Fiscal Note
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 Phase 1 of the Shady Wood Neighborhood Development Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, and authorizing the City’s application to amend the Central Urban Service Area to include the Phase 1 development staging area identified in the plan.
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WHEREAS the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, adopted January 17, 2006, makes near and long-term recommendations for the future growth of the City of Madison, including planned expansion in the peripheral area beyond the current urban edge of the City; and
WHEREAS the Comprehensive Plan identifies an area located generally west of County Trunk Highway M between Mid-Town Road and McKee Road as Peripheral Planning Area A, recommended as a potential location for at least some relatively near-term City of Madison expansion and future development; but for which a detailed neighborhood development plan has not yet been prepared and adopted; and
WHEREAS the Comprehensive Plan identifies certain lands within Planning Area A located south of Mid-Town Road and west of Woods Road as a Neighborhood Planning Area, generally recommended for future development with Low Density Residential land uses; and
WHEREAS a property within this recommended future residential area is currently within the City of Madison and the owners of the property have expressed an interest in developing these lands with urban uses in the relatively near future; and
WHEREAS the Comprehensive Plan also identifies a broad Park and Open Space corridor located along and adjacent to the glacial moraine which crosses transversely through Planning Area A as land with significant natural glacial features which should be preserved and incorporated into a future extension of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail; and further recommends that City plans for future deve...
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