Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
Amending the composition of the Advisory Oversight Committee for Madison's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Madison created an Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance applicable to development applications submitted after February 15, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison did a study to evaluate the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance after the first 18 months of the program; and
WHEREAS, since the inception of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, the City of Madison Housing Committee and Plan Commission have had on-going meetings to discuss and revise the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and have worked diligently to recommend changes to the program; and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2005 a proposal for repeal of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance was introduced; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2005 a comprehensive package of reforms for the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance was introduced; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor formed a Workgroup to discuss the comprehensive package of reforms; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council revised the current ordinance on July 11, 2006; and
WHEREAS, there is on-going need to evaluate and continue working on the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and there are many groups that are interested in on-going evaluation and improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council create a committee to be advisory to the Plan Commission to evaluate and improve the Inclusionary Zoning program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the committee shall:
a) Evaluate the Housing Needs study and recommend changes to the Inclusionary Zoning program as a result of such study and identify any additional for information needed to further evaluate the Inclusionary Zoning program
b) Evaluate the "Gap Analysis" and Waiver methodologies and make recommendations to staff and the Plan Commission regarding such methodology
c) Evaluate and make recommendations to the Plan Commission and Common Council to revise the policy and procedure manual
d) Make recommendations to the staff and Common Council regarding marketing the Inclusionary Zoning Program
e) Seek public input regarding issues and concerns regarding the Inclusionary Zoning program and make recommendations for further changes and regularly report findings to the Plan Commission for review
f) Report annually in July to the Common Council on issues related to the implementation of the Inclusionary Zoning program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall be staffed by the Department of Planning and Development; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the members of the committee shall be three (3) Plan Commissioners, two (2) Housing Committee members, one (1) downtown developer, one (1) periphery developer, one (1) realtor, one (1) housing advocate, one (1) neighborhood association member and the Mayor or his/her designee. An alternate member may be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council for up to 3 of the various member positions. An alternate may only vote if the regular member(s) appointed to that member position is absent.