Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the plan. However, implementing the plan will have fiscal impacts in the future and will require Common Council approval at that time.
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Adopting the Northport-Warner Park-Sherman Neighborhood Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
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WHEREAS the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, adopted January 17, 2006, recommends the adoption of neighborhood plans for established residential neighborhoods within the City; and
WHEREAS the Northport-Warner Park-Sherman Neighborhood Plan area (Census Tracts 22.0, 23.01, and 24.02) received planning assistance to prepare a neighborhood plan in 1992 and 1996 and the Common Council adopted the Northport-Warner Park Neighborhood Plan on November 10, 1992 and the Brentwood Village-Packers-Sherman Neighborhood Plan on July 2, 1996; and
WHEREAS the Mayor appointed the Northport-Warner Park-Sherman Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee (NWS SC) and the Common Council confirmed this Committee that included area neighborhood residents, business owners, non-profit organization employees, and landlords who were charged with updating the 1992 Northport-Warner Park Neighborhood Plan and the 1996 Brentwood Village-Packers-Sherman Neighborhood Plan; and
WHEREAS the updated 2009 Northport-Warner Park-Sherman Neighborhood Plan follows the format of the 1992 and 1996 plans for this area, with the exception that the land use recommendations now follow the format of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, and the Plan provides additional and detailed recommendations for future development within the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the NWS SC met 37 times between January 2008 and June 2009, and worked with City Planning Division staff to draft the vision, goals, objectives, and recommendations in the Plan and to facilitate a public participation process that included four large-scale public open house events, two public input coffees, interviews with area ...
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