Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution adopts the Shady Wood Neighborhood Development Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan. No City appropriation is required with the adoption of this Plan. City costs associated with urban development in this area will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval.
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Adopting the Shady Wood Neighborhood Development Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan includes recommendations regarding planned City expansion in the peripheral areas beyond the current urban edge of the city; and
WHEREAS, neighborhood development plans (NDPs) include detailed recommendations regarding land use, the transportation system, parks and open space, and utility service, and are used to guide future urban development within City growth areas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison requires that detailed NDPs be prepared and adopted by the City before urban development and the extension of urban services may occur in the City’s peripheral area; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Framework in the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan identified the Shady Wood NDP planning area as a near term Peripheral Planning Area (PPA-A); and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan’s Generalized Future Land Use Map includes specific guidance to preserve the significant natural glacial features located in the planning area as part of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail corridor; and
WHEREAS, in 2009, City staff prepared a Draft Shady Wood NDP as part of a public planning process; and
WHEREAS, stakeholder concerns over the 2009 Draft Plan’s recommended open space corridor for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail resulted in only the 40-acre, Phase A portion of the NDP being adopted in 2009; and
WHEREAS, in recent years there has been significant progress toward achieving the open space corridor for the Ice Age Trail envisioned in the 2009 Draft NDP. This progress includes a generous donation of 8.3 acres of land by Lloyd and Jo Ann Bitzer for the planned Bitzer Family Preserve; the City of Madison/Dane County acquisition of 40 acres along Woods Road for what is now Moraine Woods Conservation Park; and the Dane County/City of Madison/City of Verona/Town of Verona acquisition of 40 acres immediately south of Moraine Woods Conservation Park; and
WHEREAS, the Lower Badger Mill Creek Watershed Study was completed in January 2021 and helped inform the stormwater management areas and recommendations in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, on February 22, 2022 the Common Council adopted Resolution 22-00145 (ID 69492), authorizing the Planning Division to restart the Shady Wood NDP planning process; and
WHEREAS, the 2022 Shady Wood NDP provides detailed recommendations regarding land use, continued open space preservation for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail including potential mechanisms for further implementation of an Ice Age Trail corridor, parks, stormwater management, transportation, public utilities and services, and sustainability; and
WHEREAS, the process included an initial public meeting with background information on March 16, 2022, as well as meetings with property owners, Ice Age Trail Alliance, Town of Verona, City of Verona, and other area stakeholders, and an opportunity to comment on the Draft Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Draft 2022 Shady Wood NDP was introduced and discussed at a public meeting for area stakeholders on September 22, 2022, a Transportation Policy and Planning Board meeting on October 10, 2022, a City of Madison Plan Commission meeting on October 24, 2022, and a Town of Verona Plan Commission meeting on October 27, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison adopts the Shady Wood Neighborhood Development Plan as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan.