After a week and a half off of blogging – I’m going to try to resume but work is brutal (50 – 60 hour work weeks) . . . and not going to get better for a couple months. And then there is tiny houses, leaves little time for anything else.
10 of the 16 items I am interested in for Monday have no linked materials . . . hmmmmmmm . . . a new trick to prevent public involvement?
Monday, March 17, 2014
4:30 PM COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT ROOM 108 CCB
– 2013 Road Salt Report (no link to legistar number and the attachment link didn’t work)
– Discussion of a possible sentinel species for Madison area lakes (nothing in link)
– Proposed 2014 Rhythm & Booms Event (nothing in link)
4:30 PM SUSTAINABLE MADISON COMITTEE ROOM 300 MMB
– Workplan
– Presentation on Green Apartment Network by Seth (nothing in the link)
– University of Wisconsin and the Center on Wisconsin Strategy discussion on the Energy Efficiency Plan and the application to Georgetown University Energy Prize Contest
– Benchmarking requirements for certain types of buildings in the City of Madison (nothing in the link)
4:45 PM LANDMARKS COMMISSION ROOM LL-130 MMB
– 702-706 Williamson Street – Third Lake Ridge Historic District – Demolish current commercial building and contstruct a new six-story commercial/multi-family housing development.
5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 119 E OLIN AVE
– Agency presentations (no link, not even the schedule which they made us sign up for)
– Discuss and rubber stamp staff recommendations
5:00 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Discussion on the First Year of the New Zoning Code ***This meeting will NOT be televised***
5:15 PM CITY-COUNTY LIAISON COMMITTEE ROOM 354 CCB
– Behavior and Trespassing Policy: Enforcement Grid and Review of Incidences (nothing in link)
– Discussion of Lakeview Park related initiatives (nothing in link)
– Salt Use on Sidewalks at the City-County Building (nothing in link)
6:00 PM ADA TRANSIT SUBCOMMITTEE TO THE TRANSIT AND PARKING COMM ROOM LL-102 MMB
– Locating Bus Stops Using Metro Website – Demonstration (nothing in link)
– Paratransit Customers – Inside City of Madison/ Outside of Para Boundary Map
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
12:15 PM BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, CONVEYANCE CODE AND LICENSING APPEALS BOARD ROOM LL-110 MMB
– 2 developers wanting exceptions to the rules
4:00 PM OLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY 3330 ATWOOD AVE
– Proposed Resolution – by Dick Wagner (no link)
Phase 1 – Facilities Masterplan/Financial Plan Motion
– Lots of reports
4:30 PM COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WORK GROUP: DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE ROOM 2160 MMB
– Council Legislative Agenda Work Group: Demographic Change – Conversation with Rev. Alex Gee: Discussion on what Madison leaders can do to improve the community (no link)
5:00 PM PARKING COUNCIL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ROOM 108 CCB
– Discuss dissolution of Disabled Parking Enforcement Assistance Council and letter that was mailed to members of DPEAC (see item 4 from the July 23, 2013 minutes). (no link)
– Discuss issue of snow being piled in Disabled stalls. (no link)
5:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL – DISCUSSION ROOM 201 CCB
– COMMON COUNCIL UPDATE: 911 CENTER ISSUES (MPD & MFD)
– Updates on 911 Center by Madison Police Department representatives, Captain Richard Bach and Lieutenant Carl Strasburg and Madison Fire Department representatives, Assistant Chief Lance Langer and Assistan Chief Laura Laurenzi. (no link)
6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
– 149 E Wilson
– 710 East Mifflin Street and 124 North Livingston Street
– Appeal of Plan Commission Decision on Conditional Use (Legistar #32124) regarding 149 East Wilson Street.
– Nuisance house party ordinance sunset extension
– Adopting and confirming the Labor Agreements between the City of Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin Municipal Employees, Local 60, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Library Unit, for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.
– Adopting and confirming the Labor Agreements between the City of Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin Municipal Employees, Local 60, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Library Pages, for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.
– CHARTER ORDINANCE Creating Section 34.907(2) as a Charter Ordinance of the Madison General Ordinances to require landlords to furnish fire education to new tenants, and renumbering Section 34.907(2) to 34.907(3).
– Amending the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Plan, in conjunction with a rezoning request at 710 East Mifflin Street and 124 North Livingston Street.
– Approving the Redevelopment Plan and District Boundary for the Park / Drake Redevelopment District.
– SUBSTITUTE Creating Section 29.047 of the Madison General Ordinances to create an energy benchmarking requirements for certain types of buildings in the City of Madison and amending Sections 1.08(3)(a) and (4) to establish a bail deposit for violation of this requirement that is enforceable by the City Engineer.
– Authorizing the Mayor and the Clerk to execute a long-term use agreement with Central Focus, LLC (dba Block 100) for 25-60 stalls at State Street Capitol parking garage.
– SUBSTITUTE Repealing and recreating Section 13.06, creating Section 13.065, and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances regarding water meter access requirements, the maintenance of water meter pits, and establishing new bond schedules for these violations.
– Creating Sections 23.60 and 23.61, renumbering Section 23.60 to Section 23.90 and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to mandate the spaying and neutering of pit bulls, require registration for pit bull dog breeders and establish a bail deposit schedule for violation of such.
