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File #: 68802    Version: 1 Name: Adopting the Greater East Towne Plan
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/9/2021 In control: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: 2/22/2022 Final action: 2/22/2022
Enactment date: 2/25/2022 Enactment #: RES-22-00144
Title: Adopting the Greater East Towne Plan as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan and directing staff to implement the recommendations contained in the plan.
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Gary Halverson, Lindsay Lemmer
Attachments: 1. GETAP Final Draft_Dec21.pdf, 2. TPPB-memo_01-10-2022_GETAP.pdf, 3. TPPB_GETAP_01-22_presentation.pdf, 4. BPC-memo_01-12-2022_GETAP.pdf, 5. BPC-presentation_01-12-22_GETAP.pdf, 6. UDC-memo_01-12-2022_GETAP.pdf, 7. UDC_GETAP_01-12-22_presentation.pdf, 8. EDC-memo_01-19-2022_GETAP.pdf, 9. EDC_GETAP_01-19-22_presentation.pdf, 10. PC-memo_01-28-22_GETAP.pdf, 11. GETP_UDC_Report011222.pdf
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
2/22/20221 COMMON COUNCIL AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/7/20221 PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICERPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/19/20221 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Common Council to AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/12/20221 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Return to Lead with the Recommendation for ApprovalPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/12/20221 URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION Return to Lead with the Recommendation for ApprovalPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/10/20221 TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND PLANNING BOARD - ended 3/2023 Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/4/20221 PLAN COMMISSION Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/4/20221 PLAN COMMISSION Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/4/20221 PLAN COMMISSION Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/4/20221 COMMON COUNCIL ReferPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/4/20221 PLAN COMMISSION Refer  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/9/20211 Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development Referred for Introduction  Action details Meeting details Not available
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
Adopting the Greater East Towne Plan as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan and directing staff to implement the recommendations contained in the plan.
Body
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan, adopted in August, 2018 (Legistar File # 51349), provided a vision for the City’s future and established goals, strategies and actions in the following areas: Land Use and Transportation, Neighborhoods and Housing, Economy and Opportunity, Culture and Character, Green and Resilient, and Effective Government; and

WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan calls for the preparation and adoption of a detailed plan addressing connectivity improvements, more parks and open space, and other amenities and infrastructure necessary to support residential development within the area; and

WHEREAS, the changing nature of retail has resulted in several store closures, vacant retail spaces and changes of uses, all of which has been further accelerated by Covid-19; and

WHEREAS, the auto-oriented style of the majority of the development in the area has detrimental impacts on climate and the environment by encouraging driving through the overprovision of surface parking; and

WHEREAS, the Greater East Towne Area is planned to receive bus rapid transit service, which is an enhanced level of transit that is expected to further increase the demand for redevelopment within the planning area and reduce the area’s dependence on the automobile; and

WHEREAS, in November 2019, the Common Council adopted a resolution (Legistar File # 57900), authorizing the development of an area plan for the Greater East Towne Area; and
WHEREAS, the Greater East Towne Area Plan process utilized multiple public engagement activities that were adapted to seek input and feedback during a pandemic, in which traditional in-...

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