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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AMENDED Adopting the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan and the goals, recommendations, and implementation steps contained therein as a supplement to the City's 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 Hoyt Park planning study area consisting of Rocky Bluff, Sunset Hills, Sunset Village, and VanChaMasShe neighborhoods do not currently have a detailed neighborhood plan that establishes policies and makes recommendations to guide decisions regarding the future of this neighborhood (See attached map); and
WHEREAS, a planning consultant (Vandewalle & Associates). was retained to work with residents, neighborhood associations, City staff, and area stakeholders to develop this plan; and
WHEREAS, this effort was funded through a $50,000 grant award from the City's Neighborhood Planning Grant Program (2011) and $500 from the Sunset Village Neighborhood Association; and
WHEREAS, the City-Consultant Team conducted three large scale public meetings, distributed an online business questionnaire to business owners/tenants on Midvale, Mineral Point, and University Avenue, and facilitated a dialog among neighborhood association leadership to ensure various perspectives were discussed; and
WHEREAS, the area neighborhood associations established a non-City appointed steering committee, Hoyt Park Area Joint Steering Committee (HPAJSC), with representation from Rocky Bluff, Sunset Hills, Sunset Village, and VanChaMasShe Neighborhood Associations, Hilldale Row Condominum Association, Friends of Hoyt Park and also established a Sustainability Subcommittee focused on identifying strategies to promote sustainability practices within the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the HPAJSC conducted thirteen meetings and the Sustainability Subcommittee conducted five meetings to solicit input from the neighborhood association leaders and area residents which the City-Consultant Team attended; and
WHEREAS, in March 2013 the City-Consultant Team released the draft Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan which reflects the vision, goals and objectives, and recommendations supported by HPAJSC; and
WHEREAS, the plan makes a series of recommendations concerning subjects such as: land use, parks and open space, pedestrian, bicycle and transit enhancements, and urban design among others.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan and the goals, recommendations and implementation steps contained therein is hereby adopted as a supplement to the City's Comprehensive Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any changes to the Comprehensive Plan's Generalized Future Land Use Plan Map recommended in the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan be considered for adoption during the next annual Comprehensive Plan evaluation and amendment process.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the appropriate City agencies consider including the recommendations of the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan in future work plans and budgets.