All- I was told by City Real Estate staffer Don Marx in November that this amendment would facilitate Madison Kipp's ability to obtain financing. The notification period of 180 days apparently was of concern to lenders and the extension gave them comfort that the city couldn't terminate the lease that permits access across city property/bike path between their two facilities on Waubesa St and Fair Oaks without longer notice. As Larry notes, Kipp has had legal permission to use this crossing for many years.
This explanation seemed reasonable to me and I agreed to sponsor. Marsha ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry D. Nelson [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 10:02 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Rummel, Marsha Subject: Re: [Bikies] (Fwd) [einpc] Proposed Concession to Kipp in City of Madison-K The path is not a "State Trail": it is owned by the City of Madison. Kipp had access to the railroad right of way prior to purchase by the City. The leased area includes the point of access from the plant to Waubesa Street. According to the resolution, this concession would merely extend the termination from 180 days to one year. http://legistar.cityofmadison.com/detailreport/Reports/Temp/110201095231.pdf Given the culture of the city for deliberate speed, this should not prove a problem. There are a number of leases of this right of way that produce revenue for the City. Most predate the purchase of the property by the City. Kipp was upset that the City gave comparable access to the Atwood Community Center on the opposite side of the path without cost and has been requesting comparable treatment for some time. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul T. O'Leary Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] (Fwd) [einpc] Proposed Concession to Kipp in City of Madison-K I wonder how many non-'hood-residents (like me) knew about this lease in the first place. And I wonder how the lease jives with the fact that the path is now a State Trail... ------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] From: Bill Scanlon <[email protected]> Date sent: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:52:41 -0600 Subject: [einpc] Proposed Concession to Kipp in City of Madison-Kipp Lease - Monday, 1/11, 5:30 PM Plan Commission Meting Send reply to: [email protected] On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Dan Melton <[email protected]> wrote: Monday January 11 5:30 PM Plan Commission Agenda Item 2. Authorizing an > amendment to a lease between the City of Madison and Kipp Corporation RE: > Kipp use of a strip of land off of Waubesa Street--where Waubesa crosses the > bike path [See map Attached to Agenda Item 2.] Kipp uses a strip of > City-owned land "to provide access and parking to Madison Kipp Corporation". > Amendment would increase--from 180 days to 1 year--minimum written notice > City would have to give Kipp if City decided to terminate lease. Amendment > would also limit the reason City could use to terminate the lease--from any > public use or purpose, to public transportation purposes. What is going on here? Perhaps Alder Rummel can fill us in, as she introduced the Council resolution to accept the lease amendment requested by Kipp. Just what are the people of Madison getting for these significant concessions to the owners of Kipp Corp.? If it's not a lot - for example, significantly increased rent or an obligation to hire more employees - the amendment needs to be killed. If you can't make the inconveniently scheduled meeting to give the Plan Commission a piece of your mind, give it to them in an email by Monday morning. To make things easy for you, here are the email addresses of Plan Commission members (except the chair, the Mayor's designate, Nancy E. Fey, for whom strangely no email address is provided in the list of Plan Commission members on the City's website). Just copy the list as provided and paste it into the "To" address line of an email: Michael Schumacher <[email protected]>, Lauren Cnare < [email protected]>, Julia Kerr <[email protected]>, Eric Sundquist <[email protected]>, Judy Olson <[email protected]>, James Boll <[email protected]>, Judith Bowser <[email protected]>, Michael Basford <[email protected]>, Michael Heifetz < [email protected]>, Tim Gruber <[email protected]>, Douglas Pearson <[email protected]>, Brad Murphy < [email protected]> Bill > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------- Paul T. O'Leary Desktop Insurgent Madison WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
