Truman Olson Moves Forward

TRUMAN OLSON GOES TO PLAN COMMISSION & UDC NEXT WEEK

The Truman Olson project at 1402 S. Park Street goes to Plan Commission next Monday, January 11. The agenda has been published and includes details as to how your can participate:

The City of Madison is holding this Plan Commission meeting virtually to help protect our community from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Important information regarding how to listen to or watch and participate in this meeting:

1. WRITTEN COMMENTS: You can send comments on agenda items to pccomments@cityofmadison.com. Comments received after 3:00 p.m. may not be added to the public record until after the meeting.

2. REGISTER BUT DO NOT SPEAK: You can register your support, opposition, or neither support or opposition to an agenda item without speaking at https://www.cityofmadison.com/MeetingRegistration.

3. REGISTER TO SPEAK or TO ANSWER QUESTIONS: If you wish to speak to an agenda item at the virtual meeting in support, opposition, or neither support or opposition, you MUST register. You can register at https://www.cityofmadison.com/MeetingRegistration. When you register to speak OR answer questions, you will be prompted to provide contact information so that you can be sent an email with the information you will need to join the virtual meeting.

4. WATCH THE MEETING: You can listen to or watch the Plan Commission meeting in several ways: • Livestream on the Madison City Channel website: https://media.cityofmadison.com/mediasite/showcase • Livestream on the City of Madison YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CityofMadison • Television: Watch live on Charter Digital 994 and AT&T U-Verse 99 • Listen to audio via phone: (877) 853-5257 (Toll Free) | Webinar ID: 982 1511 7168

Truman Olson then goes to the Urban Design Commission for final approval on January 13 at 4:30 PM.  To register public comments for UDC, you may email urbandesigncomments@cityofmadison.com.

This has been a group effort for two years, working with residents in South Madison to prevent an interruption of grocery services. In April of 2019, when I was first elected to Council, it appeared the Pick n' Save would be demolished by November of that year, eliminating the only full-service grocery store on the south side. We've made considerable progress since then, first convincing SSM to build their clinic on their own property on Fish Hatchery Rd, and the working with city staff to move quickly to secure a developer to build on the city-owned Truman Olson site.

Rule Enterprises out of Milwaukee, joined by Movin' Out based here in Madison, have submitted plans for a mixed use development featuring 150 units of much-needed afffordable housing and a full-service locally-owned grocery store.  A thorough neighborhood engagement process took place, with a survey, four steering committee meetings and four neighborhood meetings. It's worth noting the diversity of the development team, including a Black developer and a female developer, resulting in a unique public-private partnership including the City of Madison, a private-sector developer, and a non-profit developer.

I'm a strong supporter of this project. Please let me know what you think by emailing me at district13@cityomadison.com, and please consider participating in the approval process.

Take care and stay safe.

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