Ok, I was a little surprised to see 34 Amendments! Election year antics? Doesn’t really look like it. Check out this blog for who is spending the most, the least and other comments about this year’s amendments. See how your alder did, or didn’t do.
Here’s the amendments and who made them. Meeting is tonight, but after they go into closed session. I have multiple other meetings at the same time, so will be in and out a then have to record it to catch up.
BY THE NUMBERS, HOW DID YOUR ALDER DO?
Total money added to budget over next few years
One trick is to add money in out years so that it doesn’t appear that you are adding money to the budget. So, this includes increases for 2015 – 2020. (I hope this is right, I found two mistakes so far . . . that’s what I get for multi-tasking)
Total: $15,100,000, with reductions of $2,900,000, its $12,200,000 of additional projects proposed.
DeMarb: $8,610,000 ($400,000 cut)
Strasser: $5,100,000
Verveer: $2,560,000
Schmidt: $2,345,000 (does not include items he sponsored as a courtesy to non-Board of Estimates members, indicated by a *)
Bidar-Sielaff: $2,220,000
Zellers: $1,950,000
Resnick: $1,835,000
Rummel: $1,800,000
Daily: $885,000
Clausius: $450,000
Clear: $150,000
Weier: $100,000
Cheeks: $100,000
Skidmore: $50,000
Palm: $25,000 ($500,000 cut)
None at all from: Subeck, Cnare, King, Ahrens, Phair
Mayor cut: $1,800,000 from the budget with his amendments. He added $700,000 and cut $2,500,000.
Adding to your taxes for the next 10 years
This is what they added to your taxes starting in 2016 (estimated numbers), and the numbers should go down a bit for the next 10 years until the borrowing is paid off. This does not count TIF funding, special assessments and other sources of funding, this only measures taxes on the average home, so alders who found other sources of funding or put their spending off past 2016 will look better in this calculation.
Total: $1,151,200 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $12.92
Strasser: $597,876 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $6.65
Schmidt: $274,906 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $3.06 (does not include items he sponsored as a courtesy to non-Board of Estimates members, indicated by a *)
Bidar-Sielaff: $254,967 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $2.84
Resnick: $156,503 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $1.74
Daily: $103,749 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $1.15
Palm: $51,566 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $0.68
DeMarb: $47,354 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $.59
Clear: $41,031 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $.46
Clausius: $35,169 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $.39
Mayor: $23,446 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $0.26
Verveer: $17,585 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $0.20
Cheeks, Rummel, Weier: $11,723 in debt repaid each year, increased taxes on average home $0.13
Zellers, Skidmore – no impact
AMENDMENTS TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT
Here’s the amendments. With commentary. Not many cuts, mostly adds. And my commentary is not up to its usual level of detail because I did not watch the capital budget presentations this year, just no time.
AMENDMENT ONE
Library / New Project – Eastside Libraries Feasibility Planning
Alders Calusius, DeMarb, Resnick
Direct the Library Planner to undertake a comprehensive study of the need for library services on the far eastside. The study will address geographic locations and their proximity to eastside population centers. Attention will be given to ensuring the sites can be safely accessed by all residents, including children, using many modes of transportation, particularly in major traffic corridors such as Stoughton Road, E. Washington Avenue and the Beltline, which are barriers to pedestrians and bicyclists. Consideration will be given to challenged areas and acknowledge equity and diversity needs. Existing proposals for the Pinney relocation, the Hawthorne relocation and Northeast and Grandview Commons sites will be reviewed to ascertain if they reflect the needs underscored by the comprehensive study.
Adds $100,000
Adds $11,723 in debt service starting in 2016
Adds $.13 taxes on the average home
No surprises here, I thought there was an internal planning process planned for the east side, perhaps that didn’t go well, but it looks like the alders remain unsatisfied with the process and are seeking something better. Not sure what Resnick’s interest is, looks like Palm is supporting the staff and whatever process they did as his name is not on this one.
