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“(Garver Feed Mill) is a part of our heritage, the East Side of Madison. We’re the industrial part of town,” Rummel said. “It’s a gorgeous building, and it has a lot of potential.”As part of Its action, the Park Commission also approved a development agreement between Baum and the city that details ground leases, the sale of the Garver building and a lease back to the city to share a cold storage building.Aid. David Ahrens, whose 15th District abuts the property, argued against providing the $1.6 million for remediation, speculating on additional costs the city might incur.“I think this is a very long road to go, and it’s a dark road. We don’t know what’s really out there,” Ahrens said. “The only thing we know is fust the next step, another $1.6 million.” Rummel, though, argued that Baum is vested in seeing the project to completion and touted its benefits.Dan Rolfs, city community development project manager, said that the site would need to be cleaned up regardless of whether the Baum project goes forward. Although, he said, the cost wouldbe less as only the “hot spots”would need remediation.“We’ve owned this for 20 years, and we haven’t really done much to it,” Rolfs said. “I hate to say it, but there’s a bill to pay.” The Olbrich Botanical Society gave the city the Garver Feed Millsite in 1997.Because the city would retainthe land under the developmentagreement, Rolfs said, the responsibility of cleaning the soilfalls on the city.The financing and development agreement is set to go before the city’s Finance Committee and Landmarks and Plan commissions before potentially go reaching the City Council some-1 time in August.
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