Fiscal Note
The City of Madison Comprehensive Plan includes an array of recommendations regarding the City's plans for growth and development over the next several years. Adoption of the Plan requires no appropriation, but implementation of the Plan and its many recommendations may have significant fiscal implications, few of which are readily quantified. Any expenditures relating to the Plan will require further Common Council authorization.
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SUBSTITUTE - Adopting and confirming the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This substitute ordinance adopts the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan as required by sec. 66.1001, Wis. Stats. with additional revisions as specified in the Plan Commission minutes for 12/5/05 and 1/9/06 meetings.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 62.23(2) and (3), Wis. Stats., the City of Madison is authorized to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan, as defined in Sec. 66.1001(2), Stats.; and
WHEREAS, the City received a Comprehensive Planning Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Administration to assist in the preparation of its comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council adopted a Public Participation Strategy and Procedures which describes how the City intends to engage the public in the process of developing the comprehensive plan and includes written procedures to foster broad public participation in every stage of the preparation of the comprehensive plan, as required by Sec. 66.1001(4)(a), Stats., and consistent with the City's long tradition of active citizen participation in planning activities; and
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission was designated as the Policy Advisory Committee to guide the preparation of the comprehensive plan, with the stipulation that the Common Council is invited to participate in all meetings where the Plan Commission is acting in that capacity; and
WHEREAS, following several rounds of public participation events and special activities designed to explain the comprehensive planning process, identify key community planning issues and opportunities, define important planning goals and objectives, and evaluate alternative planning recommendations and approaches, the Plan Commission prepared a discussion draft of the Comprehensive Plan which was widely distributed to the public, to neighborhood and community organizations, to relevant City boards, commissions and committees, and to neighboring units of government, in both printed and compact disc format; and
WHEREAS, the discussion draft Comprehensive Plan was presented at another series of public meetings scheduled in different parts of the community, and the public was invited and encouraged to offer written comments and suggestions on the draft Plan at the public meetings, by mail, by email, and through the interactive comment form provided on the City's Comprehensive Plan website; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan staff compiled all of the comments received on the discussion draft Plan, and the Plan Commission discussed and considered these comments at a series of special work session meetings and recommended additions and revisions to the discussion draft based on these comments and other input; and prepared a revised public hearing draft of the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the revised public hearing draft Comprehensive Plan was again distributed to the public, to neighborhood and community organizations, to City of Madison boards, commissions and committees, and to neighboring units of government, and written comments on the revised public hearing draft Plan were encouraged and multiple opportunities to submit written comments provided; and
WHEREAS, written comments received on the revised public hearing draft Comprehensive Plan and comments made at the Common Council public hearing were compiled and a response to those comments prepared for consideration by the Plan Commission and Common Council; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission, by a majority vote of the entire Commission recorded in its official minutes, has adopted a resolution recommending that the Common Council adopt the attached document, marked Exhibit A and entitled "City of Madison Comprehensive Plan", with additional revisions as specified in the Plan Commission minutes, containing all of the elements specified in Sec. 66.1001(2), Stats.; and
WHEREAS, the City has held at least one public hearing on this ordinance in compliance with the requirements of Sec. 66.1001(4)(d), Stats.; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council believes that this City of Madison Comprehensive Plan reflects the long-term goals for growth and development of the City as expressed by the citizens of Madison during the planning process and at the public hearings.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
The "City of Madison Comprehensive Plan" attached hereto as Exhibit A, with additional revisions as specified in the Plan Commission minutes for the December 5, 2005 and January 9, 2006 meetings, is hereby adopted.