AMENDMENT TWO
Fire / Project No. 10 – Employee Development & Station 14
Ald. DeMarb
Provide General Obligation Debt funding of $500,000 in 2016 for design and $7,660,000 in 2017 for construction of a new Fire Station (No. 14). Move funding for the Training Center of $400,000 in 2015 for a site study and $2,350,000 in 2016 for construction of a new exercise building and multi-use technical training tower to 2019 and 2020, respectively.
$400,000
Save $46,892 in debt service starting 2016
Saves $.52 taxes on the average home
Funding for Fire Station in 2016 and 2017, adds funding in future years so there are no notes on what this will cost taxpayers so it looks like a savings but includes an increase, but also, it just postpones the fight until another year.
Funding for Training Center for fire postponed to 2019 and 2020.
Not sure what the two of these are in the same motion.
AMENDMENT THREE
Police / Project No. 10 – Midtown District Station
Alder Schmidt and Bidar-Sielaff
Currently, MPD’s West District is, by population, the fifth largest city in Wisconsin, generates 1/4 of MPD’s workload, and covers approximately 1/3 of the City and of its streets. A site has been acquired for a new Midtown Station on Mineral Point Road (former Mt. Olive Church site). The creation of this new district will reduce the workload from not only the West but also the South and Central Districts. The South District is near capacity and will be over capacity when the Town of Madison becomes part of the City. The Central District has seen demands for its staff increase as the number of downtown events have increased. The new Midtown Station would cover roughly an area from Whitney Way to Park Street and University Avenue to (east to west) Regent Street, Monroe Street, and the Beltline. Given these boundaries, Midtown Station would handle coordination for Badger games rather than Central, reducing their workload. The target date for opening the station would be January 2017. An additional $6,895,000 in General Obligation Debt will be added to the 2016 Capital Improvement Plan to complete the project. It is anticipated that existing officers would be reassigned to the new station, and that approximately 6 new support staff would need to be hired.
$2,125,000
Adds $249,115 in debt service starting in 2016
Adds $2.77 per year to the average taxes on a home.
Well, a few questions here, first, why wasn’t this already in the budget since they are moving forward with this? Second, why only two sponsors given all the impact it is supposed to have? And third, 6 new support staff, where is that money coming from? The operating budget part of this is sure to be much harder.
AMENDMENT FOUR
Information Technology / New Project – Neighborhood Center Connectivity
Mayor Paul Soglin
The purpose of this project is to provide fiber-optic or high-speed point-to-point radio connections to community and cultural centers. The connections will allow the centers to gain access to higher speeds of broadband for community member use. Many families, in the areas where these centers are located, do not have access to high-speed broadband. This project would provide a facility, in several low income neighborhoods, where citizens could go to get access to high-speed Internet service.
Adds $200,000
Adds $23,446 in debt service starting in 2016
Adds $.26 per year to the taxes on an average home
I hope they don’t charge to use the computer lab like they do at the Salvation Army in Darbo. Or limit it mostly to kids like they do at the Boys and Girls Clubs.
AMDNEMENT FIVE
Information Technology / New Project – Feasibility Study for a Madison Co-op Internet Utility
Alders Resnick, Schmidt*, Clear, Clausius
Fund this new project with General Obligation Debt of $100,000 in 2015 and $250,000 in 2016. Add the following narrative for the project: The purpose of this project is to study the feasibility of a Madison cooperative internet utility to provide wireless internet services to low income neighborhoods and families. The study must meet the objectives outlined within Wisconsin Statute §66.0422 to start a municipal internet utility, gather input from existing service providers on cooperative models of internet service, facilitate meetings among non-profit partners such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Madison Metropolitan School District, explore relevant businesses models, and index existing resources and infrastructure within the City of Madison to better serve the public beyond the Isthmus. The study should explore LTE and LTE- Advanced options and provide a scalable solution. In 2016, $100,000 of capital funding is allocated for operational software, licensing, back-end network systems, and authentication software. The remaining $150,000 is used for required infrastructure, installation fees, and radio base stations.
Adds $100,000
Adds $11,723 in dept service starting in 2016
Adds .13 per year to the taxes on the average home
Amendments 4 and 5 seem to be the one sign of an upcoming election.