– Reconsideration – SUBSTITUTE Creating Section 23.01 and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to create a buffer zone at the entrance of health care facilities to protect patients and creates a bail schedule for violation thereof.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
10:00 AM STREET USE STAFF COMMISSION ROOM 108 CCB
– Upcoming events around town
4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
– Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with RNL Design to provide architectural space programming, master site planning, and conceptual schematic design services for Nakoosa Trail Fleet Services Master Plan Study in the amount of $422,846 and amending the 2014 Metro Transit adopted capital budget to authorize its portion of project expenditures.
– Amending Sections 10.33(10)(c)3.a. and 31.046(4)(a)1. of the Madison General Ordinances to allow a larger single-faced poster board sign on a City-sponsored bicycle-sharing facility.
4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Amending Sections 33.24(15)(c), 33.24(15)(e)3., and 33.24(15)(e)12.b. of the Madison General Ordinances to amend the regulations in Urban Design District 8 to increase the maximum building height from 8 to 10 stories, and to allow up to four (4) bonus stories on up to fifteen percent (15%) of the area of Block 3b.
– Amending Sections 33.24(15)(e)2.a.i.and 33.24(15)(e)3. of the Madison General Ordinances to allow flexibility in the building setback and upper level building stepback requirements in Urban Design District 8.
– 802, 854 East Washington Avenue (800 North Block) – Mixed-Use Development with Commercial (Including a Grocery Store), Office and Residential Components in UDD No. 8. 2nd Ald. Dist.
– 17, 19 & 25 North Webster Street and 201 East Mifflin Street – Deconstruction of Four Homes and the Construction of a New 6-Story, 49-Unit Apartment Building, New Construction in the Proposed UMX District. 2nd Ald. Dist.
– 202 East Washington Avenue – Redevelopment of the “Pahl Tire” Site for a 10-Story, 146-150 Room “Courtyard by Marriott Hotel.” 2nd Ald. Dist.
– 330 East Wilson Street – 6-Story, 35-Unit Residential Apartment with 878 Square Feet of Commercial Space.
– 829 & 1000 Edgewood College Drive/2219 Monroe Street – Edgewood College Master Plan, Campus Institutional Zoning District, UDC Approval of Building Design Review Standards and Guidelines, Review Procedures, Categories of Membership and the Language of any Deed with Plat Restrictions.
5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 119 E OLIN AVE
– Agency presentations (no link, not even the schedule which they made us sign up for)
– Discuss and rubber stamp staff recommendations
5:30 PM ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE ROOM 201 CCB
– Amending Section 11.06(7)(j) of the Madison General Ordinances to prohibit alcohol consumption while operating a pedal-cab or as a passenger of a pedal-cab.
– Alcohol Overlay District in the zoning code, create “Restaurant-Nightclub” and “Nightclub” as uses of land in the zoning code, establish supplemental regulations for “Restaurant-Tavern,” “Tavern,” “Restaurant-Nightclub,” and “Nightclub,” and to amend the definition for “Restaurant-Tavern,” “Theater, Assembly hall,” and “Outdoor stage, band shell, or amphitheater.”
5:30 PM MADISON PUBLIC MARKET SPANISH-SPEAKING VENDOR OUTREACH MEETING 810 W. BADGER RD., CENTRO HISPANO
This open house meeting will be conducted in Spanish.
More information about this project can be found at:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/economicdevelopment/madison-public-market/426/
Thursday, March 20, 2014
1:00 PM METROPOLITAN UNITED FIBER NETWORK CONSORTIUM, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING ROOM 525 CCB
– reports without links
4:00 PM MONONA TERRACE COMMUNITY AND CONVENTION CENTER BOARD ONE JOHN NOLEN DRIVE
– South Capitol TOD District Presentation (nothing in link)
– GMCVB Year-end report: Rebecca Ramsey, Director of Sales and Diane Morgenthaler, Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Planning (nothing in link)
– Introduction of Monona Terrace Behavior Policy (surprise, surprise nothing in link)
– Lots of updates and reports
4:30 PM LANDLORD AND TENANT ISSUES COMMITTEE ROOM LL-110 MMB
– CHARTER Creating Section 32.12(3) of the Madison General Ordinances relating to storage or disposition of personalty left by tenants.
– Review of new State Laws regarding Landlord/Tenant Issues
5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE 119 E OLIN AVE., WATER UTILITY
– Public Hearing: The Committee welcomes public comment on the Draft 2015 – 2016 Community Development Program Goals and Objectives (Framework)
– Discussion if time allows
5:00 PM SUSTAINABLE MADISON TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ROOM 300 MMB
– one link for entire agenda
– REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF VISION EVENT II (INCLUDING REFINED LAND USE VISION SCENARIOS)
– DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL LOGO/BRANDING CONCEPTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PROCESS
5:30 PM DOWNTOWN COORDINATING COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– Amending Section 11.06(7)(j) of the Madison General Ordinances to prohibit alcohol consumption while operating a pedal-cab or as a passenger of a pedal-cab.
– 2014 Priorities
Friday, March 21, 2014
12:00 PM NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM OF THE MADISON COMMON COUNCIL ROOM GR-22 CCB
– The Mayor has invited Common Council members to a brown bag lunch meeting that he is hosting in Room GR-22, City-County Building (MPD Central – Community Room) at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2014 to discuss the Steve Brown Proposal on Gilman Street.
