Budget, PFAS, F-35s, Top of State St, Council meeting, Salvation Army development and oh so much more!
Here’s the items I think people will be interested in or are not routine items, you may want to click on the links to the agendas to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I generally list routine reports as “Reports” even when there are a dozen or more reports, especially if nothing is attached in legistar. These are the meetings that were posted at close of business on Friday in legistar and may change throughout the week. I do my best to update through Mo’ Meetings throughout the week if I’m aware of changes. If you think I missed anything, please don’t hesitate to let me know at forwardlookout@gmail.com. Here is the guide to how I put the city week ahead together.
Monday, October 14, 2019
12:00 pm Community Development Authority Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 206
– Report on Village on Park Leasing and Head Start
– Consideration of language for statement from the CDA regarding F-35 placement at Truax Field
– CDA Resolution # 4355 – Resolution establishing the Payment Standards for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.
– CDA Resolution # 4342 – Authorizing the submission of the required Five-year PHA Plan for Years 2020 – 2024, PHA Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2020, and Capital Fund Plan for fiscal Year 2020
– CDA Resolution # 4357 – Approving the Community Development Authority 2020 Operating Budget
2:00 pm Transportation Policy and Planning Board City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 108
– Set agenda for October 25, 2019 meeting
5:00 Committee on the Environment
– Cancelled in legistar
5:00 pm Landmarks Commission Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 153
– 622 1/2 E Gorham St – Exterior Alteration to a Designated Madison Landmark (Bernard Hoover Boathouse) – Replacement of windows; 2nd Ald. Dist.
– 216 S Pinckney St (Judge Doyle Square) – Alteration to Planned Development Zoning Adjacent to a Designated Madison Landmark (Madison Municipal Building); 4th Ald. Dist.
– Review of National Register Nomination for the King Street Arcade (107-113 King St and 115-117 S Pinckney St)
– Review of Landmarks Commission Policy Document
– Reports
5:00 pm Water Quality Technical Advisory Committee Water Utility 119 E Olin Ave, Room Conference Room B
– MWU MASTER PLAN & PRIORITIZING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
– PFAS TESTING REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5:00 pm Madison Police Department Policy & Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 103A
– Discussion of remaining draft report sections and recommendation rationales
– Discussion and approval of final report to Council
– Discussion on next steps for disseminating report to community
5:30 pm Sister City Collaboration Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 108
– 2020 SCCC Celebrate Madison’s Sister Cities
– 2020 SCCC Budget & Gift Bags
5:30 pm Plan Commission City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 201
– Adopting the Mifflandia Neighborhood Plan as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan and the Downtown Plan and directing staff to implement the recommendations contained in the plan.
– Adopting an amendment to the Nelson Neighborhood Development Plan to provide updated recommendations and updated boundary
– Authorizing the City of Madison Planning Division to prepare the Reiner Neighborhood Development Plan.
– 5210 Siggelkow Road; 16th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the Suburban Residential-Consistent 1 (SR-C1) District for a community living arrangement with between 9-15 residents to allow a four-resident adult family home into a 15-resident community living arrangement.
– 301 Troy Drive; 18th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the Campus-Institutional (CI) District for construction of greater than 4,000 square feet of floor area in a five-year period on a campus without an adopted master plan to construct an addition to the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center.
– 4102 Monona Drive; 15th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the Neighborhood Mixed-Use (NMX) District for a restaurant-tavern, and consideration of a conditional use in the NMX District for an outdoor eating area, all to allow a restaurant in a multi-tenant commercial center to be converted into a restaurant-tavern with outdoor eating area.
– 1815 E. Washington Avenue; Urban Design Dist. 8; 6th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the Traditional Employment (TE) District for incidental alcohol sales at a general retail establishment.
– 5454 Lake Mendota Drive; 19th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a demolition permit to allow a single-family residence to be demolished; consideration of a conditional use for a new single-family residence to be constructed on a lakefront property; and consideration of a conditional use to construct a building or structure with floor area exceeding 10,000 sq. ft. in the TR-C1 (Traditional Residential-Consistent 1) District.
– Creating Section 28.022 – 00404 and Section 28.022 – 00405 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of properties located at 2340 Winnebago Street and 2305-11 East Washington Avenue, 6th Aldermanic District, from TR-V1 (Traditional Residential – Varied 1) and PD (Planned Development) Districts to Amended PD (GDP-SIP) (Planned Development (General Development Plan – Specific Implementation Plan) District AND 2340 S. Winnebago Street and 2305-2311 E. Washington Avenue; 6th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building and two single-family residences as part of a Planned Development approval for a mixed-use building.
– Edgewood matter is being referred.
