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File #: 59575    Version: Name: Adopting the Historic Preservation Plan
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/13/2020 In control: Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development
On agenda: 5/19/2020 Final action: 5/19/2020
Enactment date: 5/27/2020 Enactment #: RES-20-00395
Title: SUBSTITUTE Adopting the Historic Preservation Plan as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan, directing staff to implement the recommendations contained in the plan, accepting the Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report, and dissolving the Historic Preservation Plan Advisory Committee.
Sponsors: Marsha A. Rummel, Patrick W. Heck, Arvina Martin
Attachments: 1. Madison HPP Final Draft February 2020.pdf, 2. Underrepresented Communities Intensive Survey Report - DRAFT 7-2-19_r.pdf, 3. Martens_Comment_03-09-20.pdf, 4. HPP Adopting Resolution.(draft substitute), 5. Staff Memo on Final Draft Preservation Plan 5-4-20, 6. LC Staff Presentation 5-4-20, 7. 59575 LC Report 5-4-20, 8. Version_1.pdf
Fiscal Note
No additional City appropriation is required with the adoption of the Historic Preservation Plan. However, implementing recommendations within the Plan will require additional staff or consultant resources. The timeframe and estimated level of cost for each recommended strategy starts on page 54 of the plan. These expenditures, as well as others, will need to be included in future capital and operating budgets, subject to Common Council approval at that time.
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SUBSTITUTE Adopting the Historic Preservation Plan as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan, directing staff to implement the recommendations contained in the plan, accepting the Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report, and dissolving the Historic Preservation Plan Advisory Committee.
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WHEREAS, during the development of the Downtown Plan, several commissions stressed the need for a City Historic Preservation Plan to ensure that historic preservation remains an effective tool to preserve the city’s historic resources; and

WHEREAS, early in the process of revising the Historic Preservation Ordinance, the Ad Hoc Landmarks Ordinance Review Committee and members of the public stressed the need for a City Historic Preservation Plan to guide the preservation program; and

WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan, adopted in August, 2018 (Legistar File # 51349), provided a vision for the City’s future and established a comprehensive set of goals, strategies and actions, including a recommendation to “Complete, adopt, and implement a Historic Preservation Plan as a framework for the future of Madison’s historic preservation program”; and

WHEREAS, in November 2017, the Common Council approved a resolution (Legistar File # 49177) creating the Historic Preservation Plan Advisory Committee (HPPAC)to assist with the development of the Historic Preservation Plan (Plan); and

WHEREAS, a consultant team, including Legacy Architecture, Inc., CE Planning Studio, LLC, and Archetype Histor...

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