Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the plan. Implementing recommendations within the plan may require the inclusion of expenditures in future capital and operating budgets, subject to Common Council approval at that time.
Title
A SUBSTITUTE Resolution Adopting the Downtown Plan as a Supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
Body
WHEREAS in early 2008 the City embarked on a process to create a new plan for the future of downtown Madison; and
WHEREAS the process to prepare the new plan included an extensive participation process which started with the review and affirmation of the Downtown Advisory Report prepared in 2004, as well as recommendations for the downtown contained in the City’s 2006 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS the planning process included a series of public workshops, large-scale public meetings, the development and evaluation of general approaches to address issues and opportunities, the identification and refinement of preliminary concepts, and finally the issuance of draft recommendations in September 2010; and
WHEREAS since the draft recommendations were released, staff have continued to meet with policy makers, City agencies and the general public to receive comments and to finalize the recommendations included in the Downtown Plan; and
WHEREAS the plan for downtown Madison describes the desired vision for the future of downtown and provides recommendations to guide land use and investment decisions over time to ensure that the vision for downtown is achieved.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Madison Common Council hereby adopts the Downtown Plan as a supplement to the City’s Comprehensive Plan to be used as a guide in making land use, development and investment decisions within the downtown.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recommendations shall be used by the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development to finalize the draft zoning districts for the downtown to be i...
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