– 3230 Larsen Road, Town of Blooming Grove: Consideration of a request to construct a reception hall in satisfaction of the development review provisions in the Town of Blooming Grove and City of Madison Cooperative Plan.
Business by members
— Memo from Chairperson Zellers dated October 14, 2019: Big Picture Responsibilities of the Plan Commission
— Article: “Just What Is the Job of a Planning Commissioner?” by Wayne Senville
5:30 pm Police and Fire Commission City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room GR-27
FIRE
– Overview of current Fire Department hiring process and promotional process Update on 2020 Fire
– Department Hiring Process
– General status report on Fire Department discipline
POLICE
– Designation of Acting Chief under Board Rule 2(c); introduction of Assistant Chief Vic Wahl (currently serving as Acting Chief of Police under existing department procedures and duty assignments); and discussion of other Assistant Chiefs.
– Overview by Human Resources Department regarding resources to assist the Board with recruitment and hiring for the position of Chief of Police
– Update on 2020 Police Department Pre-Service Academy Hiring Process Timeline
– General status report on Police Department discipline
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
– Contemplated closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c) to discuss and take action, if appropriate, regarding employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility; specifically: report of Commissioners regarding personnel file reviews for the following police department promotional candidates:
a. Michael Hanson, to the rank of Captain;
b. Stephanie Drescher, to the rank of Lieutenant;
c. Patricia Drury, to the rank of Sergeant;
d. Angela Straka, to the rank of Sergeant;
e. Kelly Donahue, to the rank of Captain; and
f. Tracie Jokala, to the rank of Lieutenant.
– Contemplated closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c) and Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(g) to discuss and take action, if appropriate, regarding employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility; and to confer with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved; specifically: implementation of Board Rule 2(c) which provides that “if a vacancy in the position of Chief occurs, the Board shall promptly designate a Department officer to act as Chief during the pendency of the appointment.”
– Contemplated closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice regarding strategy in litigation the Board is or is likely to become involved in.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
12:15 pm Building Code, Fire Code, Conveyance Code and Licensing Board CANCELLED Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 13
AGENDA FAIL – there is nothing on their agenda except approval of minutes and disclosure
– CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 17, 2019: http://madison.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
– PUBLIC COMMENT
– DISCLOSURES AND RECUSALS – Members of the body should make any required disclosures or recusals under the City’s Ethics Code.
– PETITION FOR VARIANCE, AREA EXCEPTIONS OR APPEALS
– NEW BUSINESS
– ADJOURNMENT
4:00 pm Olbrich Botanical Society Board of Directors Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 Atwood Ave, Room Meeting Room
– Construction Update – by Randy Wiesner, Architect 3 City Engineering
– Reports
4:00 pm Madison Food Policy Council – Urban Agriculture Work Group Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 107
– Ag Lease Updates
– Gardens Network status
– Work Group – Leadership Transitions
4:30 pm Common Council Executive Committee Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 153
– Discussion with Mayor Rhodes-Conway (10/15/19)
— Federal Opportunity Zones
— City Start Grant
– SECOND SUBSTITUTE – Creating a special joint City-County task force on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination to review, analyze and provide recommendations for a comprehensive response to PFAS contamination in Madison.
– Update: Permanent Supportive Housing- Capacity Building, Services & New Ideas Meeting – Linette Rhodes, Community Development Division
– Update: Aldermanic District 8 Vacancy – Council President Shiva Bidar
5:00 Affirmative Action Commission
– Cancelled in legistar
6:30 pm Common Council City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 201
– Edgewood – the note on the agenda says “Agenda Note: Plan Commission will be meeting on 10/14/19 and recommendation will be made from the floor on Legislative File No. 56839”, but the note on the plan commission agenda says “Note: Item 16 should be referred to October 28, 2019 at the request of the property owners.”
– 2020 Executive Operating Budget The note on this item is “Agenda Note: Finance Committee is meeting on 10/10/19 and a recommendation will be made from the floor on Legislative File No. 57501.” but the action will be referral. This is the scheduled public hearing after the budget presentations were made at the Finance Committee last week – which I still haven’t finished watching.
– Presentation: Health of Madison Neighborhoods – A summary of the newest data from the Neighborhood Indicators Project – Planning Division Staff
– SUBSTITUTE – Supporting the Wisconsin Public Health Association’s Campaign Against Racism and Recognizing Racism as a Public Health Crisis.
– Granting and adopting equitable wage increases for employees in Compensation Group 28.
– Authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to sign an addendum to the Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement PSC 6030, and authorizing additional indemnification of MG&E, for Photovoltaic Generation site at the Madison Municipal Building at 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. (4th AD)
– Authorizing the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City of Madison and Sally J. Stevens for the City’s acquisition of the property located at 354 East Lakeside Street for assemblage with Olin Park. (13th A.D.)
