Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution adopts the Shady Wood Neighborhood Development Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan. No City appropriation is required with the adoption of this Plan. City costs associated with urban development in this area will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval.
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Adopting the Shady Wood Neighborhood Development Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan includes recommendations regarding planned City expansion in the peripheral areas beyond the current urban edge of the city; and
WHEREAS, neighborhood development plans (NDPs) include detailed recommendations regarding land use, the transportation system, parks and open space, and utility service, and are used to guide future urban development within City growth areas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison requires that detailed NDPs be prepared and adopted by the City before urban development and the extension of urban services may occur in the City’s peripheral area; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Framework in the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan identified the Shady Wood NDP planning area as a near term Peripheral Planning Area (PPA-A); and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan’s Generalized Future Land Use Map includes specific guidance to preserve the significant natural glacial features located in the planning area as part of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail corridor; and
WHEREAS, in 2009, City staff prepared a Draft Shady Wood NDP as part of a public planning process; and
WHEREAS, stakeholder concerns over the 2009 Draft Plan’s recommended open space corridor for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail resulted in only the 40-acre, Phase A portion of the NDP being adopted in 2009; and
WHEREAS, in recent years there has been significant progress toward achieving the open space corridor for the Ice Age Trail envisioned in the 2009 Draft NDP. T...
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