Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution adopts the recommendations of the 2019 Metro Facility Analysis report to pursue scenario 1A for phased upgrades to the 1101 East Washington Avenue facility and purchasing two Oscar Mayer buildings for future Metro facility needs.
The estimated cost of the upgrades at 1101 East Washington Ave is $57 million for all four phases from 2019 to 2024. The 2019 Adopted Capital Budget and CIP includes full funding for the renovations at 1101 East Washington Avenue in the Facilities Repairs and Improvement program; these expenses are fully funded with GO Borrowing.
The cost to purchase the two Oscar Mayer buildings are unknown at this time. The 2019 Adopted CIP includes $30 million in 2023 for a Metro Satellite Bus Facility project, funded by GO Borrowing.
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Directing city staff to pursue negotiations with the owners of the Oscar Mayer facility to facilitate its use as a Metro satellite bus site.
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WHEREAS, securing additional bus storage capacity is a prerequisite to implementing two critical transportation strategies identified in the Imagine Madison Comprehensive Plan: improved peripheral bus service and bus rapid transit;
Whereas, the lack of adequate bus storage space was identified in the Madison in Motion Transportation Plan as an obstacle to substantial improvements in transit services;
Whereas, the Madison Area Regional Transportation Plan 2050 recommends both renovating Metro’s existing storage facilities and building a new satellite facility as near term strategies;
Whereas, the 2013-2017 Transit Development Plan recommended increasing bus storage capacity at the existing facility, and/or constructing a new facility;
Whereas, the 2019 Metro Facility Analysis, which evaluated several facility options for Metro, indicated that purchasing a portion of the vacant Oscar Mayer site for Metro storage use provides the most cost effective bus storage option;
Whereas, the 2019 Metro Facility Analysis, which evaluated several facility options for Metro, shows that purchasing a portion of the vacant Oscar Mayer site for Metro use provides a cost effective bus storage option that has no negative impact on the efficiency of Metro operations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council adopt the recommendations of the 2019 Metro Facility Analysis;
BE FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Common Council directs city staff to pursue negotiations with the owners of the Oscar Mayer facility to facilitate its use as a Metro satellite bus site.