City of Madison - File #: 04730

• File #: 04730
• Version: 2
• Name: Regent Street-South Campus Plan
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/11/2006
• In control: PLAN COMMISSION
• On agenda: 11/21/2006
• Final action: 11/21/2006
• Enactment date: 11/22/2006
• Enactment #: RES-06-00991
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the acceptance of a BUILD Grant from Dane County, the hiring of a planning consulting firm, Vierbicher Associates Inc., and establishing the Regent Street-South Campus Plan Steering Committee.
• Sponsors: Austin W. King, Robbie Webber, Isadore Knox Jr., Kenneth Golden, Michael E. Verveer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/21/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
11/6/2006	2	PLAN COMMISSION	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
11/6/2006	2	Planning Unit	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
11/6/2006	2	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office (SUBSTITUTES)
10/30/2006	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
10/17/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
10/17/2006	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
10/11/2006	1	Planning Unit	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
10/11/2006	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
10/11/2006	1	Planning Unit	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The total cost of this project is expected to be less than $80,000. A total of $80,000 is secured and includes $20,000 in the Planning Unit's 2006 operating budget, a $25,000 BUILD grant from Dane County, and $35,000 in donations. A special revenue account, SO35, has been established and the $20,000 in the operating budget will be transferred to that account.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the acceptance of a BUILD Grant from Dane County, the hiring of a planning consulting firm, Vierbicher Associates Inc., and establishing the Regent Street-South Campus Plan Steering Committee.
Body
WHEREAS, Regent Street has long been an essential commercial street for surrounding neighborhoods, the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and the city as a whole, but its condition is beginning to reflect its age and is leading to real estate development speculation; and

WHEREAS, the South Campus Neighborhood, generally located north of Regent Street and bounded roughly by Monroe Street, N. Randall Avenue, W. Johnson Street, and N. Murray Street, contains numerous underutilized parcels which have also attracted the interest of real estate developers proposing projects that are much taller and more dense than what has been build in the past; and

WHEREAS, there is not a detailed neighborhood plan for this area to guide redevelopment and other improvement activities to ensure a vital and vibrant urban neighborhood in the future; and

WHEREAS, the Common Council recognized the need to develop a neighborhood plan for this area and designated $20,000 in the City's 2006 Operating Budget for this effort, with the condition that it be matched by at least $40,000 from other sources; and

WHEREAS, Dane County has awarded the City a Better Urban Infill Development (BUILD) grant in the amount of $25,000, and an additional $35,000 has been raised through donations; and

WHEREAS, the City has issued a Request for Proposals to engage a planning consulting firm to devel...