Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the plan. However, implementing specific recommendations within the plan will have fiscal impacts in the future and will require Common Council approval at that time.
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Adopting the Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood Housing Revitalization Strategy Report as a supplement to the Greenbush Neighborhood Plan.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison's Comprehensive Plan adopted January 17, 2006 (Substitute Ordinance No. 02207) recommends the adoption of neighborhood plans for established residential neighborhoods within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Greenbush Neighborhood Plan was adopted by the Madison Common Council on July 1, 2008 (Leg ID 10480, RES-08-00705); and
WHEREAS, the Greenbush and Vilas Neighborhood Associations jointly applied and received a $25,000 Neighborhood Planning Grant in 2008 for the purposes of developing a detailed housing revitalization strategy for the area roughly bounded by Regent Street on the north, South Park Street on the east, Haywood Drive, Drake Street, and Grant Street on the south, and Jefferson Street on the west (see Map 1); and
WHEREAS, the Greenbush and Vilas Neighborhoods formed a Revitalization Strategy Steering Committee with representatives from the respective neighborhood associations, rental property owners, St. Mary’s and Meriter Hospitals, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Realtors Association of South Central Wisconsin, Madison Gas & Electric, and other stakeholders from the immediate area; and
WHEREAS, the Greenbush and Vilas Neighborhood Associations, in conjunction with a Revitalization Strategy Steering Committee, hired the Cuningham Group, to assist them in preparing a housing revitalization strategy; and
WHEREAS, the Revitalization Strategy Steering Committee oversaw a public participation process which included three large-scale public workshops; and
WHEREAS, the Revitalization Strategy Steering Committee met with city staff four times durin...
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