Fiscal Note
FIscal note pending.
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Adopting an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan related to the West Area Plan.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance adopts the West Area Plan.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, on August 2, 2022 the City of Madison Common Council authorized the Planning Division’s shift to a planning framework with twelve (12) Area Plans that cover the entire city and are updated every ten (10) years (RES-22-00577); and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Common Council authorized the Planning Division to prepare the West Area Plan on January 3, 2023 (RES-23-00021); and
WHEREAS, the planning framework states that the future land use map developed through each area plan process will directly update the Comprehensive Plan’s Generalized Future Land Use Map; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Common Council adopted a public participation plan for the West Area Plan on July 25, 2023 (RES-23-00516), as required by Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4) to amend the Comprehensive Plan, which described how the City intended to make the process accessible to all; and
WHEREAS, the public participation process included engagement through a project website, interactive mapping exercise, virtual meetings, in-person meetings, emailed project updates to interested parties, distribution of informational materials, focus groups, neighborhood association visits, social media posts, traditional media, and board/committee/commission progress updates throughout the process; and
WHEREAS, the public participation process also included contracting with several Community Partners and coordinating with the City’s Neighborhood Navigators to engage traditionally underrepresented residents through focus groups and participation in community events and activities; and
WHEREAS, notice was provided pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4)(d) and the Plan Commission held a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan on August 26, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission, by a majority vote of the entire Commission recorded in its official minutes, adopted a resolution recommending the Common Council adopt an amendment to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan’s Generalized Future Land Use Map, Bicycle Facilities Map, and relevant text and maps in the Comprehensive Plan that reference area plans, including underlying plans that are archived; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Common Council of the City of Madison does, by the enactment of this ordinance, formally amend the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan’s Generalized Future Land Use Map, Bicycle Facilities Map, maps and text that reference underlying archived plans, and any amendments to the Plan made from the Common Council floor, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4)(c).
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that staff is directed to implement the actions contained in the West Area Plan.