Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required, but staff resources may need to be reallocated toward the efforts of the staff team.
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AMENDED - To provide for coordination and cooperation between the City of Madison and Dane County in finding short and long-term locations for service providers currently serving Allied Drive.
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WHEREAS, there are a number of important service providers who currently provide vital human services to the residents of Allied Drive; and
WHEREAS, these providers are currently located in close proximity to these residents, occupying buildings on or very near Allied Drive; and
WHEREAS, some of the buildings in which they are currently located may be the subject of redevelopment or renovation activities that would make them unsuitable for continued occupancy; and
WHEREAS, there is a planning process underway that will attempt to provide a future vision for the redevelopment and restoration of Allied Drive as a vital neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Dane County has a strong interest in seeing that the providers they fund, such as Joining Forces for Families, are well and strategically located so they can serve their customers and so they are afforded a level of safety and protection commensurate with the expectations for any workplace;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison and Dane County hereby create a joint staff team charged with the following tasks:
- Identify all existing service providers who currently serve Allied Drive and their locations.
- Develop an inventory of factors and criteria for both short- and long-term location of all service providers.
- In the context of the neighborhood planning and design meeting, identify locations where each of these service providers can adequately serve their customers while being afforded an environment of safety.
- Consider a longer-term location for service providers compatible with the neighborhood planning and design meeting's physical plan for t...
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