City of Madison Week Ahead 4/28/25

Finance and Plan Commission meet this week, along with a few other meetings, some without agendas yet!

Monday, April 28, 2025

2:30pm Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission – Financ Committee 1610 Moorland Rd

• Committee Logistics & Formation Discussion
• Debrief on Financial Information Requested by Commissioner Paltz

4:30pm Sustainable Madison Committee Virtual

• Presentation on Building Stock Analysis
• Partner Update: Wisconsin EcoLatinos
• Staff Update on Sustainability Initiatives

4:30pm Finance Committee Virtual

• Personnel Board Report on position studies approved through authorized administrative actions.
• SUBSTITUTE – Providing Urban Community Arts Network, Ltd. (UCAN) a $30,000 grant for a “MadLit” program on the 100 Block of State Street using Small Business Equity and Recovery Program (SBER) funds and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign an agreement with UCAN for that purpose. (District 4)
• Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to amend the service contract between the City of Madison and RENEW Wisconsin, Inc. to add the 2025 scope of work and funding for the MadiSUN program.
• Authorizing the City’s execution of a Second Amendment to Option to Purchase, between the City of Madison and Tri-State Custom Construction, LLC, for the purpose of extending the City’s option to repurchase a certain residential lot within Owl’s Creek Subdivision. (District 16)
• Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Parking Lot and Driveway Use Agreement with the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation for the use of the parking lots in Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park-North Unit during the American Family Insurance Championship. (District 18)
• Approving the 2025 Neighborhood Grant Program recommendations, authorizing the execution of agreements required to administer the program, authorizing the Planning Division Director and Finance Director to execute grant agreements on behalf of the City, and authorizing the acceptance of any grant-funded improvements to be located on City-owned lands.
• Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a development agreement with Starkweather, LLC to create a 20-year, mixed-use, Tax Incremental District #55 (Voit Farm), to assist in the development of the former Voit Farm property into 13 lots that may be sold to developers of both market-rate and affordable housing. (District 15)
• Authorizing the acceptance of a grant for $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Community Development Investment Grant program, and authorizing contracts with WEDC and the Neighborhood House Community Center, Inc. for the use of the funds, and amending the 2025 Adopted Operating Budget for Economic Development Division-Office of Business Resources’ purchased services. (District 13)
• Amending the 2025 adopted operating budget for the City of Madison Fire Department to accept $864,524.68 in state funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for the Emergency Medical Services Funding Assistance Program. 
• Update on Federal Executive Orders and Directives to Pause Federal Grants and Loans

5:00pm Equal Opportunities Commission – Executive Committee Virtual

• EOC Work Plan
  • Discrimination in the Workplace Community Listening Sessions
• Non-discrimination Clause
• Future Topics
  • Rev. Wright Award Timeline
  • EOC Ordinance Update Continued
  • Appeals Committee – now May 8, 2025 at 4:00 pm
• Equal Opportunities Commission Draft Agenda for May 8, 2025

5:30pm Plan Commission Virtual

• Creating Section 28.022-00709 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property generally located at 149 Wisteria Street from SR-C2 (Suburban Residential-Consistent 2) District to TR-C3 (Traditional Residential-Consistent 3) District. (District 9)
• 722 Moorland Road (District 14): Consideration of a conditional use in the Suburban Residential-Consistent 3 (SR-C3) District for a housing cooperative.
• 1522 Waunona Way (District 14): Consideration of a conditional use to construct a single-family residence on a lakefront parcel.
• 2927 E Washington Avenue (District 15): Consideration of a conditional use in the Commercial Corridor-Transitional District (CC-T) District for amplified sound in an outdoor eating area for a tasting room.
• 8216 Watts Road (District 1): Consideration of an alteration to an approved Planned Development District-Specific Implementation Plan (PD-SIP) to amend the zoning text to remove the prohibition of outdoor amplified sound and add conditional uses; consideration of a conditional use in the Planned Development (PD) District for a restaurant-nightclub; and consideration of a conditional use in the PD District for amplified sound in an outdoor eating area, all to allow a winery to be converted into a restaurant-nightclub with amplified sound in an existing outdoor eating area.
• 2604 Waunona Way (District 14): Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a single-family residence.
• 4313 Buckley Road, Town of Burke: Consideration of a Certified Survey Map within the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction to create one residential lot.
• 6059 Portage Road, Town of Burke: Consideration of a Certified Survey Map within the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction to create three residential lots.
• Secretary’s Report

6:00pm Humanitarian Award Commission, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Virtual

• No agenda

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

5:00pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Economic Development Committee Virtual

• Join the City of Madison, EQT By Design, and 4th Economy for an interactive workshop reimagining economic development on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 5:00pm virtually on Zoom. Learn more about their strategy and what lies ahead. Please register at this link: bit.ly/cityvisioning. A possible quorum of the Economic Development Committee and/or the Common Council may exist at this event.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

4:30pm Urban Design Commission Virtual

• 5001 Femrite Drive – New Building in Urban Design District (UDD) 1. (District 16)
• 345 W Main Street – Major Amendment to an Approved Planned Development (PD) for the Construction of an Independent Living Facility for Capitol Lakes Retirement Community. (District 4)
• 3915 Lien Road – New Two-Story Building with Drive-Thru in Urban Design District (UDD) 5. (District 3)
• 9453 Spirit Street (formerly addressed as 305 Bear Claw Way) – Residential Building Complex. (District 9)
• 3565 Tulane Avenue – Planned Development (PD) for the Eastmorland Community Center and Housing. (District 15)
• 15-27 N Butler Street/302-308 E Washington Avenue – Major Amendment to an Existing Planned Development (PD) for a New Mixed-Use Building in Urban Design District (UDD) 4. (District 2)
• Secretary’s Report

5:00pm Police and Fire Commission Virtual

• Discussion of Police Chief Hiring Process
• Discuss interview questions for Police Chief hiring (Closed Session)

Thursday, May 1, 2025

5:00pm Madison Public Library Board

• No agenda

5:30pm Affirmative Action Commission

• No agenda

6:00pm Police Civilian Oversight Board Reporting & Analysis Subcommittee Virtual

• Discussion and voting on first topics of subcommittee focus

Saturday, May 3, 2025

9:30am Notice of Possible Quorum of the Common Council Madison Municipal Building

• Members of the Common Council are participating in a familiarization tour to visit seven local businesses across the city of Madison. A possible quorum of the Common Council may exist at this event.
• The Small Business FAM Tour will kick off at the Madison Municipal Building, with a welcome by the Mayor. The bus will leave no later than 10:30 a.m. and will end in front of the Madison Municipal Building at 4 p.m.