tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281050122011-04-21T22:40:27.903-07:00Have you ever tried to find a needle in a haystack? If so, you know how we felt on our search for Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) homes in Madison. We found empty fields, construction equipment, a pile of rocks, and even a few Port-A-Potties where we expected IZ homes to be.Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1155325695866791802006-08-11T12:07:00.001-07:002006-08-11T12:48:22.856-07:00

This morning, the Inclusionary Zoning Oversight Committee had its first meeting. At the meeting, we reviewed recent changes, clarified some things about the ordinance and set our agenda and next meeting dates.We decided to meet every other week for 2 hours at 8 am on Fridays. The next two dates are August 25th and September 8th. Our agenda items for the next two meetings are as follows:Aug

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1155323640672306772006-08-11T12:07:00.000-07:002006-08-11T12:14:00.713-07:00

This morning, the Inclusionary Zoning Oversight Committee had its first meeting. At the meeting, we reviewed recent changes, clarified some things about the ordinance and set our agenda and next meeting dates.We decided to meet every other week for 2 hours at 8 am on Fridays. The next two dates are August 25th and September 8th. Our agenda items for the next two meetings are as follows:Aug

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1155224952221211852006-08-10T08:47:00.000-07:002006-08-10T08:49:12.233-07:00

From Attorney May: The Court of Appeals ruled today (3-0) that Madison's inclusionary zoning ordinance is preempted by the state law that prohibits rent control. This decision only impacts the rental housing portion of the ordinance; the owner-occupied portion remains in effect. I plan to file a petition for review of this decision with the State Supreme Court. The petition is

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1155217747685781572006-08-10T06:48:00.000-07:002006-08-10T06:49:07.693-07:00

You can find it here.

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1154917848014011662006-08-06T19:29:00.000-07:002006-08-06T19:30:48.023-07:00

IZ ADVISORY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEEFriday, August 11, 20068:00 AM215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Madison Municipal Building)Room 280 (room subject to change, confirmation pending)CALL TO ORDERROLL CALLWELCOME AND REVIEW OF COMMITTEE CHARGEELECTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRREVIEW OF ORDINANCE REVISIONS (2006/08-A1 and 2006/08-A2)REVIEW OF DRAFT POLICIES DOCUMENT (2006/08-B) Includes 2 alternatives on

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152994741138938242006-07-15T13:18:00.000-07:002006-07-16T14:22:07.873-07:00

Inclusionary Zoning will only work if we work on it together. After the vote on Tuesday night, apparently Phil Salkin from the Realtors said that they would stand behind the ordinance now and wanted to make it work. (I'm not sure I believe them, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.) And, in email exchanges with another person in the leadership of the Realtors, they told me the same thing.

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152886099797842482006-07-14T07:04:00.000-07:002006-07-14T07:09:31.306-07:00

Next steps on Inslusionary Zoning . . .1. Do a Housing Needs Study2. Form an Oversight Committee3. Have the City do some marketing of the Inclusionary Zoning program (Alder Cnare has some good ideas and is working on a resolution)And, of course, we still need to explore other housing programs to assist those who need housing at lower incomes.

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152710560729672372006-07-12T06:06:00.000-07:002006-07-12T06:22:40.783-07:00

As I noted last night, there are so many people to thank for helping to create and ordinance that three-quarters of the Common Council could vote for and will help ensure that the 500 units that have been approved will finally be sold. And that the 200 - 300 units per year that we expect will get into the hands of people who need this housing. Here is just the beginning of the list of people to

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152623160409754402006-07-11T06:02:00.000-07:002006-07-11T06:06:00.426-07:00

My best summary of the changes from last night's plan commission meeting are as follows:Provides for the "offsets" to be off by plus or minus 5%. i.e. not 100% offsetting to account for the pragmatic realities of development.Changes the language regarding a density bonus to ensure that all plans are taken into consideration when this section is used.Changes the "bump out" period. Units can't

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152533742735023782006-07-10T05:03:00.000-07:002006-07-10T05:17:00.180-07:00

