Only 16 meetings – 7 are before 5pm. More to come I’m sure . . .
Monday, March 7, 2016
4:30 PM BOARD OF ESTIMATES ROOM 260 MMB
– Authorizing the execution of a Space Use Agreement with Heartland Housing, Inc. and Heartland Health Outreach, Inc., allowing for the operation of temporary office space for purposes directly related to the mission of providing permanent supportive housing to homeless individuals within the community.
– Shake the Lake March 1, 2016 – 5 year agreement?
– Authorizing Metro Transit to apply to USDOT for a 2015 TIGER grant; Amending the Metro 2016 Adopted Operating Budget to appropriate $24,875 from Metro fund balance to support a purchased service with Vandewalle & Associates to provide grant writing services. – We can’t even write our own grants now? I thought we were cutting back on consultants and developing in house expertise.
– Accepting the Terms & Conditions of an Agreement between City of Madison and Summit Credit Union to Establish a Solar Loan Program.
– Establishing a voluntary energy benchmarking program – $190,000 grant without an RFP? Sole Source contracting because we don’t have many environmental groups around here that could do this work?
– Setting the 2016 Rates for the City’s Stormwater Utility and the Madison Sewer Utility (5.22% increase for residential sanitary sewer, 3.35% for Stormwater for residential customers – average increase of $390 per year, $32.54 per month or 4.71% average increase)
– Phase 6 of Union Corners won’t be done by Gorman and Company and we’ll be paying him $100,000. (I can’t tell why from the resolution)
– Accepting the Public Market Implementation Strategy, directing City staff and the Local Food Committee to move forward with the Strategy’s five Work Elements, and authorize city staff to issue Requests for Proposals for two of the Work Elements (preconstruction work, articles of incorporation and by laws for new non-profit operating organization, assigning a board of directors, issuing an RFP for firm to help with tax credits, grants and fundraising, issue RFP for site plan and architectural design, implementing the “market-ready” program and working to gain momentum for the project with the public.)
– TIF Policy exception to the 100 job minimum threshold for gap analysis waiver as outlined in Section 8(c)4 of the “TIF Underwriting Policy” to enable TIF support for the consolidation/expansion of Laser Express within the Silicon Prairie business park
5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 201 CCB
– Lots of periphery stuff and small items. See if you spot anything of interest.
6:30 PM CITY-COUNTY HOMELESS ISSUES COMMITTEE ROOM 354 CCB
– Update on the Day Resource Center (decoy links)
– Update on RES 442-Securing an Operator for a Comprehensive Day Resource Center (decoy links)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
1:00 PM MONONA TERRACE COMMUNITY AND CONVENTION CENTER NOMINATING COMMITTEE 1 JOHN NOLEN DRIVE., LEVEL 3, ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM
– Consideration of nominations for 2016 board officers
5:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE RM GR-22 CCB
– Madison Police Department Staffing Presentation (decoy link)
– Update from Chair on the opinion from City Attorney May on whether the PSRC committee can or should be involved with private ownership based matters regarding public safety. (decoy link)
5:30 PM ART+ PLACE PANEL DISCUSSION – POSSIBLE QUORUM OF MADISON ARTS COMMISSION 227 STATE ST
Hmmmm . . . a public meeting you have to pay $10 to go to?
Panel Discussion • Networking reception
Fresco hors d’oeuvres • Cash barART+ Place
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 – Doors open at 5:30pm, with dialogue beginning at 6:15pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State StreetPublic art is away to feature public spaces; increase beauty, value, and overall livability in a community; attract visitors to an area; and pave paths toward long-term, sustainable enhancements of a city’s public places.
The ART+ Place panel discussion will feature:
Brenda Baker, artist
Thomas Ferrella, artist
Niki Johnson, artist
Karin Wolf, City of Madison Arts Program AdministratorTheir conversation will focus on the way public art projects can highlight the potential of public spaces and result in transformative placemaking. This event is free for MMoCA members and employees of member businesses; $10 for non-members.
Advance registration is recommended.
Register for ART+ Place at mmoca.org/artplus.
The ART+ series is presented by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and is made possible through the generous support of Johnson Bank; Darcy Kind and Marc Vitale. ART+ Place is being presented in partnership with the Madison Arts Commission.
6:00 PM EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES PRESENTATION & LISTENING SESSION: POSSIBLE QUORUM OF AAC, DRC AND EO COMMISSIONS AND COMMON COUNCIL 2222 S PARK ST, #200 COMMUNITY ROOM
– The Affirmative Action Commission has invited the Common Council, Disability Rights Commission, and Equal Opportunities Commission to a meeting hosting a series of presentations from local organizations about their employment initiatives and a listening session to hear experiences of members of the community on employment climate, services offered and utilized, and potential gaps. The meeting is scheduled to be held at the Urban League of Greater Madison Community Room at 6:00P.M. on Tuesday, March 8
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
10:00 AM STREET USE STAFF COMMISSION 1402 WINGRA CREEK PKWY
– Engineering Expo, Brat Fest Run/Walk, Purplestride Madison 2016, Mother’s Day 5k, Girls on the Run, Farmer’s Market Food Court, Maker Faire, Doors Open Madison, Co-op Connection, Madison Practice Criteriums and GDVC Criteriums
11:00 AM MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (MAC) ROOM LL-120 MMB
– Opportunities for partnership with WIC –special guest Gretchen Ede (Library)
– Report back on meeting with the mayor
– Thoughts on strategies to release Climate Survey Report
o Meet with OHD, DCR, RESJI Core Team
o Web features for separate report sit
4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM 300 MMB
– Marling Lumber site redevelopment
– 400 W. Washington
5:00 PM EDUCATION COMMITTEE ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Madison Out-of-School Time (MOST) Update (decoy link)
– Update: MMSD Behavior Education Plan Community Meeting (decoy link)
– Educational Resource Officer/Behavior Education Plan Presentations – Madison Metropolitan School District, Department of Children and Health Services, Madison Police Department, Municipal Court (decoy link)
– Educational Resource Officer /Behavior Discussion (decoy link)
– Madison Metropolitan School District/Municipal Court Truancy Report
5:00 PM TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION ROOM 260 MMB
– Park+ Model: Capitol East District Planning Evaluation (decoy link)
– Metro: Update on Safety and Security
– Capitol East Staff Report and Project Briefing (decoy link)
– Metro: Jenifer Street Construction Plans and related Bus Stop and Detour Information
6:00 PM BOARD OF ESTIMATES – SPECIAL MEETING 1 JOHN NOLEN DR
– Judge Doyle Square project presentations by Beitler Real Estate Services and Vermillion Enterprises, LLC (decoy link)
Thursday, March 10, 2016
8:00 AM EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
– To adjust the Child Care Assistance income guidelines to keep them in line with the poverty guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adopted by the State and to reflect inflationary increases.
– Child Care Forum Discussion
– United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children
4:30 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ROOM 260 MMB
– CDA Resolution No. 4174, authorizing an amendment to the Property Management Agreement executed between the CDA and Siegel -Gallagher Management Company for the extension of the property management agreement for The Village on Park.
– CDA Resolution No. 4175 – Declaring 7933 Tree Lane, Madison, WI a blighted property as defined in Wisconsin Statutes 32.03(6)(a)
– Sherman Plaza, Inc. Madison Capital Revolving Fund Loan Request
5:00 PM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ROOM LL-110 MMB
– 3 poor schmucks without political pull to get ordinances changed.
