The City Week Ahead

The first full week in a while where there wasn’t a holiday or date where meetings couldn’t be scheduled.

Monday, September 20, 2010
4:00 PM SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND ENERGY COMMITTEE ROOM 300 MMB
Draft sustainability plan

4:30 PM COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT ROOM 103A CCB
Erosion control final report

4:45 PM LANDMARKS COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– 3 certificates of appropriateness
– Continued work on ordinance revisions
– And . . . its baaaaaaaccccckkkkk . . . . Upcoming Issues: Consideration of Certificate of Appropriateness for the renovation of the exterior of the original 1946 Edgewater Hotel building, Edgewater Redevelopment – 666 Wisconsin Avenue – Mansion Hill Local Historic District

5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 201 CCB
New lakeshore dorm for 400+ students with new dining facilities. This is interesting:

The site is adjacent to a national eligible Native American mounds site. The University indicates that no significant artifacts have been discovered as part of preliminary archeological studies performed on site. The University has further indicated that an archaeologist will be on site during major excavations for this project.

6:00 PM ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE-SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOWNTOWN ALCOHOL ISSUES & ORDINANCES ROOM 103A CCB
– Presentation by Captain Schauf
– Discussion of boundary changes.

7:00 PM OVERTURE AD HOC COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
– Fundraising plan, er . . . “Plan for Philanthropy”

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
12:15 PM BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, CONVEYANCE CODE AND LICENSING APPEALS BOARD ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Requests for a bunch of exceptions to the fire codes.

4:00 PM OLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 3330 ATWOOD AVE, MEETING ROOM
– Not much that I could see.

4:30 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ROOM 313 MMB
– Burr Oaks Senior Housing
– Truax
– Burr Oaks/Ann St Phase 2
– Allied Drive Phase II, update and name
– Villager – name change, retail marketing
– Close session for a loan fund request

5:00 PM CITY-COUNTY LIAISON COMMITTEE ROOM 357
This group meets like once a year, looks like this is it! And the topics:
– Building Use Request: Public Health Madison and Dane County to display brochures/posters/sampling kits to promote private well testing in Dane County.
– Building Use Request: Request by Women’s Issues Committee to sell stainless steel water bottles to fundraise during September, and to hold a bake sale in November, in the lobby of the CCB.

Perhaps we now know why the city and county have a rocky relationship!

5:00 PM PARKING COUNCIL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ROOM 108 CCB
– Lots of issues with parking for people with disabilities . . .

5:45 PM BOARD OF ESTIMATES; MAY CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION ROOM 103A CCB
Selling notes for borrowing for capital budget
Closed session update on Monroe St. TIF and missed payments.

6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
Public hearing on the capital budget
Jed Sanborn withdrawing his recommendation to do a train crossing simulation
TIF District for Edgewater
$1M from Affordable Housing Trust Fund for Truax
Selling notes for borrowing for capital budget
Mifflin St Bike Boulevard Traffic Controls (For the HAWK lights?)
Ethics ordinance prohibition of people appearing in City uniform or using city property in political materials.
Showing Ordinance
Noise permits for private parties
Unlimited ride bus passes for UW employees
Unlimited ride bus passes for UW students
Requiring property owners to clear bus stops from snow and ice
Extending sunset on Downtown Alcohol License Density Ordinance
Interoperability Radios

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
8:00 AM EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE ROOM LL-110 MMB
– A whole bunch of updates

8:15 AM MADISON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION VENTURE DEBT LOAN COMMITTEE 133 S BLAIR ST
– Closed session to discuss BioSystems Development LLC loan renewal

4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
Trees for downtown seems the most interesting, but you might take a look to see if something in your neighborhood is affected.

4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM 260 MMB
Edgewater Final Approval
New apartment building on Planned Parenthood site, 400 block W Mifflin

Thursday, September 23, 2010
5:00 PM ALLIED AREA TASK FORCE 4619 JENEWEIN RD
– Lots of updates.

5:30 PM DOWNTOWN PLAN 201 STATE ST, PROMENADE HALL
– Open House, View Big Ideas and Discussions with City staff
– Introductory presentation
– Small group discussions on draft recommendations

6:00 PM WARNER PARK COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE 1625 NORTHPORT DR
– A bunch of reports

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