So, people walked away from the table because some of us wisely pointed out that "100% offsetting" sounded good, but wasn't very pragmatic. The good Alder Zach Brandon promised to give us an example of what this would look like in real life . . . that never happened . . . I believe the good alder walked away from discussions as well . . .Regardless, we've come up with a system to provide

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152512991593498772006-07-09T23:20:00.000-07:002006-07-09T23:32:42.986-07:00

Zach Brandon is working hard to convince readers of his blog that Madison doesn't need Inclusionary Zoning because there is plenty of affordable housing available. Of course, anyone who has tried to rent or buy a home in Madison knows just how hard it is to find affordable housing.Yesterday, Zach evaluated the average property assessments for various areas of Madison for affordability. He claims:

pmnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152272502427891322006-07-07T04:38:00.000-07:002006-07-09T09:48:41.603-07:00

List of 7/6/2006 Preliminary Plan Commission Recommendations to Changing the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance.(Note: It is entirely possible that I missed something as the Plan Commission meeting ended about 7.5 hours ago and I haven't had much sleep and my notes were relatively messy, even for me!)1. Change the current equity model. Owner earns equity based on the amount they pay toward the home.

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152104938071804472006-07-05T06:01:00.000-07:002006-07-05T06:10:11.366-07:00

I keep getting told that its not the developers that are the problem with the marketing, but I got this email from someone. This developer has less than 5 units, and this is the 2nd complaint I have heard from someone who (I think) eventually purchased a unit. It took 21 days for this other person to get their offer accepted, mostly because the developer thought that when their first marketing

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1152038986698568582006-07-04T14:37:00.000-07:002006-07-04T14:44:27.573-07:00

Last October 31st, just before we could get our changes introduced to the Common Council, Jed Sanborn (along with Compton, Thomas and Skidmore, later joined by Brandon and VanRooy) introduced repeal of the City of Madison's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. In November, the changes we (Mayor Dave, Konkel, King, Webber, Verveer, Olson, Benford, Gruber) had been working on since May 2005 were finally

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1151930735125403512006-07-03T05:35:00.000-07:002006-07-03T09:39:28.510-07:00

Have you heard these ads on the radio?When you buy a house through Madison's Inclusionary Zoning Program or IZ as its called, everything’s not included.Like those of us making less than $50,000 a year, we're not included.At nearly $200,000 these so called affordable homes are out of reach for me.Also not included, the 700 homes already for sale in Madison that cost less than most of the IZ homes.

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1151500756611230312006-06-28T06:08:00.000-07:002006-06-28T06:19:16.623-07:00

We had an interesting Plan Commission meeting last night and made some progress on Inclusionary Zoning. We essentially made 3 decisions worth noting:MARKETING (AND MARKETING PLANS AND RECAPTURING INCENTIVES)We decided to eliminate the marketing period altogether. In other words, the units could no longer "bump out" of the IZ program due to the marketing period expiring. This was done so that

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1149768617024443822006-06-08T04:39:00.000-07:002006-06-08T05:13:25.746-07:00

People have asked what caused me to get mad at Alder Brandon at Tuesday night's Common Council meeting and ask "Are you calling me a liar?" . . . so I thought I would explain . . .Apparently, several people made some "deal" about not fixing IZ piecemeal. I was never one of those people. In fact, I didn't know that some people explicitly made that deal. I knew people were talking about it and

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1149595462835072812006-06-06T04:57:00.000-07:002006-06-06T05:04:22.860-07:00

Last night during the plan commission meeting we considered the ordinance that would address Twin Homes and "IZ-free" Zones. During the meeting I attempted a re-write of the ordinance based on the discussion at the plan commission and with the understanding that we would eliminate the point system. What follows is the memo I wrote the plan commission and staff last night/this morning.As I noted

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1149483019641633582006-06-04T21:41:00.000-07:002006-06-04T21:50:19.653-07:00

This is part of the memo I recently wrote for the plan commission. Full memo with ordinance with notes on Legistar. (Links not currently working.) 1. Simplification of the Equity Model Issues: None, plan commission passed ordinance resolving this issue. 2. Marketing Issues: a. Should there be a marketing period?b. If no, how can/should we assist with ensuring eventual sale of IZ units (e.g.

