The City Week Ahead

As far as I can tell, this is what is of interest . . . tho I get more and more uncertain as they add meetings throughout the week and don’t put stuff in legistar. My blog seems to have had a funny impact, some staff try harder to get their information done, others, try even less.

Monday, October 4, 2010
4:00 PM EOC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROOM 523 CCB
– Proposal for an Ordinance requiring a three-week notice to a Commission, Committee or Board prior to an item it took action on coming before the Common Council

4:45 PM LANDMARKS COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Edgewater referred at developer request, next date October 25.
– Landmark Ordinance Revisions

5:30 PM OVERTURE AD HOC COMMITTEE 201 STATE ST, MAIN ROTUNDA
– The Overture Ad Hoc Committee and the Madison Common Council tour the Overture Center
*Meet inside Overture Center at the Main Rotunda (Entrance at State Street & Fairchild Street)

5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 201 CCB
– Buying Union Corners

– Zoning Code Rewrite discussion on co-op zoning

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
2:00 PM MADISON’S CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT “FREAKFEST” INFORMATIONAL MEETING 201 W MIFFLIN ST, ROOM 202
– Halloween on State Street will be a gated, ticketed event with entertainment on State Street on the
evening of Saturday, Oct. 30. The whole length of State Street will be gated off from the evening of Sat.
Oct. 30 to early morning, Sunday, Oct. 31. There will be entertainment stages within the gated area, and
tickets will be sold for admission. Frank Productions is handling entertainment, marketing, and ticketing
for the public. City agencies are handling the fencing, public safety, and traffic and parking plans.
– Everyone— including business and property owners and employees— coming into the gated area during
the event must have a ticket.
– Business, property owners, employees and residents will be provided with free, complimentary tickets to
access businesses, properties, and residences during the event.
– Mayor’s office, Parks, Police and Frank productions talk about Logistics (fencing, parking, traffic, access, timing), entertainment & publicity, public ticketing and complimentary ticketing for property and business owners, employees, tenants, and residents

2:00 PM SAFE FOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2707 E. WASHINGTON AVE.
– Mobile Food Establishments
– Temporary Food Permits – Policy Revision
– Salmonella in Eggs/Email Notification System

4:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– Update on Room 201, City-County Building Remodeling and Elevator at Madison Municipal Building
– Draft Blogging Policy
– Discussion on Common Council Referrals and Referral Process
– Snow shoveling at bus stops
– Clamping down on open records requests.
– More closed session meetings on the Overture

5:00 PM PUBLIC ART STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE MADISON ARTS COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Reviewing BLINK grants

5:00 PM VENDING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ROOM 313 MMB
– Begging in the streets restricted except for . . .
– . . . when the Fire Department does it.
– Vending senority
– Revocation
– Requiring set up displays on paved surfaces and any exceptions.
– Waiting lists
– Consistency of Mall/Concourse food cart menu signage and the requirement that all menu items be
included on such signage and that all items be included during the annual food cart review.
– Southeast Campus Vending Area

6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
– Capital Budget public hearing
– Housing Committee appointments
– Can’t seem to budget for Freakfest
– Hilldale Plat
– Being sued for over $1M, but nothing attached as to why – even tho it says it is.
– And almost another half million, but no explanation again.
– EOC Ordinance revisions

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
9:00 AM SOUTHERN REGION PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM ROOM 1(A), 1 FEN OAK
– Nothing of interest to me . . . maybe you?

12:00 PM PERSONNEL BOARD ROOM 103A CCB
– Broken link

4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
– Warner Park Bleachers – no info attached, but this explanation:
This project had numerous iterations since at least 2007, with the one constant being removing and replacing bleachers. This project contains funding for improvements at the Warner Park Stadium. The 2010 Adopted Capital Budget includes $2.3M in funding, which was originally intended for extensive stadium redesign and reorientation. The current plans include a complete replacement of the stadium bleachers. Expenses in the past from this account were for design services (totaling around $70K, split between the City and Mallards). The current contract being discussed is for an appx. $1.3M project for rebuilding the bleachers. Report by Parks Division.
– UDC revision of public projects (I bet they want to get an exception)
– Tenney Park Shelter (no materials)
– Summary of the City’s 2011 Transportation Improvement Plan. (i.e. what roads are we planning on reconstructing or constructing) – It says see attached, nothing attached.

4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Adopting the Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood Housing Revitalization Strategy Report as a supplement to the Greenbush Neighborhood Plan.
– Erdman Project – complete with DRAFT city staff report, very unusual. But hey, the new rules seem to be, no rules.

5:00 PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
– Adopting the Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood Housing Revitalization Strategy Report as a supplement to the Greenbush Neighborhood Plan.
Buying Union Corners

5:00 PM HOUSING COMMITTEE ROOM GR-22 CCB
– 5 year strategic plan for housing? What a concept.

5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 300 MMB
– Zoning Code Rewrite – not televised again.

6:00 PM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS REVIEW PRESENTATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 260 MMB
– Lots of attachments, but not the document they will be presenting, essentially staff/Mayor? recommendations.

7:00 PM MADISON AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD 119 E OLIN AVE, ROOM A-B
– 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Madison Metropolitan Area & Dane County
– Draft 2011 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) and the 2011-2013 Overall Program Design Report
– Review and Recommendation of Draft 2011 MPO Budget
– Update on the Milwaukee-Madison Intercity Passenger Rail Service Project and Madison Station
– Update on the Dane County Regional Transit Authority (RTA)

Thursday, October 7, 2010
12:00 PM MADISON CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 122 W. WASHINGTON AVE. 1ST FLOOR BOARD ROOM
– Halloween Freakfest Planning Update –
– Update: “Public Market Square” planning process
– Downtown Plan Draft Recommendations (Action Item)
– Overture Center future (Action Item)

4:30 PM MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD 201 W MIFFLIN ST, ROOM 201
– Siting Northeast Library
– Requiring all agendas to include disclosure of conflicts of interest item.
– When can a third party pay for elected official and staff trips and costs? And limits on them.
– When can elected officials and others use their position to raise funds for projects/programs they support?
– Mayor raising funds for Congress for New Urbanism

4:45 PM ETHICS BOARD ROOM 108 CCB

5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
– 2011 Action Plan (not attached)

5:00 PM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Not much of interest