City Week Ahead

21 meetings, 2 cancelled, 2 in legistar with no agendas and some are at such exciting times as 3:00pm, 12:15 pm, 11:30am, and Friday at 6pm – two of those meetings are about government structure. Ahem, I have a suggestion.

Monday, July 16, 2018
3:00 PM Task Force on Structure of City Government Executive Subcommittee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room GR-27
– REVIEW OF MATERIALS PROVIDED BY CITY ATOTRNEY’S OFFICE, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON FIRST CLASS CITIES, ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENT, REDISTRICTING REQUIREMENTS, AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT IN OTHER CITIES
– DISCUSSION OF EXTENSION OF WORK DEADLINE FROM DECEMBER 31, 2018, AS PROVIDED IN RESOLUTION 47707, TO DECEMBER 31, 2019.

4:30 PM Committee on the Environment City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 108
Update on Ash Tree Removals and Treatment
– Overview of City Recycling Program and Current Practices
– Reports

4:30 PM Finance Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 354
Submitting the appointment of Thomas O. Heikkinen for confirmation of a five-year term as the Water Utility General Manager.
Approving an extension to the due date for submitting the Fiber-to-the-Premise implementation plan to the Common Council.
Authorizing the City of Madison, on behalf of the Dane County Continuum of Care (CoC), to accept an EHH grant award of up to $598,480 from the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration; authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute agreements with specific Dane County CoC agencies to provide services using the EHH funds; and amending the Community Development Division’s 2018 Adopted Operating Budget as appropriate
Approving submission of the City of Madison’s required 2018 Action Plan to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Authorizing the City to retain special outside counsel on a non-competitive basis to assist the Office of the City Attorney in representing the City ’s interests in financing the public market.
Amending the 2018 Capital Budget and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a development agreement to fund a $2,086,000 Tax Incremental Finance Loan to assist in the renovation and development of office and structured parking for Exact Sciences Corporation in the Project Plan and Boundary Amendment area of TID #46 (Research Park).
Judge Doyle Project Legal Issues (closed session)

5:30 PM Plan Commission City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 201
Adopting the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan.
Plan Commission resolution recommending adoption of the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan
Amending Section 28.142(3)(c) of the Madison General Ordinances to allow stone as a type of mulch allowed by the Landscaping and Screening Requirements.
Consideration of an alteration to an approved conditional use for a residential building complex to allow construction of 169 apartments in five buildings on land generally addressed as 5501 Spring Tide Way (Lot 520, Village at Autumn Lake Replat)
Consideration of a conditional use for an outdoor eating area for a coffee shop at 2013 N. Sherman Avenue
Consideration of a conditional use for an outdoor eating area for a restaurant-tavern at 101 N. Hamilton Street
Consideration of a demolition permit and conditional uses to demolish a five-unit apartment building and construct a nine-unit apartment building at 2901 Atwood Avenue
Consideration of a conditional use for a private parking facility at 1602 Parkside Drive

6:30 PM Task Force on Equity in Music and Entertainment Pinney Library 204 Cottage Grove Rd
Develop recommendations related to venues and community/culture.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
12:15 PM Building Code, Fire Code, Conveyance Code and Licensing Board JH Findorff & Son Inc 300 S Bedford St
– some projects with technical issues
2138 Atwood Ave C-07-65-2018 – Jeffrey Spruill appealing IBC 906.1. The rule requires an accessible route to the bathroom in a new space. The proposal is to put the bathroom in the basement which is not on an accessible route.
Amending Section 27.03(2) of the Madison General Ordinances to conform the definition of “Family” to that defined in Section 28.211, MGO.

4:00 PM Olbrich Botanical Society Board of Directors Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 Atwood Ave, Room Meeting Room
– Reports

4:30 PM Madison Food Policy Council – Urban Agriculture Work Group City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 118
– Review of revised Work Group Scoping Document (dated January 31, 2018)
– Presentation of current issues regarding the access to and cost of water to community gardens, followed by discussion on possible actions

6:00 PM Common Council Executive Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 354
– WELCOME & OVERVIEW OF THE INTERVIEW & SELECTON PROCESS
– DISCUSSION ON SCORING APPLICATIONS & USE OF PIVOT TOOL – Pivot uses Tideman’s Ranked Pairs voting system: https://pivot-libre.github.io/
– FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANTS – Interview Aldermanic District 16 Applicants
– RECESS
– ANNOUNCE SCORING RESULTS ON FIRST ROUND QUESTIONS
– SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS FOR TOP THREE (3) APPLICANTS
– RECESS
– ANNOUNCE SCORING RESULTS OF SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS, CCEC REVIEW & FINAL APPLICANT RECOMMENDATION TO COMMON COUNCIL

Wednesday, July 18, 2018
11:30 AM Community Development Authority 126 S. Hamilton St. Room 300 * Special Meeting: To be held via telephone conference *
– In legistar, no agenda

4:30 PM Urban Design Commission City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 351
2429 Perry Street – Comprehensive Design Review for “Madison College Goodman South Campus”
Major Alteration of 200 South Pinckney Street (Block 88 & Block 105) – Judge Doyle
1314, 1318, 1326 East Washington Avenue – New Development of a Mixed-Use Building Containing Ground Floor Veterans Service Provider with 59 Apartments Above

