Fiscal Note
Local costs associated with urban development in this area will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval. No appropriation is required at this time.
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Approving the City of Verona's North Neighborhood Plan.
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PREAMBLE
The City of Verona North Neighborhood Plan has been introduced to the City of Madison Common Council as required by the City of Madison and City of Verona Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (hereinafter, "Agreement"). The Agreement between the two cities took effect on July 22, 1996. The purpose of the agreement is to identify and recognize the long-term urban growth areas of the cities of Madison and Verona and recognize the objective of maintaining a permanent open space separation and open space buffers between the two communities in order to implement a variety of local planning goals and objectives.
Key provisions of the Agreement are the preservation of open space in the Ice Age Trail Junction area; Joint Planning in the Five Points Planning area focused around the intersection of CTH M and CTH PD; 300 foot landscaped buffer; and establishment of an ultimate jurisdictional line. The agreement extends for 20 years from the date of its adoption in 1996, with automatic renewal for an additional 20 years unless either city gives notice one year prior to expiration of the agreement stating its intent to not renew one year the Agreement.
Recently, the City of Verona began the process of preparing and adopting its North Neighborhood Plan ("Plan"). This Plan encompasses approximately 1,600 acres north and west of the City of Verona. The Plan is generally bounded by CTH PD (McKee Road) on the north, the Ice Age Trail on the east, Country View Road on the west and the City of Verona Boundary on the south. The majority of the land in the Neighborhood Plan study areas is located within the Town of Verona, with the exception of lands located around the corporate campus of Epi...
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