– Awarding up to $3.225 million from the Affordable Housing Fund and $900,000 in Federal HOME funds to support three affordable housing development projects, selected through a City Request for Proposals (RFP) process, that will construct approximately 200 units of affordable rental housing in Madison, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute loan agreements with the developers of those projects.
– Accepting the recommendations of the Community Development Division (CDD) Community Services Committee regarding the allocation of City funds, beginning in 2020, for non-neighborhood center-based School-Age Child and Youth Development programs.
– Accepting the recommendations of the Community Development Division (CDD) Conference Committee regarding the allocation of City funds, beginning in 2020, for neighborhood center “Center Support” payments and for payments to neighborhood centers that support School-Age Child and Youth Development programs.
– Authorizing a long-term advance from the General Fund to the Golf Enterprise Fund to provide sufficient cash to meet ongoing expenses and obligations.
– Creating Sec. 12.177 of the Madison General Ordinances to establish a City of Madison motor vehicle registration fee. (Agenda Note: Finance Committee is meeting on 10/10/19 and will make a recommendation from the floor on Legislative File No. 57669.) This will be referred again, Finance Committee referred it to be considered with their budget amendments. People with comments could still show up to speak.
– Amending Section 12.1335 of the Madison General Ordinances to expand the boundaries of the “Snow Emergency Zone.”
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
10:00 am Street Use Staff Commission CANCELLED City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 108
– Cancelled
10:00 am Dane County Narcotics Task Force Steering Committee Monona City Hall 5211 Schluter Road
– When the Dane County Narcotics Task Force Steering Committee considers the following items, 1 it may go into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. Sec 19.85(1) (d), which read as follows (Except as provided in s. 304.06 (1) (eg) and by rule promulgated under s. 304.06 (1) (em), considering specific applications of probation, extended supervision or parole, or considering strategy for crime detection or prevention. If the Dane County Narcotics Task Force Steering Committee does convene in closed session as described above, upon completion of the closed session, notice is hereby given that it may reconvene in open session to consider the following item without waiting 12 hours, pursuant to Wis. Stats. Sec. 19.85(2).
1. Unit Updates
3:00 pm Integrated Pest Management Policy Review Task Force Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 202
– INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION – Historical Data on City Pesticide Application Reports – John Hausbeck (Public Health), Lisa Laschinger (Parks), Thomas Green (IPM Instittue of North America)
– REVIEW OF CURRENT IPM POLICY (2004)
– PUBLIC INPUT PLANNING PROCESS
– Integrated Pest Management Policy Review Task Force Meeting Materials
4:30 pm Urban Design Commission Madison Municipal Bldg 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 153
– 4706 E. Washington Avenue – Comprehensive Design Review Located in UDD No. 5. 17th Ald. Dist. – Final Approval is Requested
– 630 E. Washington Avenue – Redevelopment of the Salvation Army Campus to Include Homeless Shelter with Support Services, Apartment Complex and Underground Parking in UDD No. 8. 2nd Ald. Dist. Initial Approval is Requested
– 5110 High Crossing Boulevard – New Development of a Four-Story, 95-Room Avid Hotel. 17th Ald. Dist. Initial/Final Approval is Requested
– 4602 Cottage Grove Road – New Development of a Mixed-Use Building. 3rd Ald. Dist. Initial/Final Approval is Requested
– 120 E. Lakeside Street – Signage Exception in UDD No. 1. 13th Ald. Dist. Final Approval is Requested
– 209-261 Junction Road – Alteration to a Previously Approved Development at Prairie Towne Center. 9th Ald. Dist. Informational Presentation
– 1835 Wright Street – Public Building, New Madison College Child and Family Center Operations. 12th Ald. Dist. Informational Presentation
4:30 pm Board of Public Works City County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 108
– Repealing Chapter 21 of the Madison General Ordinances to transfer nonmetallic mining reclamation responsibilities back to Dane County.
– Amending the 2019 Capital Budget for Sewer Utility and Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute an Amendment to the contract between Madison and Strand Associates, Inc. for additional design engineering services for the Blair/John Nolen Intersection final design. (6th AD)
– $45,000 in change orders
– BPW comments on the Air National Guard Environmental Impact Statement for placement of F35 Aircraft at Truax Field 115th Fighter Wing.