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1149478032606651852006-06-04T20:26:00.000-07:002006-06-04T20:43:32.933-07:00

No Kidding. I was a little stunned when my boyfriend showed me an ad in the Isthmus for a $197,900 one bedroom condo downtown and the ad says "Income limits apply. Not IZ."I'm not sure which program allows a $197,900 one bedroom and has income limits . . . but that program sure makes IZ look good. The most IZ would allow the person to pay for a one bedroom this quarter would be $130,038 and

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147932086581161152006-05-17T22:40:00.000-07:002006-05-17T23:10:35.640-07:00

I've been blogging since last November and have written several posts on Inclusionary Zoning. I thought I'd post them all here, for ease of reference.May 2006Fixing IZ - PiecemealNo Response from Smart Growth MadisonFixing IZ by Just Saying "No"(Still Not) Finding IZApril 2006Downtown Land of LuxuryMABA takes ball and goes homeMarch 2006Inclusionary Alternative Proposal David Rusk's Lessons on

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147654366304863282006-05-14T21:10:00.000-07:002006-05-15T12:39:58.113-07:00

The search for IZ begins...Those who support repealing Madison's Inclusionary Zoning law claim that no one wants to purchase the affordable homes created through this program. After an initial marketing period, during which time a developer is required to make a good faith effort to sell the IZ units, the homes are bumped out of the program and may be sold at market rate. One of the flaws in the

pmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147657863497307632006-05-14T20:55:00.000-07:002006-05-14T18:55:31.926-07:00

Hawk's Meadow... The lovely homes pictured on the left are located in Hawks Meadow, a Tim McKenzie development on Midtown Road on Madison's west side. It took us quite a while to find the development because we were looking for something more than a sign. After all, these homes have been on the market for more than 8 months, so we thought there might be something more than an empty field here.

pmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147664736356028062006-05-14T20:41:00.000-07:002006-05-14T22:17:26.700-07:00

Blackhawk LoftsIt's spring 2006 and these units don't quite look like they are available . . . despite what the sign says . . .These units by Urban Solutions located at 9320 Old Sauk Rd were marketed last summer starting on July 6, 2005 and then bumped out of the inclusionary zoning program on March 2, 2006. All of the units were 2 bedroom units. The 3 units at 80% were available at $154,4052 and

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147662305357636122006-05-14T20:01:00.000-07:002006-05-18T15:57:51.933-07:00

Hilldale RowWhile some IZ units have been built at Hilldale . . .Others have not . . .But all of them have been marketed . . . and bumped out of the Inclusionary Zoning program. Despite the fact that in one weekend, 200 people showed up to inquire about inclusionary zoning units after there was an article in the Wisconsin State Journal . . . only one of the not-so-available units have been

Brenda Konkelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147661207073830542006-05-14T20:00:00.000-07:002006-05-14T21:08:51.640-07:00

Cardinal Glen...Cardinal Glen, a Veridian Development on the southwest side was not too hard to find, even without a map, as the classic Veridian green signs let us know where it was and that a model was open for our viewing pleasure. We did not have the addresses or lot numbers of the IZ homes in this particular development, so we decided to stop into the office and ask. The realtor told us only

pmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147664821104413122006-05-14T19:52:00.000-07:002006-05-14T21:06:00.020-07:00

Southern Ridge...We were looking for 5 IZ homes when we arrived at Southern Ridge, a Gorman and Company/Wasserberg development located off Midtown Road. We easily found the sign marking the development but finding the IZ homes was not so easy. We expected to see two 3-bedroom and three 4-bedroom IZ homes. We had the addresses and lot numbers, so locating the houses should be easy, but that wasn't

pmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28105012.post-1147661027276862832006-05-14T19:35:00.000-07:002006-05-14T20:27:44.480-07:00

Pine Hill FarmsThese beautiful mud inspired units are provided by Holley Development and located just off of Valley View Rd. These units were marketed since October 14, 2005 and they bump out of the inclusionary zoning program in about a month on June 21, 2006.These units are all available at 80% AMI. The 3 - three bedrooms are available at $184, 687. The 3 - four bedrooms are available at $208,

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