Fiscal Note
According to the City Planning Department, because this large infill site on Cottage Grove Road includes both a large abandoned industrial facility that needs to be removed and some remaining soil contamination that still needs to be remediated, it is possible, or perhaps likely, that some level of City participation will eventually be required to redevelop the site---through established City assistance programs, including a potential TIF District--beyond the typical City costs associated with extending streets and public utilities and other services into an area. The plan doesn’t recommend any specific City role at this time, however, although the potential is noted. Any future expenditures related to development of the site will be included in future City agency budgets, subject to Council approval.
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Adopting the Royster-Clark Special Area Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
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WHEREAS the large Royster-Clark fertilizer plant which operated at Cottage Grove Road and Dempsey Road on Madison’s east side since the late 1940’s was acquired by new corporate owners in February 2006; and was subsequently determined to be surplus to their needs and closed in August 2006; and
WHEREAS the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, adopted in January 2006, includes the recommendation that if in the future, the current industrial use no longer operates on Royster-Clark site, alternative residential and mixed use developments are more appropriate uses for the property than another industrial use; and
WHEREAS the Comprehensive Plan also recommends that redevelopment of the Royster-Clark site should be consistent with a City-adopted neighborhood or special area plan which ensures that development on the site is coordinated with uses in the surrounding neighborhood; and
WHEREAS even prior to the acquisition and subsequent closure of the Royster-Clark plant, neighborhood residents and elected officials had been meeting regularly ...
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