Fiscal Note
City costs associated with urban development and the provision of urban services in this area will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval.
Title
Amending the Mid-Town Neighborhood Development Plan to revise the land use recommendations for lands located in the northeastern portion of the neighborhood from residential and open space uses to employment and open space uses.
Body
WHEREAS the Mid-Town Neighborhood Development Plan was adopted by the Madison Common Council on August 17, 1999 in response to a specific development proposal; and
WHEREAS only very general land use recommendations were made for most of the Mid-Town Neighborhood planning area as part of the original planning process, and the Plan has been amended several times since then in response to development proposals and to incorporate the recommendations of subsequent more-detailed public planning activities; and
WHEREAS University Research Park, Inc., which is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently received an opportunity to acquire the Vetter property in the northeastern portion of the Mid-Town Neighborhood for an addition to the planned University Research Park 2 campus located in the Pioneer Neighborhood north of Valley View Road; and
WHEREAS these lands are currently recommended for low, low-medium and medium density residential uses and park and open space uses in the Mid-Town Neighborhood Development Plan as amended in April 2004, and are recommended for these same uses in the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan adopted in January 2006; and
WHEREAS on March 1, 2011, as part of the 2010-2011 Comprehensive Plan evaluation and amendment process, University Research Park formally requested consideration of an amendment to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan to allow future development of the Vetter property with employment uses as a part of University Research Park 2; and
WHEREAS an amendment to the Mid-T...
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