– Awarding Public Works Contract No. 8430, Goverment East Ramp Demolition. (4th AD)
5:00 Economic Development Commission Madison Municipal Building (MMB) 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Room 206
– Cancelled, in legistar, not on clerk’s agenda
5:00 Public Safety Review Committee Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Room 204
– In legistar, not on clerk’s agenda (hmmm, and it will be amended)
– Discussion on the creation of an African American youth program similiar to Amigos en Azul
– MPD Standard Operating Procecedure (SOP) Public Notice and CommentPeriod
– Agenda should be amended to include:
— Budget recommendations
— Chair report
5:00 pm Transportation Commission Madison Municipal Bldg 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 215
– Approve Quarterly Update of TC Annual Work Plan
– Training on the Toolkit of Options for Traffic Safety
5:30 pm Alcohol License Review Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 354
– 3 operators licenses
– 1 change of agent
– 5 extensions of license issuance (Old Sugar Distilary, Harvey House, Garth’s Brew Bard, Lonely Pine, Mekellounge)
– Presentation – Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s Role in Alcohol Enforcement Special Agent Jason Lee, Department of Revenue
– 1 18+ Center for Visual & Performing Arts License (Luchador Tequila and Taco Bar)
– 1 recessed public hearing – 3 Soles Mexican Restaurant
– 3 public hearings on new licenses (Luchador Tequila and Taco Bar 558 State, Ragin Cajun Seafood – 4802 E. Washington, Chipotle Mexican Grill – 7066 Silgo Dr.)
6:30 pm Task Force on Structure of City Government City County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 103A
– MOTION TO RECONSIDER DECISIONS MADE AT THE OCTOBER 2, 2019 TASK FORCE ON GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE MEETING REGARDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE IN THE FINAL REPORT TO THE COMMON COUNCIL ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE COMMON COUNCIL INCLUDING:
a. Whether to have full-time or part-time Common Council.
b. Whether to change the size of the Common Council.
c. Whether to retain system of representation by geographic aldermanic districts.
d. Whether Common Council members have have 4-year or 2-year terms.
e. Whether Common Council membes should be subject to term limits.
f. Whether to change council leadership positions from 1-year to 2-year terms. g. When any related structural changes should implemented.
h. How much Common Council members should be paid.
– DECISIONS REGARDING ANY REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE IN THE FINAL REPORT ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE COMMON COUNCIL
– DECISION ON WHETHER THE MAYOR OR COMMON COUNCIL SHOULD MAKE ALDER APPOINTMENTS TO BCCs
– DECISIONS REGARDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE IN THE FINAL REPORT PERTAINING TO RESIDENT PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT
– DISCUSSION OF TIMELINE AND PROCESS FOR WRITING AND REVIEWING THE FINAL REPORT
Thursday, October 17, 2019
8:00 am Commission of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Maintenance Facility- Training Room 1610 Moreland Road
– Expedited Annexation for the Village of Dane, Tanimarah Ridge Area
– Review and Approval of Sewer Extension Plans
– Approval of 3rd Quarter Sewer Service Charges
– Deliberation and Direction on 2020 Operating Budget, Capital Projects Budget and Debt Service
Budget
– Approval of Increased Transaction Authority for Metrogro Hauling
– Study Session: Community Values Survey
– Chief Engineer and Director’s Report
12:15 pm President’s Work Group to Review Council Communication Tools & Processes Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 206
– Discussion: City’s Blogging Tool – Eric Olson, Web Manager, IT Department
– Update: Public Information Officer / Survey – Ald. Grant Foster, Chair
1:00 pm Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District – Employee Leadership Council Operations Building 1610 Moorland Rd, Room Executive Conference Room
– Discuss issue requests.
– Review action items.
4:00 pm Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Board One John Nolen Dr, Room QR
– Reports, Updates and reports and updates.
– Presentation: Tony Gomez-Phillips, Facility and Landscape Maintenance
5:00 pm Digital Technology Committee City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 108
– Information Technology Department Director Report
5:00 pm Zoning Board of Appeals Madison Municipal Bldg 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 013-A
– Beth Cannestra, owner of property at 2106 E. Mifflin St., requests variances for the placement of a detached accessory structure less than three feet from the rear and side lot lines. Alder District #12
– Rudy Moore, owner of property at 711 Orton Ct., requests an appeal to the Zoning Administrator’s interpretation in regard to Zoning Code Ordinance 28.151, tourist rooming house. Alder District #6.
5:00 Equal Opportunities Commission 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Room 153 (Madison Municipal Building)
– In legistar, no agenda
5:30 pm Downtown Coordinating Committee Madison Municipal Bldg 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 206
– To approve the schedule of Special Charges for the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse for 2018/19 Maintenance Charges.
– State Street Report and Updates
– Discussion with Downtown Homeless Service Providers
• Sankofa BCH
• Friends of the State Street Family
• Porchlight
• The Beacon
• United Way
– Approving the 2020 Operating Plan for Madison’s Central Business Improvement District (#1)
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