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File #: 81653    Version: 1 Name: Adopting the Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan (District 4, District 13, District 14)
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/18/2024 In control: URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION
On agenda: 4/16/2024 Final action: 4/16/2024
Enactment date: 4/18/2024 Enactment #: RES-24-00236
Title: Adopting the Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan (District 4, District 13, District 14)
Sponsors: Michael E. Verveer, Tag Evers, Isadore Knox Jr., Satya V. Rhodes-Conway
Attachments: 1. LMW Master Plan Public Submittal 4-3-24.pdf, 2. LMW Board of Park Commission memo 03-27-24.pdf, 3. Lake Monona Waterfront Master Presentation - BPC.pdf, 4. Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan Draft, 5. LMW Transportation Commission Letter.pdf, 6. Lake Monona Waterfront Master Presentation.pdf, 7. [public] TC 1-30-2024 comments on multiple agenda items.pdf, 8. Urban Design Commission memo 02-21-24.pdf, 9. Lake Monona Waterfront Master Presentation - UDC.pdf, 10. Public Comment 03-24-24 .pdf, 11. Lake Monona Waterfront Master Presentation - PC.pdf, 12. Alder Evers Comments 03-24-24 .pdf, 13. Registrant Report 81653.pdf
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
4/16/20241 COMMON COUNCIL AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/3/20241 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICERPass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/25/20241 PLAN COMMISSION Return to Lead with the Recommendation for ApprovalPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/28/20241 URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Common Council to AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/15/20241 MONONA TERRACE COMMUNITY AND CONVENTION CENTER BOARD Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Common Council to AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/12/20241 MADISON ARTS COMMISSION Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Common Council to AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/31/20241 TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Common Council to AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/23/20241 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/23/20241 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/23/20241 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/23/20241 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/23/20241 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/23/20241 COMMON COUNCIL ReferPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/18/20241 Parks Division Referred for Introduction  Action details Meeting details Not available
Fiscal Note
No additional City appropriation is required with the adoption of the Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan. The recommendations and action steps presented in the plan do not include cost estimates. City costs associated with implementing recommendations within the plan will be included in future capital and operating budgets, subject to Common Council approval.

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Adopting the Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan (District 4, District 13, District 14)

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WHEREAS, for thousands of years prior to European settlement, the four lakes region was home to first peoples and their cultures; and

WHEREAS, during the nineteenth century, Europeans forcibly removed first peoples from Wisconsin and the four lakes region; and

WHEREAS, in 1836, the City of Madison was designated the Wisconsin State Capital, in part due to its unique setting on an isthmus between Lakes Monona and Mendota; and

WHEREAS, in 1909, John Nolen prepared his seminal plan Madison: A Model City that envisioned a waterfront esplanade connecting the city to the shore of Lake Monona; and

WHEREAS, throughout the twentieth century, Nolen’s plan and other public lakeshore proposals failed to be realized due to the pressure of transportation and infrastructure development; and

WHEREAS, in 2012, through the advocacy work of local design professionals and support of public representatives, the Madison Down Plan recommended the creation of a signature waterfront park along the shore of the Lake Monona, and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Open Space Plan (2018) included nine strategies for system-wide park development, and improving public access to the lakes was a key recommendation based on the report’s Outdoor Recreational Needs Assessment; and

WHEREAS, in 2019, the Parks Division initiated a pre-design study (Preliminary Report) focused on initial community outreach and engagement to identify the goals and priorities for future Lake Monona lake shore improvements; and

WHEREAS, the Preliminary Re...

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