Fiscal Note
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Indicating a Willingness for the City of Madison to Annex the April Hills Neighborhood from the Town of Blooming Grove upon Receipt of an Otherwise Valid Petition for the Annexation of the Territory.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0307, Madison and the Town of Blooming Grove entered into a Cooperative Plan (the “Cooperative Plan”) related to boundary lines and other municipal issues among themselves, which was approved on October 3, 2006, by the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration. Under the Cooperative Plan, the Town of Blooming Grove will cease to exist on October 31, 2027 (“Final Attachment”) and all remaining Town territory will attach to the City; and,
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Cooperative Plan, certain Town territory, mostly residential subdivisions, was protected from attachment until Final Attachment, including the April Hills neighborhood, a roughly 80-acre residential subdivision located in the Town, just north of Siggelkow Road; and,
WHEREAS, April Hills was platted in the 1960s and largely developed over the following two decades, with development being on private well and septic. Today, the neighborhood is located between two City subdivisions, Siggel Grove on the west, which was created in 2001, and Secret Places at Siggelkow Preserve on the east, which was created in 2004. To the north, the neighborhood borders the Wingra quarry located in the Town of Blooming Grove and vacant land in the City. To the south, across Siggelkow Road, is the Village of McFarland’s Cedar Glade subdivision. The neighborhood and the adjacent quarry lands will be attached to the City on October 31, 2027; and,
WHEREAS, the City has included April Hills within its future land use planning for over twenty-five years, and is prepared to serve the territory with all municipal services once it is in the City. In addition, with the creation and development of the City of Madison subdivision...
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