The City Week Ahead.

I kept getting distracted this morning . . . but here it is, finally!

Monday, October 3, 2011
8:00 AM MADISON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HOUSING COMMITTEE 550 W WASHINGTON AVE, BOARDROOM
– Good to see them talking housing and expansion plans! (no links)

4:45 PM EOC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROOM 523 CCB
– Voter ID
– SB 107 – landlord legislation wiping out local EOC laws (Note: this seems on hold, perhaps because Lasee and Fitzgerald are thinking about running for Kohl’s Senate seat?)
Housing is a Human Right
(sorry, they have funny links on these agendas)

4:45 PM LANDMARKS COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
Plans for one house in James Madison Park
Ordinance revisions – most interesting . . .vinyl and aluminum, should it be allowed in historic districts?

5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 201 CCB
Not much . . . seems like feast or famine for these folks.
Plans for one house in James Madison Park
Royster Clark Demolition

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
12:00 PM LANDMARKS COMMISSION 1112 SPAIGHT STREET
– Tour of this property

1:00 PM MADISON WATER UTILITY 1600 EMIL STREET, TRAINING ROOM
– Water Quality Technical Committee Reports and Updates on monitoring results (ioc,voc,soc), east side water supply, chromium, Well 13 wellhead protection plan.
– Groundwater monitoring at University Crossing
(no links – this seems like an important committee to have details available to the public)

4:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– Legislative Update
– Changes to Comprehensive Plans
(no useful links)

4:30 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JOINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & CAPITAL REVOLVING FUND SUBCOMMITTEES ROOM 313 MMB
– They seem to put everything on the agenda with no details, just updates.
– Discussion of potential joint venture structure for the construction and sale of homes in Allied Drive Phase 2 (aka Mosaic Ridge) (no links)

5:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE 211 S CARROLL ST, ROOM GR-22 (CCB)
– Creating laws to deal with conceal carry.

5:30 PM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMISSION ROOM LL-120 MMB
– Mostly updates

6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
– I’ll do a separate post on this, but it will likely have to wait until tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
12:00 PM PERSONNEL BOARD ROOM 103A CCB
– Reclassifications (City Channel, Community Development, Police, Water and Planning)
New Personnel rules

3:00 PM HALLOWEEN BUSINESS INFORMATION MEETING 1 W DAYTON ST
– Logistics and details for business owners from the BID

4:00 PM NEW DRAFT ZONING MAP OPEN HOUSE 945 EDGEWOOD COLLEGE DR
– I haven’t heard a thing about how people are reacting to these maps . . . seems oddly quiet . . .

4:00 PM SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND ENERGY COMMITTEE ROOM LL-120 MMB
– Still working on their plan.

4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
Making noise
– $70K in change orders
– Not many links or information – take a look to see if anything is in your neighborhood.

4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
Ale Asylum – not on E Wash, but in Larry Palm’s district
– Final approval for the University Ave/Whitney Way project

5:00 PM HOUSING COMMITTEE (Cancelled) ROOM 260 MMB
– Go figure. I’m losing my patience, this is just more of the same crap. Will housing ever be taken seriously by our city government? What is the plan to change things? Or isn’t there one?

5:30 PM COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 119 E OLIN AVE
– They never finished the review of last year’s process and here they are looking at this year’s budget. Non-profits have lots of concerns and want to meet about it but keep getting pushed back. This is going to be a disaster if the Mayor goes back on the contracts and opens them up. Looks like they are poised to discuss it if necessary.
– Updates, including Neighborhood Center updates
– No links, of course.

7:00 PM MADISON AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD ROOM 351 CCB
– Public Hearing on Draft Congestion Management Process for the Madison Metropolitan Planning Area
Written comments or requests to extend the comment period should be sent by October 5 to the MPO office at 121 S. Pinckney St., Suite 400, Madison, WI 53703 or e-mailed to wschaefer@cityofmadison.com.
– Resolution TPB No. 54 Regarding Amendment #6 to the 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program for the Madison Area & Dane County
This is where they decide if projects get working on or not – here’s a list of things they will consider

– Job Ride Program, Continue provision of employment transportation for low-income persons in 2012
– Beltline (Fish Hatchery Rd. Interchange), Ramp improvements in 2012 [Cost revision]
– Beltline (Old Sauk Rd. to Mineral Point Rd.), Add auxiliary lanes [Const. moved from 2012 to 2013]
– Interstate 39/90 (USH 12/18 to CTH B), Roadway maintenance on SB lanes in 2012 [NEW]
– Interstate 39/90/94 (USH 51 Overpass Structures), Bridge deck replacements in 2012 [Cost revision]
– Interstate 39/90/94 (Lien Rd. to USH 51), Resurfacing in 2012 [Minor cost revision]
– USH 18/151 (Verona Rd.) (CTH PD Intersection), Add turn lanes in 2012 [Minor cost revision]
– USH 18/151 (Verona Rd.) (CTH PD Intersection), Reconstruct to interchange [Revise PE funding, move to 2011]
– USH 12 (Millpond Rd. Intersection), Improve intersection [NEW, PE funding in 2012]
– USH 12 (CTH K Intersection), Improve intersection [NEW, PE funding in 2012]
– USH 14 (Stagecoach Rd. to Twin Valley Rd.), Recondition, widen shoulders, add turn lanes [NEW, PE $ in 2012]
– STH 19/Main St. (Holiday Dr to Division St), Resurfacing, install roundabout at STH 113 [Chg. limits, cost revision]
– STH 138 (USH 51 to USH 14), Corridor preservation/access management study in 2012-’14 [NEW]
– CTH D/Fish Hatchery Rd. (Emil St. to Wingra Dr.), Pavement replacement in 2012 [Minor cost revision]
– CTH PB (Sugar River-Branch Creek Bridge), Bridge replacement in 2013 [NEW]
– Mineral Point Rd./CTH S (Junction/CTH M Intersection), Reconstruct, expand intersection in 2012-‘13 [Cost revision bet. the two phases]
– University Ave./CTH MS (Segoe Rd. to Allen Blvd.), Reconstruction in 2012 [Cost revision]
– Monona Dr. (Winnequah to Cottage Grove Rd.), Reconstruction in 2012 [Minor cost revision]
– CTH PB (Badger Mill Creek Bridge), Bridge replacement [NEW, PE in 2012]

Thursday, October 6, 2011
4:00 PM NEW DRAFT ZONING MAP OPEN HOUSE 2401 ATWOOD AVE
– 6th district is doing their own

4:30 PM MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD 201 W MIFFLIN ST, ROOM 201
– Presentation on Development of 100 block of State St. – George Austin
– Approval of Concealed Carry Signs in Library – Atty. Marci Paulsen
– Updates and reports
(No links to anything relevant)

5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
Housing is a Human Right
Annual Plan
Local Jobs Plan?
– Neighborhood Center funding process
– 2012 Budget – they don’t seem prepared to start making recommendations like the Community Services Committee is

5:00 PM EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION APPEALS COMMITTEE ROOM LL-120 MMB
– Hearing an appeal on one case

5:00 PM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Homeowners who have to follow the rules unlike the Edgewater.

5:15 PM STATE STREET DESIGN PROJECT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
Removing the benches . . . to get rid of the homeless/unwanted

6:30 PM COMMITTEE MEMBER TRAINING ROOM GR 22 CCB
– I hope people go to this and I hope it is done well.

Friday, October 7, 2011
9:00 AM LANDMARKS COMMISSION 1112 SPAIGHT STREET

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