A more robust schedule this week . . . no Edgewater. With only 7 weeks to work this out, seems like a missed opportunity. Plan Commission is waiting for UDC, but there was a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, and Board of Estimates could discuss TIF and boundary amendments . . .
Monday, January 11, 2010
4:30 PM BOARD OF ESTIMATES ROOM 260 MMB
– New IT Director
– $45K more for Neighborhood Indicators
– Requiring landlords to have two contacts for the property.
– $62K more for engineering and architect for Lisa Link Peace Park
– Purchasing land at Cherokee Marsh
– When is a 2 year contract not a 2 year contract and required to get reaffirmed by the council? Only when it is for community services. I can’t think of another example of this in the city.
5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 2O1 CCB
– Change to Kipp Lease. Allows City to get out of lease if the land is needed for transportation reasons.
– Payoff to Goodwill for not developing at Truman Olson.
– Purchasing land at Cherokee Marsh
– Edgewater referred to January 25.
– 8 & 9, that peripheral development that most of us don’t pay much attention to . . . Satya Rhodes-Conway was right to raise this issue.
– Park Street Development (800 block)
– 2 additions to a 2,463 square foot residence on the lake on Sherman Ave.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
12:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE ROOM 313 MMB
– Villager, including 2010 budget. Transferring land for Burr Oaks Senior Housing, Turax Gap Analysis (no link), Truman Olson buy out for Goodwill and closed session for Burr Oaks Senior Housing dealings.
5:00 PM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMISSION ROOM LL-120 MMB CANCELLED
– Dane County Task Force Report on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
– Exempting some contracts from Affirmative Action requirements
– Allowing Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunities Commission and Commission on People with Disabilities to directly introduce things to council without a sponsor.
– Discussion on membership on committees, including recruiting students
– Discussion of adding more protected classes to affirmative action requirements.
5:00 PM MADISON ARTS COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Zoning Code Rewrite (I wonder if they will discuss the frequent live music restrictions that are placed on properties. It’d be nice to have some standards)
5:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE ROOM GR 22 CCB
– 911 Automated Attendant System (no attachments)
– Mifflin and Halloween after action report (not attached)
5:00 PM TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION ROOM 260 MMB
– Monthly Report on Metro which includes comparison of cost to run hybird busses and regular busses, as well as showing trends in dropping paratransit riders. No info on fixed route trends.
– Partransit fares
– Badger Bus stop on W. Washington Ave.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
4:00 PM HOUSING DIVERSITY PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE ROOM 215 MMB
– Phil Salkin from the Realtors does a presentation
– Discussion of brainstorming results (not attached)
– Discussion of what to include in their report
6:30 PM BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS WARNER PARK COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER, 1625 NORTHPORT DR
– Olbrich Gardens Expansion
– $62K more for engineering and architect for Lisa Link Peace Park
– Purchasing land at Cherokee Marsh
– Fruits and Nuts Discussion
– Homeless property found in parks First introduced October 2008, parks commission working on it for over a year.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
12:00 PM CONTRACTED SERVICE OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE ROOM LL110 MMB
– RTA update. Depending upon what happens, it might eliminate the need for this committee.
– 1.1% drop in ridership October 2008 to 2009. 2.3% drop in ridership in October. Excluding campus routes.
4:30 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER, 8 STRAUBEL CT
– Continuing to work on their many projects . . . Turax, Truman Olson, Burr Oaks, Lakepointe, Allied, Villager . . .
5:00 PM EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION ROOM LL-120 MMB
– Allowing Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunities Commission and Commission on People with Disabilities to directly introduce things to council without a sponsor.
– Presentation and Discussion on Proposed Commission Training/Dialog on Tools for Addressing Prejudice, Bias, Racism and Microinequities–Kathy Cramer Walsh
Friday, January 15, 2010
No meetings scheduled, yet . . .
