New Tenney Park Shelter

At first, I was concerned that this new shelter would be unaffordable for the groups currently using the shelter and instead would be just...

Well 3 Replacement Newsletter Updates

Here's a not-so-pretty version of the newsletter.About the ProjectMadison Water Utility is in the process of abandoning Well 3, which served east isthmus neighborhoods...

Water Main Flushing Schedule

Here's the latest.Water Main Flushing plans beginning Friday, April 25 (all flushing is daytime unless otherwise noted) Schedule map: http://www.cityofmadison.com/water/Documents/udf_schedule_citymap_links.pdf ...

600 E Gorham/Johnson Project Meeting Tomorrow

Here's the notice sent out to neighborhood associations and put on the postcards that went out to direct neighbors.Notice of Neighborhood MeetingWednesday, December 10th,...

Another Opinion on the Law and Edgewater

This one from Mansion Hill Steering Committee:To: Madison City CouncilFrom: Mansion Hill Steering Committee on the Edgewater ProjectDate:...

It’s not in there.

In looking at the Capital Budget, I was at first horrified. Then just very disappointed. And now, even more people are being...

(Stolen) Gorham Closure Meeting Recap

I've been meaning to blog about the meeting about the closure of Gorham this summer, but just haven't gotten around to it. Essentially,...

The City Attorney’s Opinion on How To Decide on the Edgewater

The key to the Council's decision is . . . Thus, the question comes down to whether the Council finds that “owing to special...

James Madison Park Surplus Property Committee meeting, January 13 2011

The City’s James Madison Park Disposal Surplus Property Criteria and Selection Committee met on January 13, 2011. The tl;dr version: The committee will accept proposals that would move two of the houses, but won’t require a move and will in fact give a slight boost to proposals that leave the houses in place. No proposal that moves the Collins House will be considered. Proposals for the Collins House will be biased towards uses that have some sort of public accommodation. The committee drew up a list of criteria they’ll use to evaluate proposals as well as the weight each criteria will receive. Staff will use that to prepare a final version of the RFP, which the committee will vote on at their January 26th meeting. The target referendum (required because its a shoreline property) is February or April of next year.

District 2 Updates

2008 has been busy so far . . . here's a few very brief updates about what's going on.MOVING THE CONKLIN HOUSEThis project went...

Passionate James Madison Park Testimony

Thanks to everyone who showed up to give us your opinions on James Madison Park. We heard testimony on whether the land under...

James Madison Park – What Should Happen?

Come tell us your opinion tonight!I've blogged for the past few years about this topic about improvements needed to the park, what should happen...