Madison's Common Council took one step closer Tuesday night to completing the legislative process of the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment project as members approved an agreement to regulate public access to the hotel's terrace.
The agreement passed after Ald. Julia Kerr, District 13, added an amendment concerning event management at the hotel. The amendment stated during certain events managers may restrict the shoreline to a number of people approved by the city of Madison Fire Marshall and city inspection.
Ald. Judy Compton, District 16, was the only alder present to vote against the motion.
Council members voted to eliminate several other conditions the Plan Commission set.
Amy Supple of Hammes Co., the redevelopers of the Edgewater, said it has been a long but good process.
Addressing the potential noise problems, Supple said the Edgewater's primary goal was is to have people sleep at the hotel and said they will be even stricter on noise policies than the Madison city ordinance.
Council members also voted in favor of the creation of a Tax Incremental Financing District in the Mansion Hill and James Madison Park neighborhoods.
The neighborhoods are now a part of the Tax Incremental District 32, which includes some of the upper portion of State Street.
The program would help people who are interested in buying and redeveloping a multi-unit property and converting it into a property consisting of one to three units.
Ald. Jed Sanborn, District 1, who opposed the plan, said the program should be killed.
Also at the meeting, Steven Cover was confirmed for a five-year term as the Director of Planning and Community and Economic Development. Cover previously worked at Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, an architecture firm, in Atlanta, Ga.
""One of … my goals is to make sure the Planning Division and the Economic Division work very closely together, work well together and come up with some top notch solutions for the city,"" Cover said.
Council members unanimously approved plans for the construction of a 63-unit apartment building at 1012 Fish Hatchery Rd.
