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2120 Fish Hatchery Road · Madison, Wisconsin 53713-1253 General Business Office: (608) 210-7260 · Fax: (608) 210 -7236 www.town.madison.wi.us Town of Madison August 26, 2008 Dane County Zoning & Land Regulations Committee Mr. Roger Lane, Zoning Administrator City-County Building, Room 116 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Madison, WI 53703 RE: Preliminary Plat of Novation Campus II The Town of Madison and the City of Fitchburg have entered into a memorandum of agreement whereby the Town agreed to create a Southdale neighborhood plan and a Novation Campus Comprehensive Development Plan (COP). The neighborhood plan, which is now in draft form, provides the framework and general design considerations for infrastructure improvements on a larger neighborhood scale. The COP, which was developed in conjunction with preliminary engineering for the roadways, provides more detailed planning for the Novation Campus within the framework of the neighborhood plan. Further, the CDP, a traffic study and the resulting engineering were developed in cooperation with City of Fitchburg planning and public works departments as well as the Dane County Highway Department. Thus, the CDP, the traffic study and the resulting engineering, rather than the neighborhood plan, should be viewed as the guide to development of Novation Campus II. Right-of-Way (ROW) Width The draft neighborhood plan shows one "potential" cross section with a 75' right-of-way (ROW) to include the ability in certain desired areas to provide angled and parallel parking. However, a neighborhood plan cannot provide the detail that is required to address all conditions for every roadway. Since angle parking in combination with parallel parking will only be provided in select areas, the Town and the developer agreed to a 70 foot ROW on Novation Parkway and Synergy Street with the ability to place the sidewalk in a public easement to accommodate this condition where desired. The public sidewalk easement was discussed and shown on preliminary engineering plans provided to City of Fitchburg staff to which there was no objection. The 70' ROW will be adequate for locations where angle parking and parallel parking is desired with a portion of the public sidewalk within a public easement. However, the 70' ROW will be satisfactory for all other conditions with the sidewalk within the ROW. Since no angle parking is anticipated on Venture Drive, the Town and the developer agreed to a sixty-six foot ROW. The ROW widths for all roads in the plat were approved by the City of Fitchburg Plan Commission on August 5 and Common Council August ] 2, which has Page I