Fiscal Note
The adoption of the resolution requires no expenditure of funds.
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SUBSTITUTE - Establishing a setback along the Broom Street corridor and directing staff to prepare the necessary documents to officially map the corridor.
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the City prepared an Isthmus Area Traffic Redirection Study which evaluated alternatives to more efficiently move traffic into and out of downtown Madison. To minimize traffic on Bassett Street, Broom Street was identified for possible expansion and conversion to a four lane, two-way arterial street. The expansion of Broom Street would allow Bassett Street to be converted back to a two lane, two-way street. Since the early 1970s, the City has been requiring redevelopment projects to provide an approximately 30-foot setback along the northeast side of Broom Street to accommodate a possible roadway expansion.
The first Bassett Neighborhood Plan approved by the Common Council in 1976 suggested that Broom Street traffic be converted to a two-way street. The 1997 Bassett Neighborhood Master Plan had among its transportation recommendations the recommendation to evaluate the potential to convert Broom Street to a two-way traffic flow, and to consider eliminating the 30-foot setback.
Along the nine block Broom Street corridor, the right-of-way varies from 66-feet for seven of the blocks to between 72-feet and 82-feet for the blocks between Doty Street and John Nolen Drive. The 30-foot setback, or right-of-way reservation, would result in the potential for a 96-foot wide right-of-way. While almost all of the new redevelopment that has occurred since the 1970s has setback 30-feet from the Broom Street right-of-way, several buildings along the corridor are currently within the 30-foot setback.
The future of the Broom Street setback has been discussed as part of the review of the Alexander Company's General Development Plan for Block 51 (the Meriter properties). City Traf...
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