Nan
Fey, Chairperson
This special committee appointed by the Board of Directors discusses
planning issues that have an impact on the neighborhood. It functions as the
interface between the RNA and local planning entities. General membership
input comes through the standing committees.
Joint West Campus Area Committee (JWCAC)
UW update
Lot 76 Parking Ramp
Picnic Point Power Plant
A member of the Strategic Planning Committee sits
on the JWCAC which includes representatives from the campus, neighborhood
associations, and the city of Madison. Topics discussed are described below
in a report from the latest meeting.
UW update
Camp Randall Memorandum of Understanding When the University of Wisconsin
decided to renovate Camp Randall Stadium, a long process of meetings and discussions
began with the surrounding neighborhoods and city commissions.
The City of Madison ultimately approved rezoning the property for the stadium
renovation, subject to a set of 51 conditions. The most significant condition
requires that a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) be developed between
the Athletic Department and the four neighborhoods surrounding Camp Randall
regarding stadium operations on event days.
A committee with representatives from the Regent, Vilas, Greenbush, and Dudgeon-Monroe
Neighborhood Associations, City of Madison Police, and several UW departments
has been meeting for months to discuss these issues. The goal of the MOU is
not to spell out the details of what the UW does at every game/event. It is
to be a general document describing the areas of concern and memorializing
the UW’s and neighborhoods’ commitment to work together to address
problems in those areas.
Details of how that happens will be agreed on each year at regularly scheduled
meetings. They will be included in management plans the UW uses for stadium
operations and transportation (and perhaps other plans if the need arises).
For example, the MOU will acknowledge concerns about "commercialism on
Breese Terrace," but the details of how these concerns are addressed
will be contained in the Permission in Streets application that the UW must
present to the City with input from the neighbors.
“External security” involving residents of Breese Terrace is beyond
the scope of the MOU, but it remains an important problem which needs to be
resolved before the 2003 football season begins. Committee participants received
a draft MOU in December. Final approval of the document is anticipated in
early 2003.
Lot 76 Parking Ramp
The UW has proposed building a 1285 space parking ramp next to the Nielsen
Tennis Stadium on the current site of Lot 76. A meeting of neighbors generated
a list of concerns including:
• location in an environmentally sensitive area
• lack of important improvements at neighborhood intersections
• insufficient time to see whether recent TDM efforts can reduce the
need for the facility
• lack of a campus Transportation Master Plan, and
• the need to plan and pay for mitigation of the traffic impacts caused
by developments on the West Campus.
These concerns were submitted to the Joint West Campus
Area Committee (JWCAC) in November.
Project construction is proposed to be in two phases: 880 spaces in Phase
I, and 425 more in Phase II. JWCAC will discuss at its January meeting what
criteria the UW must meet for permission to build Phase II. The criteria will
be part of the committee’s report to the City on the project. The UW
will submit the project to the City of Madison in January. Public hearings
will follow, providing opportunities for additional neighborhood.
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