AMENDMENT SIX
Miscellaneous / New Project – Participatory Budgeting
Alder Cheeks, Rummel, Schmidt*
Provide $100,000 of General Obligation Debt to support $50,000 for a contract with the Participatory Budgeting group,
$20,000 for outreach services (publications, door-to-door canvassing, social media and website costs), $10,000 for documentation and data collection, and $20,000 for Neighborhood Resource Team area assemblies. This project is anticipated as a first-year start-up budget to support a participatory budgeting effort that fosters citizen participation in local government by offering an opportunity to influence neighborhood programs and projects. Participatory budgeting is a method to improve transparency in government, increase accountability of elected officials and build civil society while empowering neighbors to determine neighborhood investments.
$100,000
$11,723
.13
This was one of the presentations at the Mayor’s Conference and this is a follow up to that. We’ve been talking to mayor’s about participatory budgeting for AT LEAST 10 years, so nice to see this moving forward.
AMENDMENT SEVEN
Eng. – Bicycle and Pedestrian / Project No. 1 – Bikeways & Misc. Improvements
Alder Palm
Add $200,000 in General Obligation Debt to purchase the property located at 217 N. First Street and to construct bike facilities on the south side of E. Johnson Street between First Street and Second Street.
$200,000
$23,466
.26
Expanding and improving a bike path in his district
AMENDMENT EIGHT
Eng. – Bicycle and Pedestrian / Project No. 1 – Bikeways & Misc. Improvements
Alder Palm
Add $325,000 in General Obligation Debt to construct a wide sidewalk or path along Packers Avenue through Demetral Park to better accommodate pedestrian and bike traffic. Currently there is no existing sidewalk/path there and this would improve safety.
$325,000
$38,100
.42
Again, improvements in his district
AMENDMENT NINE
Eng. – Bicycle and Pedestrian / Project No. 4 – Sidewalk Program
Mayor Soglin, Alder Verveer
Reduce the amount of Other Funding from Special Assessments from $1,500,000 to $1,000,000.
$500,000
I think this is just saying we are going to use less special assessments money for the project and since there will be less revenue there will be less spent. Maybe the project just ended up cheaper too?
AMENDMENT TEN
Eng. – Bicycle and Pedestrian / New Project – State Street 700/800 Blocks TID No. 32 – State Street
Alds. Resnick, Verveer, Zellers
Reauthorize $500,000 of TID 32 Cash from the 2014 Capital Budget. The work in 2015 will include plantings and the installation of a public art piece titled “The Leaf”.
$500,000
This is a reauthorization, so it was in last year’s budget, but not spent. Many times these are just automatically included in the budget. This is likely more of an administrative fix.
AMENDMENT ELEVEN
Engineering – Major Streets / Project No. 4 – Railroad Crossings and Quiet Zones TID #37 Union Corners
Mayor Soglin, Ald. Rummel
Quiet Zone #4 – Extend to include the crossings at Corry Street and Waubesa Street. Each crossing is expected to require a signal upgrade to 12 inch flashers, new gates, constant warning time and power out indicators. Costs are estimated at
$250,000 per crossing for a total of $500,000. Construction will take place in 2017, using General Obligation Debt supported by TID#37.
Quiet Zones, yeah, this has been an issue since 2000 when I was an alder representing the First St. area . . . good to see Marsha continuing to be tenancious on this one, following in Judy Olson’s footsteps.
AMENDMENT TWELVE
Engineering – Major Streets / Project No. 5 – Pavement Management Water Utility / Project No. 1 – Water Mains – Replace/Rehab/Improve TID #32 State Street
Ald. Verveer
Add Lake Street from University Avenue to Dayton Street to the resurfacing list. Pavement will be resurfaced, replacing spot curb and gutter and sidewalk as necessary. Pedestrian lighting will be installed. Other funding consists of $150,000 of TID #32 cash and $110,000 of special assessments.
