Development

Development on Littlemore

admin — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:02:26 -0700

Start: 06/11/2008 - 18:30

End: 06/11/2008 - 20:00

Please join interested neighbors and Alder Lauren Cnare for a meeting with local developers about a proposed apartment development on Littlemore Dr. on Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30 pm in Room 103 at Door Creek Church. Approved at the macro, or General Development Plan, phase, this project is being detailed for approval at Specific Implementation Plan phase. The lot is bounded by East Hill on the western edge; Littlemore on the northern edge. The bike/pedestrian gravel path borders the south and sort of western edges. Over three years, the project will provide 6 two and three-story buildings with a pool and clubhouse for a total of 164 apartments. Please come to share your thoughts about the design and placement on the site.

Review of Master Plan for Door Creek Park

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:29:16 -0800

Start: 03/06/2008 - 19:00

End: 03/06/2008 - 20:00

Madison Parks Division staff will present plans for a new community park to serve the growing population on the east side of Madison. Door Creek Park is a 115-acre park, located east of the interstate, between Milwaukee Street and County Highway BB in the Door Creek Neighborhood. Door Creek Park is a large community park that has been in the planning and acquisition stage since 1990. The Master Plan for the park include both active and passive recreation typical for Madison’s large parks: athletic fields, playgrounds, picnic areas and shelters, tennis and basketball courts, shore fishing, winter ice skating and ski trails, winter and summer trails both linking to Dane County’s regional trail system.

The attached article appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, February 23, 2008.

Royster Clark Property

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:55:54 -0800

A Public Planning Meeting for the future of the old Royster Clark Fertilizer Plant on the Corner of Cottage Grove and Dempsey Roads was held on Monday, November 5 at Whitehorse Middle School. Planning for what to do on this site is just in its infancy.

Although the site is still owned by Agrium Corp, there is a purchase agreement in place to sell it to Michale Hershberger of Urban Solutions, a Madison-based real estate development firm. They don't have any plans for the site and this meeting was an opportunity to brain storm with the neighbors for ideas. There are going to be some challenges with this project namely the high cost of demolition and environmental issues. A market feasibility study will be done. More information is available on the Royster Clark Special Area Plan website.

MMSD - Sprecher School Estates

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:18:36 -0800

On May 16, the neighborhood association received the preliminary plat plan for the large lot bordered by Dominion, Wyalusing and Sprecher. This is parcel number 071012213014 which is currently owned by the school district. The proposed name for that area is MMSD-Sprecher School Estates.

The plat extends Herndon from Wyalusing Drive to Dominion through the lot. This, in part, divides up the lot into 11 smaller lots as follows:

Lot 1: Fire Station (corner of Sprecher and Wyalusing)
Lots 2-10: Single Family Residential. Within these proposed new lots are existing lots where there are currently two houses. One of those houses is in the Town of Blooming Grove and the other is labeled as the City of Madison and First Addition to Reston Heights Lot 247.
Lot: 11: School. This is the large area that would be between the "new" Herndon Drive and the park.

The property to be rezoned is located at 651 South Sprecher Rd.

Ordinance File #07735

The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

Paragraph 3317 of Subdivision (a) of Subsection (2) of Section 28.06 of the Madison General Ordinances is hereby created to read as follows:

"28.06(2)(a)3317. The following described property is hereby omitted from A Agriculture, R2 Single-Family Residence District, R3 Single-Family and Two-Family Residence District and R4 General Residence Districts and added to the R2 Single-Family Residence District:

Lot 248, First Addition to Reston Heights, City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, containing 20.756 acres."

The preliminary plat is available on the City's Planning and Development website.