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File #: 79407    Version: 1 Name: Adopting the Northeast Area Plan Public Participation Plan
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/16/2023 In control: Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development
On agenda: 9/19/2023 Final action: 9/19/2023
Enactment date: 9/25/2023 Enactment #: RES-23-00589
Title: Adopting the Northeast Area Plan Public Participation Plan to guide the planning process in an equitable and inclusive manner and allow adoption of the Northeast Area Plan as an amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
Sponsors: Sabrina V. Madison, Derek Field, Charles Myadze, Amani Latimer Burris, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
Attachments: 1. NEAP_Final_Public participation_Plan_2023_AUG.pdf

Fiscal Note

$50,000 for area plan processes was included in the 2023 Planning Division operating budget. No additional City appropriation required.

 

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Adopting the Northeast Area Plan Public Participation Plan to guide the planning process in an equitable and inclusive manner and allow adoption of the Northeast Area Plan as an amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

 

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WHEREAS, the Common Council authorized the Planning Division to prepare the Northeast Area Plan in RES-23-00068 (File #74912), approved on January 17, 2023; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Planning Framework adopted under RES-22-00577 (File #71147) specifies that Framework Area Plans should comply with statutory requirements for amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan; and,

 

WHEREAS, Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Law (Sec. 66.1001 Wis. Stats.) requires that written procedures fostering public participation be adopted by the governing body; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Madison has prepared a public participation plan (attached) that includes tools and techniques to reach everyone including people who are typically underrepresented, and that is consistent with Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Law (Sec. 66.1001 Wis. Stats.), which shall allow the Common Council to consider adoption of the Northeast Area Plan as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Northeast Area Plan Public Participation Plan is adopted as a guide for engaging with planning area residents and other stakeholders, as required by Wis. Stats. Sec. 66.1001.