General Obligation Debt $ 150,000
Other Funding: TID #32 cash 150,000
Other Funding: Special Assessments 110,000
Water Utility Other Funding: Revenue Bonds 150,000
Total: $ 560,000
Debt Service $17,585
.20
Mike working his magic to get improvements in his district while raising taxes as little as possible, he is a master of TIF and that makes the rest of the council envious.
AMENDMENT THIRTEEN
Engineering – Major Streets / Project No. 11 – Atwood Avenue
Alds. Rummel, Schmidt*
Increase budget and modify text description to:
Schenks Corners: Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street intersection reconstruction including Atwood to First Street and special amenities.
Construction Year: 2016
Total: $1,200,000
GO: $1,050,000
Assessments: $150,000
Special amenities?
AMENDMENT FOURTEEN
Engineering – Major Streets / Project No. 14 – Capitol Square Pavement Replacement TID #25 Wilson Street
TID #32 State Street
Ald. Verveer
Revise the 2016 funding sources to: GO: $2,542,500
TID32: $423,750 TID25: $423,750
Total: $3,390,000
Project funding revised to recognize TIF funding sources.
Again, Mike working his TIF magic. No wonder all the alders want TIF districts, I might be the only alder to never want one.
AMENDMENT FIFTEEN
Engineering – Major Streets / Project No. 34 – Monroe Street
Alds. Dailey, Schmidt*, Resnick
Advance Monroe Street construction timetable by one year. Preliminary funding of $885,000 is moved from 2016 to 2015, and construction funding of $9,120,000 ($8,850,000 General Obligation Debt and $270,000 special assessments) is moved from 2017 to 2016
$885,000
103,749
1.15
Moving projects up usually doesn’t work as staff doesn’t usually get things done earlier than they can. Also, shouldn’t this all be worked out during the TIP discussion?
AMENDMENT SIXTEEN
Engineering – Major Streets / Project No. 35 – Old Middleton Roundabouts
Alds. Clear, Schmidt*, Skidmore
Delete the project from the CIP.
Anti-roundabout? Not funded til 2020 but being removed now.
AMENDMENT SEVENTEEN
Engineering – Major Streets / New Project – North Gammon Road
Alds. Clear, Schmidt*, Skidmore
Year: 2020
Funding: $50,000 G.O.
This project will reconstruct and widen North Gammon Road from Tree Lane to City of Madison limits to a full urban arterial boulevard cross section with median, left turn lanes, sidewalk and bike lanes. Planning, surveying and beginning of design and public information meetings are proposed for year 2020. Construction year is not scheduled.
Again, seems like this should have been resolved during the TIP discussions. At least that was the excuse used against us when we tried to cut projects in the past. Maybe adding projects doesn’t get the same scrutiny.
AMENDMENT EIGHTEEN
Parks Division / Project No. 8 – Playground/Accessibility Improvements Impact Fees – Vilas-Brittingham
Alds. Bidar-Sielaff, Schmidt*
Parks Project No. 8, Playground/Accessibility Improvements, includes $175,000 in impact fee funding for two playground replacements at Stevens Street Park. This amendment adds $95,000 ($50,000 General Obligation Debt and $45,000 impact fee cash) for improvements to the seating area, basketball court, and retaining walls.
General Obligation Debt $ 50,000
Other Funding: SI 27 cash 45,000
Total: $ 95,000
Adds 5,862 per year staring in 2016
Adds $0.07 in taxes on the average home.
Ah, the parks scramble to spend parks impact fees and get projects done in your neighborhood, Bidar-Sielaff is good at this one.
AMENDMENT NINETEEN
Parks Division / Project No. 19 – James Madison Park Improvements Impact Fees – Law-Tenney
Alds. Zellers, Verveer
Add $50,000 in 2016 (General Obligation Debt) and $1,400,000 in 2017 ($500,000 General Obligation Debt, $500,000 from impact fees and $400,000 in private contributions). Change the project narrative to the following: This project provides funding for improvements at James Madison Park. This is a heavily-used downtown community park that is seeing even more use from recent higher density developments. Potential improvements include improving pathways and adding seating. Funding in 2015 is provided by long-term lease proceeds from the Worden House, Ziegelman House, and Collins House and existing resources. Funding is shown in 2016 to update the master plan for the park, with funding in 2017 to replace the existing park shelter.
