Fiscal Note
The Planning Division’s 2026 Adopted Operating Budget includes approximately $60,600 for area plan processes within the Purchased Services and Supplies majors expenditure categories, and additional funding for area planning in 2027 is included in the Division’s 2027 Operating Budget request. Beyond staff time, costs associated with plan development, including public participation activities, are included in the Planning Division and other agencies’ operating budgets. City costs associated with eventual implementation of Plan recommendations will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval. No additional City appropriation required in 2026.
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Authorizing the Planning Division to lead the preparation of the North Area Plan and Adopting a Public Participation Plan (District 12 and District 18)
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WHEREAS, a planning framework with 12 area plans was approved by the Common Council on August 2, 2022 (RES-22-00577, File #71147); and
WHEREAS, RES-25-00445 identifies the North Area as the sixth area plan to be undertaken; and
WHEREAS, the North Area is generally bounded by the Yahara River and Cherokee Marsh on the north, Dane County Regional Airport on the east, the Village of Maple Bluff and Aberg Avenue on the south, and Lake Mendota on the west (see Exhibit A); and
WHEREAS, there are four previously adopted city plans that cover portions of the North Area: Brentwood Village-Packers-Sherman Neighborhood Plan (adopted in 1996), Cherokee Special Area Plan (2007), Northport-Warner Park-Sherman Neighborhood Plan (2009), and Oscar Mayer Special Area Plan (2020); and
WHEREAS, the North Area planning process will include a review of the recommendations in these previously adopted plans for consistency with the scope/level of detail established for area plans, current stakeholder priorities, and adopted citywide plans and policies, such as the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, recommendations in previously ad...
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