January 2020
IN THIS EDITION
  • Year-end reflections + survey results
  • Waubesa Wetlands Watershed Report
  • Mazomanie comp plan update + CARPC planning services
  • Traveling back in time through land use maps
  • January Commission actions
REGIONAL UPDATES
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NEWS FROM AROUND
THE REGION
Stay up to date with our roundup of planning and development news from around the region.
YEAR-END REFLECTIONS ON A GREATER MADISON VISION
Last year, we explored and shared the results of the A Greater Madison Vision survey. Learn how these results informed CARPC's work in 2019 and shaped our priorities moving into 2020. 
SURVEY RESULTS: LAND USE GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Results from our recent Land Use Goals & Objectives Survey indicate that Dane County community representatives largely agree on the draft land use goals and objectives prepared for CARPC's Regional Development Plan update.
WATER RESOURCES
WAUBESA WETLANDS WATERSHED REPORT
A new report from UW-Madison's Water Resources Management program summarizes a project to assess land use impacts and promote community engagement in the Waubesa Wetlands watershed. The report provides recommendations based on findings from ecosystem services assessments, water quality monitoring, modeling, and community engagement activities.
COMMUNITY PLANNING
VILLAGE OF MAZOMANIE SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT
One of CARPC's 2020 community assistance projects will be providing support to the Village of Mazomanie's comprehensive plan update in partnership with CCL Consulting. The update process began this week with the launch of a community survey mailed to Village residents and property owners.
CARPC'S PLANNING ASSISTANCE MENU
Is your community planning an activity or initiative that could benefit from CARPC support? Take a look at our Community Planning Assistance Menu for more information on our planning, event support, mapping, data, and other services.
DATA & MAPPING
BLAST FROM THE PAST: 50 YEARS OF LAND USE MAPPING
In the summer of 1970 , the Dane County RPC employed five UW-Madison students to conduct an inventory of all land uses in the county. A half century later, an online web map of the resulting 1970s Land Use Survey has been added to the CARPC Open Data Portal . Click below to see how things have changed over the last 50 years.
COMMISSION ACTIVITIES
AT THE JANUARY 9TH MEETING, CARPC COMMISSIONERS...
  • Elected Larry Palm, Peter McKeever, Kris Hampton, and Mark Geller as Officers

  • Appointed Larry Palm, Peter McKeever, Kris Hampton, Mark Geller, David Pfeiffer, and Maureen Crombie as Executive Committee Members

  • Reappointed Larry Palm as Executive Chairperson
  • Renewed the water quality management planning assistance agreement with the US Geological Survey and the Cities of Madison and Middleton

  • Agreed to provide mapping services to the Towns of Sun Prairie, Bristol, Springfield, Blue Mounds, Berry, and Westport
NEXT CARPC MEETING
February 13, 2020 @ 6:00pm
Windsor Elementary School
4352 Windsor Road
Windsor, WI 53598