Change is coming, will it be all that we want it to be?
Monday, April 18, 2011
4:30 PM COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT (Cancelled) ROOM 103A CCB
6:30 PM MADISON WATER UTILITY 149 WAUBESA ST
– This is the citizen’s advisory committee for the East Side
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
12:00 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
– At noon they will say good-bye to the old council (Jed Sanborn, Bryon Eagon, Judy Compton, Michael Schumacher and Thuy Pham-Remmele) and Mayor, then swear-in the new council (Lisa Subeck, Scott Resnick, Jill Johnson, Anita Weier and Matt Phair) and mayor. They will also elect the new council president and pro tem.
– At 6:30 they will have their first council meeting
– Rezoning conservancy land to manufacturing on Troy Drive
– Alder committee appointments (no link, but the initial list is here)
– Undergrounding utilities on Willy St.
– Study on rooftop garden for library
– Adding half a million dollars to the budget for the police training facility
– $250,000 for public market planning
– Declaring end to emergency to repair bus shelter roofs. (Hmm, what was the emergency? A new way to get around bidding?)
– Economic Development plan for 2011, a few months late. I guess it is not a priority, or wasn’t.
– Landlord registration lite
12:15 PM BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, CONVEYANCE CODE AND LICENSING APPEALS BOARD ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Porch railings and fire escapes
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
1:00 PM WOMEN’S ISSUES COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– Art, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day and Budget Repair Bill discussion
1:30 PM SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Cancelled) 330 W. MIFFLIN ST.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
12:00 PM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
– Existing Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) Ordinance
– Mortgage Insurance: How the AHTF may be used as a guarantee
4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
– Sustainability Plan
– Mowing Policies for Better Stewardship of Stormwater Lands.
4:30 PM LANDLORD AND TENANT ISSUES SUBCOMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
– Stronger enforcement of Chapter 32
– Reviewing the guest policy ordinance
5:00 PM LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Reviewing the TIP (Transportation Improvement Program) – this is where transportation projects get started, if the project isn’t here, it won’t get funded
– Sustainability Plan
5:30 PM NEW ALDER ORIENTATION SESSION 3: PLANNING & COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROOM 201 CCB
5:30 PM ZONING CODE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 330 W MIFFLIN ST, ROOMS 1 and 2
– Downtown Zoning District
Brenda, maybe I don’t understand the issue here, but it seems wrong to rezone conservancy land for manufacturing unless we’re getting something of equal or better size and quality to put into conservancy. Otherwise, won’t we end up just developing all of our conservancy & not having any open space to absorb storm water & provide habitat? I don’t necessarily have a problem with that particular site being developed, if we get something equal or better in return, but it seems wrong to just develop conservancy willy-nilly.
Doug, I think you understand it perfectly well!