Common Council Recap – The Basics (Not quite done . . .)
Bike lanes on Midvale, 600 E Johnson Project, Chronic Nuisance Ordinance, TIF agreement for Capital West, Capital Revolving Funds, the Sign Ordinance and oh,...
Plan Commission Mania!
Last night's plan commission was pretty grueling, but productive. Partially due to lack of quorum at the last Plan Commission meeting, and partially...
Who wants to reduce the density and height of the project?
Conventional wisdom says: the neighborhood.My experiences of the last week says: the developer.Yup, twice in one week two major developments in the...
Inclusionary Zoning: How many incentives are enough?
The City of Madison adopted an Inclusionary Zoning program a little less than two years ago. The theory behind the program is that the...
It’s not that simple.
Mike Ivey and Paul Soglin would have you believe that we have to grow up or grow out and the downtown neighborhoods are standing...
Breaking Down How the Council Decides if they Should Overturn the Landmarks Commission
The decision before the council on Tuesday in NOT whether they should approve the Edgewater project, it is only a question of if they...
Inclusionary Zoning – Just twisted
One thing I learned from inclusionary zoning is that the development community doesn't all think alike. In fact, often, two people from the same...
City Committee Resignations
When I first heard about several committee resignations due to being upset with a decision of the Mayor, I thought they were talking...
Happy New Year!
Careful what you wish for!
TIF – Good questions.
The recent WSJ article about the Board of Estimates meeting on TIF made me ask some questions. I couldn't stay for meeting to ask...
Horror of Horrors
“Unfortunately, (the park) is taken over by folks who sit there all day and hang out."Sometimes, smart people, say dumb things. People who...
The politics of fear (& IZ)
I read Paul Soglin's Inclusionary Zoning - A Lesson for the Left this morning, er afternoon, when I got up. At first, I chalked...