Ugh, 10 years of attempts to get improvements in James Madison Park . . . and the struggle continues. Replace the shelter! Yay!
AMENDMENT TWENTY
Parks Division / Project No. 39 – Olin Park Gateway Improvements
Alds. Strasser, Schmidt*
Add $100,000 in General Obligation Debt in 2015 (for a total of $150,000) for planning a reflection point in Olin Park.
Adds $ 100,000
Adds $11,723 in payments staring in 2015
Adds 0.13 taxes to the average home
Seems like a lot of planning money, but its a popular number to choose.
AMENDMENT TWENTY-ONE
Fleet Service / New Project – Police Squad Vehicles PCED / Project No. 42 – Affordable Housing Fund
Mayor Soglin
Move funding for some Police squad vehicles ($412,322) from the 2015 Fleet Operating Budget to the 2015 Capital Budget. Provide additional funding ($215,500) to further support Affordable Housing programs through the Affordable Housing Fund proposal. Offset with a Direct Appropriation to Capital.
Fleet – Marked /Unmarked squads
$ 412,322
PCED – Affordable Housing Fund 215,500
$ 627,822
I read this one several times, I understand that under Zach Brandon’s reign of terror on the budget, items that were less than $10,000 and/or lasted less than 10 years were taken out of the capital budget. This seems to be returning some of these items, and then freeing up money for the Affordable Housing Fund. However, I don’t understand the “direct appropriation to Capital”. Appropriating just G.O. funding from operating? Trust Fund Dollars?
AMENDMENT TWENTY-TWO
Streets Division / Project No. 2 – Equipment
Ald. Schmidt
Reauthorize funding for the organic waste screen from 2014 to 2015. (This is a companion amendment to Legistar #35546, which amended the 2014 Capital Budget.)
Adds 120,000
Adds 14,068 in debt payments starting in 2016
Adds .16 in taxes to the average priced home
Saving the curbside organics program
AMENDMENT TWENTY-THREE
Streets Division / Project No. 4 – Public Works Facility – Far West Side
Mayor Soglin
Delay funding for the construction of the Far West Public Works Facility by one year. Funding of $850,000 General Obligation Debt will be provided in 2020 for planning, design, and site preparation, followed by $24,150,000 for construction in 2021.
Delaying a project in the far future . . . $24M worth!
AMENDMENT TWENTY-FOUR
Parking Utility / Project No. 7 – State Street Campus – Lake Garage
Ald. Verveer
Provide funding of $8 million in 2018. This funding was inadvertently omitted from the Executive Budget. Funding of
$12,600,000 in 2017 is retained, such that total project funding is $20,600,000, funded over the years 2017 and 2018.
An $8M oops.
AMENDMENT TWENTY-FIVE
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 8 – Neighborhood Centers
Ald. Verveer
Amend the project narrative as follows: “This project provides ongoing funding to support, at the direction of the Mayor and Common Council, capital costs associated with expanding or renovating existing neighborhood centers, as well as developing new centers. The funding is for planning, design work, property acquisition and related holding costs, and construction. The funding anticipates at least one project each year, at locations to be determined. In 2015, funding is provided for potential improvements to recently acquired properties, for potential land acquisition of a site that would serve the Allied Drive Neighborhood, and for potential purchase of property that would serve the Darbo Worthington Neighborhood, including property in that neighborhood that is currently owned by the Salvation Army the former Salvation Army site. $400,000 in GO Borrowing is reauthorized from 2014. Other funding is from private contributions.”
(bold is added language)
Being clear and cleaning up language?
AMENDMENT TWENTY-SIX
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 18 – TID 39 – Stoughton Rd.
