City of Madison - File #: 76399

• File #: 76399
• Version: 1
• Name: Hawthorne-Truax Neighborhood Plan
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/22/2023
• In control: PLAN COMMISSION
• On agenda: 2/28/2023
• Final action: 3/21/2023
• Enactment date: 3/24/2023
• Enactment #: RES-23-00270
• Title: Adopting the Hawthorne-Truax Neighborhood Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan
• Sponsors: Erik Paulson, Barbara Vedder

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/21/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Unanimously	Pass
3/13/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
3/9/2023	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
3/8/2023	1	BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
3/6/2023	1	TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND PLANNING BOARD - ended 3/2023
3/2/2023	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
2/28/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
2/28/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
2/28/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
2/28/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
2/28/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
2/22/2023	1	Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Adopting the Hawthorne-Truax Neighborhood Plan as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan
Body
WHEREAS the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan (2018) recommends the preparation of sub-area plans for established residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan established a vision and policies to guide future growth such as concentrating the highest intensity growth on transit corridors, improving pedestrian and bicycle networks, creating complete neighborhoods with a wider mix of housing and building vibrant and inviting places; and
WHEREAS the Common Council adopted Resolution 22-00146 (ID 69493) on February 22, 2022 authorizing the Planning Division to prepare an update to the Carpenter-Ridgeway-Hawthorne-Sycamore-MacArthur-Truax Neighborhood Plan (2001) for the Hawthorne-Truax area to better reflect current conditions and community needs and to align with the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Committee designated the Hawthorne-Truax area (portions of Census Tracts 25.0, 26.01 and 26.02) as a CDBG eligible neighborhood, with higher concentration of low- and moderate- income residents, for the purposes of providing planning assistance and to facilitate deeper public engagement and guide future neighborhood investments; and
WHEREAS, Planning Division staff facilitated a robust public participation process, holding more than 25 meetings and other engagement activities with neighborhood residents, stakeholders and a Community Partners Group, soliciting community feedback on issues and reviewing draft plan materials, with public comments that centered on the need for affordable housing, community services, and placemaking; and
WHEREAS, over the last 5 years Madison grew 50% faster than projected in the Comprehensive Plan, adding approximately 4,000 new residents per year, and new housing construction must keep pace with population growth to re...