5:00 PM Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (MATPB) Citizen Advisory Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 103A
– Staff Reports
— Metro Bus Stop Amenities Study
— Amendment #3 to 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program
— WisDOT Release of 2019-2022 STBG Urban Program Policies and MPO Allocations
— Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan Update
— DeForest Assistance Evaluating Workforce Transportation Options
— MATPB-CARPC Workgroup
— MPO Board Appointments
— MATPB “Rebranding” Effort
– Review of MATPB Comments on Interstate 39/90 and Beltline Interchange Project
– Presentation on MATPB Rideshare/TDM Program
– Presentation on Low Stress Bikeway Map Application
– Committee Member Reports

5:00 PM Economic Development Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room GR-27
Madison Development Corporation Presentation
City of Madison Business Development Programs Update
Economic Development Division 2017 Year-End Review
TIF Strategy Discussion
– Updates and reports

5:00 PM Madison Food Policy Council – Healthy Marketing and Procurement Work Group City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 118A
– Discuss Substitute resolution – creating Good Food Purchasing Policy and establishing healthy vending standards
– – Working with City agencies and re-cap of call with Ctr for Good Food Purchasing
– Discuss next steps on healthy vending within City of Madison facilities
– – Policies from other cities and potential roll-out

– Cancelled

5:30 PM Alcohol License Review Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 201
– 4 Operators licenses
– Temporary licenses
– – Jazz at 5
– – Schenk’s Corner Block Party
– 10 change of agents
– 1 Business name change
– 13 entity reorganizations
– License Issuance Extensions
– – I/O Arcade Bar
– – Looking for Group Brewing Madison
– 1 Change of Licensed Premesis
– – Coliseum Bar & Banquet – Request to expand outdoor area to include entire parking lot April through October on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to close.
– 4 21+ Entertainment Licenses
– 2 18+ Center for Visual & Performing Arts Licenses
SUBSTITUTE. Establishing a moratorium on issuance of new alcohol licenses in a high density, high police call area in downtown Madison and establishing a Task Force on Downtown violence.
– New Licenses
– – Pizza Hut – Transfer from 2649 East Springs Dr to 5235 High Crossing Blvd
– – Shriners – 575 Zor Shrine Pl
– – Goodman Community Center 214 Waubesa St
– – Taqueria 3 Amigos 1133 Williamson St
– – Staybridge Suites Madison-East 3301 City View Dr
– – Star Liquor 1209 Williamson St
– – Strings Ramen 311 N Frances St
– – Tangent 803 E Washington Ave
– – Cafe Coda 1224 Williamson St
– – Luna’s Groceries 2010 Red Arrow Tr

6:30 PM Truman Olson Selection Committee Cancelled Goodman Maintenance Facility 1402 Wingra Creek Pkwy
– Cancelled

Thursday, July 19, 2018
4:00 PM Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Board Cancelled Monona Terrace 1 John Nolen Dr, Room Hall of Fame
– Cancelled

4:30 PM Common Council Notice of Possible Quorum City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room Lobby (1st Floor)
– City staff has invited Common Council members on a walking tour of the Madison Municipal Building Project. The tour will start by meeting on the 1st floor, main lobby area of the City-County Building (210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard).
Please note that a possible quorum exists of members of the Common Council.
** There is a limit of ten (10) people allowed on the tour. Please contact Lisa Veldran in the Common Council Office to RSVP: lveldran@cityofmadison.com or 266-4074

5:00 PM Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee – 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Room 103A (City County Building)
– In legistar, no agenda

5:00 PM Zoning Board of Appeals City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 351
Vaughn Brandt, owner of property at 1314 Jenifer St, requests a side yard setback variance to construct a single-story addition at the rear of the existing two-story two-family dwelling.Alder District #6

5:30 PM Downtown Coordinating Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 108
– Reports and Updates including
Top of State Street Discussion regarding recent activities and proposals for changes to the Top of State Street Area including:
– Update on topics at recent meetings of Property Owners
– Proposals for physical changes to the Forum Area
– Proposals for additional programming efforts

Friday, July 20, 2018
6:00 PM Task Force on Structure of City Government City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 354
– DISCUSSION OF MATERIALS PROVIDED BY CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON FIRST CLASS CITIES, ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENT, REDISTRICTING REQUIREMENTS AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
– STAFF UPDATE ON STATUS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SURVEY
– UPDATE ON STATUS OF EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SUBCOMMITTEE AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
– DISCUSSION OF EXTENSION OF WORK DEADLINE FROM DECEMBER 31, 2018, AS PROVIDED IN RESOLUTION 47707 TO DECEMBER 31, 2019
– STAFF REPORT – ONGOING TASKS
A. How are other cities dealing with loss of local control?
B. Other forms of government under state law, including First Class City.
C. Boards, commissions with final authority, over what?
D. Voting by Madison Aldermanic district in last general election , last Council election. E. What districts do BBC members live in?
F. Timeline of number of alders and publication of city, 1856 to present.
G. How many people use My account? Can we get users by aldermanic district?
H. Send out list of public participation options. (Done)
I. Set up Government Official subcommittee meeting. (Done)
J. Has any other City done this look at structure meeting. (Done)
K. Student Interns

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