Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the Plan. Implementing specific recommendations within the Plan will require the inclusion of expenditures in future capital and operating budgets, subject to Common Council approval at that time.
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Adopting the University Hill Farms Neighborhood Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison’s Comprehensive Plan.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison's Comprehensive Plan, adopted on January 17, 2006, recommends the preparation of neighborhood plans for established neighborhoods to provide greater detail on specific land uses, development intensity, and design characteristics; and
WHEREAS, the University Hill Farms Neighborhood Association applied for and received a Neighborhood Planning Grant to hire a planning consultant to prepare a mid-range (5-10 years) neighborhood plan (File ID 29191, Adopted 03-19-13) and which the authorizing resolution also directed the Planning Division to commence a corridor plan for University Avenue from roughly Breese Terrace to Allen Boulevard in the next five years, the recommendations of which shall supersede any University Avenue corridor recommendations made in this plan; and
WHEREAS, the planning study area boundaries include the area roughly bounded by University Avenue on the north, Midvale Boulevard on the east, Mineral Point Road on the south, and S. Rosa Road and N. Whitney Way on the west, with the exception of the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation property (4802 Sheboygan Avenue) which was excluded from study area (see Map 1: University Hill Farms Neighborhood Plan Study Area); and
WHEREAS, the University Hill Farms planning study boundaries provided additional analysis and planning in two areas which were previously covered in the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan (File ID 30377, Adopted 01-07-2014) and Spring Harbor Neighborhood Plan (File ID 03712, Adopted 11-07-2006); and
WHEREAS a nine member appointed ad hoc steering comm...
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