 16, 2018, a lease with the Town of Blooming Grove was approved by Resolution Enactment No. RES-18-00069, File No. 49683 (copy attached as Exhibit 1), which lease allows for the City’s use of space within the Town’s vacant building located at 3325 Thurber Avenue as an artist studio; and
WHEREAS, as part of the conditional use approval process with the County of Dane, it was determined that the existing restroom within the leased premises needs to be made ADA compliant; and
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2018, Resolution Enactment No. RES-18-00399 (copy attached as Exhibit 2) was adopted, which resolution modified the lease term, lease contingency, and addressed the parties obligations with regard to the ADA bathroom remodeling project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RES-18-00399, the Town is responsible for remodeling the existing bathroom within the leased premises to make it ADA compliant, and the City is required to reimburse the Town for any such remodeling costs in excess of $5,000, but in no event shall the City’s reimbursement be greater than $10,000; and
WHEREAS, the Town did not approve of the foregoing condition as it exposed the Town to financial liability in the event remodeling costs exceed $15,000; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of RES-18-00399, the Town has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Evjue Foundation to be used for the ADA bathroom remode...
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