Ald. DeMarb
Provide additional funding of $500,000 in 2015 and change the project narrative as follows: “This TID was created to promote economic development within an area generally bounded by South Stoughton Road, Cottage Grove Road, Interstate 39/90 and the property line between Voges Road and the Beltline. 2015 funding includes $500,000 for potential TIF assistance for business retention, expansion, and relocation projects; and, $30,000 for property holding costs and marketing in the BioAg Gateway. The funding is General Obligation borrowing that is TID-eligible.”
Adds $500,000
Adds $58,615 in annual payments starting 2016
Adds .65 in taxes to the average priced home
Adding money and changing language to make the BioAg Gateway TID be more meaningful for the area – but I’m not sure trickle-down/trickle-on spending will be all that helpful.
AMENDMENT TWENTY-SEVEN
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 28 – Public Market
Mayor Soglin
Reduce the General Obligation borrowing by $2 million, from $5,250,000 to $3,250,000 for land acquisition expense.
Deletes 2,000,000
Prevents $234,461 in annual payments
Saves taxpayers $2.61 on the average home
AMENDMENT TWENTY-EIGHT
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 35 – Permanent Supportive Housing
Ald. Verveer
Amend the project narrative as follows: “This project provides funding to support the two-phase development of up to 110 units of very low cost permanent housing units, which was initiated in 2014. The project will be designed to serve persons who are homeless or recently homeless. It anticipates new construction of housing facilities. The first phase, being undertaken in partnership with Heartland Housing Inc., will develop 60 housing units. Pre-development costs for Phase I were incurred in 2014, and included successful efforts to secure Section 42 Affordable Housing Tax Credits. Pre- development costs would be incurred in 2014, for Phase I, and 2015, for Phase II, and would include efforts to secure Section 42 Affordable Housing Tax Credits. Construction of Phase I is expected to begin in 2015, with funding from the City, Dane County and other sources. 2015 funds will support construction costs.
Funding for Phase II, including pre-development and construction costs, as well as for any potential further development of permanent supportive housing, is provided in Project No. 42.”
Council lawyer at work cleaning up the language
AMENDMENT TWENTY-NINE
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 37 – 100 West Mifflin Street (TID 32)
Ald. Verveer
Amend the project narrative as follows: “This project would fund design work in 2014 and reconstruction work in 2016 of the 100 block of West Mifflin Street. With the completion of the central public library and the reconstruction of the 100 block of State Street, the City has the opportunity to reconceptualize and activate the 100 West Mifflin block. This project proposes to engage in a design process in 2014 and to reconstruct 100 West Mifflin as a public space in 2016 using GO borrowing for which the debt service will be paid from TID #32 proceeds. The 2014 adopted capital budget of the Planning and Community and Economic Development agency (PCED) authorized $100,000 in TID-eligible GO borrowing to explore a potential re-design and improvements of the 100 Block of West Mifflin Street area. The agency requested a reauthorization of $100,000 in GO borrowing provided in the 2014 budget, but no funding for the project is was included in the Executive Capital Budget CIP. Instead, an inter-agency City staff team, led by the Planning Division and comprised of staff from Engineering, Parks, Traffic Engineering, and others as necessary, will work in conjunction to develop options for area improvements for consideration by the Council in early 2015. Funding of $50,000 of available TID 32 proceeds is to support implementation efforts that may arise from the work completed by the inter-agency staff team.”
50,000
Grrrrrr, evil is afoot. Not these amendments, the underlying project. Once again, Mike’s experience is leading to him cleaning up more budget mistakes.
