Fiscal Note
No City appropriation is required with the adoption of this amendment to the City of Madison Comprehensive plan. City costs associated with urban development in accordance with the plan will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval.
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Adopting an amendment to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance adopts a new Interim Update to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2018 the City of Madison Common Council adopted a full update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan, as defined in Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Law Sec. 66.1001 Wis. Stats.; and
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2023 the Common Council authorized the Planning Division to lead an interim update to the Comprehensive Plan focused on updating the Generalized Future Land Use (GFLU) Map and formally adding a Health & Safety element; and
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2023 the Common Council adopted a public participation plan, as required by Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4), which described how the City intended to make the process accessible to all; and
WHEREAS, the public participation process included an interactive website, a virtual meeting, emailed project updates to interested parties and neighborhood associations, distribution of informational materials, social media posts, traditional media, and several Plan Commission meetings; and
WHEREAS, since adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in August of 2018 the City of Madison has adopted or amended fourteen sub-area plans as supplements to the Comprehensive Plan and the land use recommendations from these plans are incorporated into the draft GFLU Map compiled by Planning Division staff; and
WHEREAS, at their September 7, 2023 and September 18, 2023 meetings, the Plan Commission reviewed potential changes to the GFLU Map submitted by the public and recommended further consideration of several proposed changes; 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 November 13, 2023; and
WHEREAS, this Interim Update serves as an update to the Housing Element of the Comprehensive Plan; 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 the amendment to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan containing all of the elements specified in Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(2); and
WHEREAS, following adoption, the amendment shall be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Common Council of the City of Madison does, by the enactment of this ordinance, formally amend the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, including any amendments to the Plan made from the Common Council floor, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4)(c).