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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