AMENDMENT THIRTY
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 47 – Nolen Waterfront Project No. 2 – Law Park Planning (former)
Project No. 2 – Law Park/John Nolen South Capitol Transit Oriented Development District (new)
Ald. Verveer
The Planning and Community and Economic Development agency (PCED) 2015 Executive capital budget CIP provides for a new Project No. 47 entitled “Nolen Waterfront” to explore improvement around the Law Park/John Nolen area, with funding of $120,000 authorized in 2016. However, the “Nolen Waterfront” project is essentially a component of an existing capital project funded in the 2014 PCED Adopted capital budget, which authorizes funding of $80,000 (from a direct appropriation from the General Fund) for a Law Park Planning project, as follows: “This project will provide funding for preliminary planning design work for Law Park east of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The Downtown Plan identifies the development of this site into a signature City lakefront park as a priority. This project would involve hiring a consultant to further explore alternatives, refine design concepts, prepare final design plans, research Federal and State regulatory implications and funding opportunities, and develop an implementation strategy. Other funding is from a direct appropriation from the General Fund.” As noted on page 142 of the 2015 Executive capital budget, PCED requested a reauthorization of the Law Park Planning funds, but the funding remains available for its original purpose and is not General Obligation borrowing. This amendment will move the 2016 funding of $120,000 and delete the “Nolen Waterfront” Project No. 47 in the 2015 Executive capital in lieu of a re-formulation of the existing “Law Park Project,” to be renamed “Law Park/John Nolen South Capitol Transit Oriented Development District” Project No. 2,, Acc’t No. 810794, with project narrative as follows: “The Downtown Plan identifies the development of the Law Park/John Nolen area as a priority. The City South Capitol Transit Oriented Development (SCTOD) Distrct Planning Committee has reported a number of recommendations regarding potential improvements in the area. This project provides funding to further explore alternatives, refine design concepts, prepare final design plans, implement some potential enhancements of pedestrian, bicycle and roadway facilities around the Law Park/John Nolen South Capitol TOD District area, research Federal and State regulatory implications and funding opportunities, and develop an implementation strategy. $80,000 of funding authorized in 2014 from a direct appropriation from the General Fund remains available to support expenditures in 2015. Funding of $120,000 is provided in 2016.”
Dr. Mike fixing more mistakes.
AMENDMENT THIRTY-ONE
Planning and Community and Economic Development / Project No. 49 – Co-operative Enterprise Development
Alds. Clear, Schmidt*, DeMarb, Clausius
Delete this project from the Capital Improvement Plan.
Economic Development is good, except when its co-ops? How will individuals make money off that? Eyeroll.
AMENDMENT THIRTY-TWO
Planning and Community and Economic Development / New Project – Hwy. 113 Improvement Plan
Alds. Schmidt*, Weier
Provide funding to develop a plan for improving the Highway 113 (Northport Drive) Gateway to the City.
Adds 100,000
Adds 11,723 in annual payments starting in 2016
Adds .13 to taxes on the average home
Planning to plan, to plan for planing. In addition to the other planning.
AMENDMENT THIRTY-THREE
Planning and Community and Economic Development / New Project – Ann St. Development
Alds. Schmidt*, Strasser
Provide funding to purchase, assemble and prepare for development the properties from 1026 Ann St. to 902 Ann St. These properties are a blight on South Madison and if assembled could be preserved for a future development. Their high visibility and Beltline accessible location should be preserved for the highest and best use and not parceled out for low cost development that would perpetuate the sense of blight in South Madison.
Adds 5,000,000
Adds 586,153 annual payments starting in 2016
Adds 6.52 to the taxes on an average home
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Alder Strasser wins the prize! Continuing in the tradition of the former alder.
AMENDMENT THIRTY-FOUR
Planning and Community and Economic Development / New Project – Women Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Resource Fund
Alds. Resnick, Schmidt*, Clear, DeMarb
This project provides $250,000 in 2015 and $500,000 per year in 2016 and 2017 to catalyze investment in early-stage women-owned companies and small businesses headquartered in the City of Madison for the purposes of job creation and economic development. City Economic Development Division staff and the Economic Development Committee will work with staff from Finance and City Attorney to develop standards, guidelines and a legal framework, subject to approval by the Common Council, to implement a program in the third quarter of 2015, including specific goals and identification of potential partner entities.
Adds 250,000
Adds 29,308 annual payments starting in 2016
Adds .33 to the taxes on an average home
Cooperative development bad, small business investment good. And what concrete results will we see from this. One more job? Two?
CONCLUSION
Meh. I thought the budget was such a huge mess? Doesn’t appear to be. Given all the whining by Bridget and Scott and the former Mayor Dave, it seems like a bit of a snooze. Hard to get excited about much here.
