City of Oak Creek
Common Council Report
Meeting Date: June 1, 2004
Item No.: 8
Recommendation: That the Council authorize staff
to release a request for proposals for consultant services for planning of the 27th Street corridor.
Background: On May 19, 2004, the Community
Development Authority’s
for the cities of Oak
Creek and Franklin met to further discuss the
preparation of a development plan for the S. 27th Street corridor. Additional information on this request is
contained in the attached memo.
At that
meeting, and after considerable discussion about the scope of this initial
plan, the CDA’s voted to proceed along three different, yet related fronts.
- Oak
Creek and Franklin will jointly release a RFP for
a consultant to prepare a grant application to the State for financial
assistance in the preparation of a “Smart Growth” comprehensive plan for
the City of Franklin. As part of that effort, an
update to the City of Oak Creek’s
already adopted “Smart Growth” plan for the 27th Street corridor would be proposed.
- A
second RFP would be released jointly by the two Cities for a consultant to
study land uses and to prepare a plan to develop unified development
standards for both sides of the entire 27th Street corridor.
- The
proposal to jointly undertake a detailed study of the corridor immediately
adjacent to Northwestern Mutual Life was withdrawn, allowing Oak Creek to
move forward independently on the preparation of a specific plan for this
high priority area. The request for proposals for this detailed plan on
the Oak Creek side has already been approved
for release by the Common
Council. (Note:
Franklin will be requesting a similar
detailed plan for lands abutting 27th and Oakwood in their community.)
Fiscal
Impact: The cost
will be negotiated with the firm(s) selected to complete the plans. No funds
have been set aside for these additional service requests.
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Prepared by:
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Respectfully Submitted by:
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Doug Seymour, AICP
Director of Community Development
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Beverly A. Buretta, CMC
City Clerk
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