Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required. City costs associated with urban development in this area will be included in future operating and capital budgets, subject to Common Council approval.
Title
Amending the East Washington Avenue Capitol Gateway Corridor Plan to revise the land use recommendation for the block bounded by E Washington Avenue, S Livingston Street, E Main Street, and S Paterson Street from “Employment” to “Employment/Residential.”
Body
WHEREAS the East Washington Avenue Capitol Gateway Corridor Plan was adopted by the Madison Common Council on February 5, 2008 as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan to include long term land use and development recommendations for the area bounded by Blair Street, E Mifflin Street, First Street, and E Main Street; and
WHEREAS the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan, adopted by the Madison Common Council on August 7, 2018 recommends Employment Uses for the subject block and the vast majority of the south side of East Washington Avenue; and
WHEREAS the East Washington Avenue Capitol Gateway Corridor Plan currently recommends “Employment” land uses for the 800-block on the south side of E Washington Avenue; and
WHEREAS the subject block includes an existing eight-story commercial/ office building containing 152,925 square feet of floor area and a nine-story, 158,000 square-foot office building; and
WHEREAS construction of an eight-story, 151-room hotel to support the employment and commercial uses located elsewhere in this corridor has been approved on the subject block, but which has not yet started; and
WHEREAS an application has been submitted to redevelop the former Gardner Bakery property at 849 E Washington Avenue and 844 E Main Street with a 14-story mixed-use building with 10,000 square feet of commercial space and 226 apartments, which incorporates a portion of the historic building into the new structure; and
WHEREAS an amendment to the East Washington Avenue Capitol Gateway...
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