Madison

Tons of meetings, events and public input opportunities in our community plus a few announcements.

Another round of things in my e-email inbox you might be interested in. Mostly City and Community Announcements

Here's what we have - but expect changes to be made all week long. This will be the first look at the new alder assignments. New alders on Finance Committee, Plan Commission, Water Utility Board, Transportation Commission and more.

Here is a great example of the games played with agendas, legistar and lack of minutes and handouts at meetings. Thank you to Maria and Jim Powell for their continued work with the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO) and this fantastic blog post.

On Wednesday, April 24, Metro Transit and the City of Madison Transportation Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. to discuss potential service updates proposed to go into effect in August.

On the West side of Madison the city has started several studies to address the flooding issues. Here's the info and some meetings you can attend to learn more.

Almost 20 different things in my email inbox I think readers of this blog might be interested in!  Cuz I can't make 20 more blogs than the ones I already do . . . 

Ok, I skipped the first 3 hours and 10 minutes of the thanking the outgoing alders and mayor - which was the final meeting of the outgoing council. This is only the first meeting of the new council where they elect the new president and vice president. You can watch here starting at about 3:10. The meeting lasts about 35 minutes.

Sigh . . . today they added 4 meetings. And cancelled one?

Well, we'll see. But here's the items they pulled off in advance. They will pass the entire agenda with the recommended actions in one motion except things people show up to talk about, things alders might pull off at the meeting and these items.

60% or 80% of Dane County Median Income is NOT affordable housing by most people's definition. Take a look!

Sigh . . . what changes between 4pm on Friday and before noon on Monday? Apparently a lot.