Friday (9/20/19) Round Up

September 20, 2019 1:33 pm

Flooding updates, bus detours, city project updates, BRT meeting, water main flushing and more.

NEWS

Dane County board approves Squaw Bay name change, affordable housing project – Channel 27
Dane County Board votes to rename Lake Monona’s Squaw Bay – Wisconsin State Journal
MMSD Board asking for community input for superintendent search – CW, Channel 15

Mutual Aid Network Meetup

I’m writing from Detroit, our 3rd-to-last stop on our month-plus-long Solidarity Sprint. Learn all about it at our first-ever Madison MAN annual membership meeting! We’ll have a little food, drink, and fun hearing out our amazing tour skillsharing with and learning about incredible projects around the country, with our friends Kate and Anneleise, from UK and New Zealand respectively.

Friday September 27, 4-6pm at the Mutual Aid Workspace at the Social Justice Center 1202 Williamson. Please be with us if you can. And consider running for the Madison MAN Cooperative’s Board of Directors! Please reply to this message if you’re interested.

And one more please… We’ve been largely self-funding this sprint, which will bring back a lot of tools, practices, and mutually-supportive relationships to our work in Madison. And my car has taken a beating, which is getting expensive. We’d really appreciate your help in our crowdfunding campaign, and we have some awesome perks we offer. Check it out! And share if you’re willing.

Thanks for paying attention, and we hope to see you soon!

Take care,

Stephanie (founder etc. of Mutual Aid Networks)

High School Students Needed

Calling all Dane County high school students looking to make big impacts in our community!

By Youth For Youth (BYFY) is a collaborative project with United Way of Dane County, City of Madison and Dane County (UW-Madison Dane County Extension), and it provides unique volunteer opportunity for local youth to become leaders in the community. BYFY committee members are Dane County high school students who represent the youth community in identifying critical issues impacting their peers, establishing funding priorities, reviewing proposals, and recommending youth program funding.

Last year, BYFY awarded $21,000 to 16 local youth programs/projects, which reached more than 18,824 youth and their families in our community!

If you are or know a Dane County high school student, we are accepting applications until Sept. 27th at 11:59pm. Click here for more information. Please check out and share the attached flyer!

Sincerely,
BYFY Staff

Deon Carruthers, City of Madison
Jess Guffey Calkins, UW-Madison Dane County Extension
Javier Neira, UW-Madison Dane County Extension
Samantha Safarik, United Way of Dane County

City Project Updates

Metro Transit Phase 1 – Service Lane Addition
Metro Transit Phase 2 – HVAC Replacement
Changes Proposed for Snow Plowing and Street Cleaning – Alder Heck’s blog

Meeting on Metro Bus Garage Sept 24– from Alder Abbas blog

Upcoming Bus Detours

Routes 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

Buses detour from the Capitol Square.

In effect: Saturday, Sep. 21, 2019
Routes 1, 3, 4 & 19

Stops on Main, MLK Jr. and Wilson are skipped.

In effect: Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2019 start of service – 2:00 pm

Bus Rapid Transit – Public Meeting #4

Thursday, September 26, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Madison College – Truax
1701 Wright St.

Join us for a brief presentation and open house to learn more about the draft recommended routes and station locations.

In addition to the exhibits previously presented at the August 29th Public Meeting at the Senior Center, new exhibits will be shared illustrating a variety of BRT station types and transit amenities.

Flooding Update

The Engineering Division is monitoring lake levels and the potential to flood year round. To keep our community informed, we’re sharing a weekly update with you, and as frequently as needed, should a major rain event happen. We are not sending these to elevate concern, this is just a new communication option for us to keep you informed as flooding deeply impacted our community last summer, and may be top of mind when rain moves through our area.

This is your flooding report for Sept. 20, 2019:

Risk Assessment

As expected, the lakes have mostly dropped a bit. Monona is the critical lake for us at this time. However, Lake Mendota has room to store more water, which is good to have open storage if need be. The extended forecast looks wet, however, the weather makers are likely not thunderstorms, so we are not critical at this time.

We will continue to watch closely the lake levels.

Recall typically 1 inch of rain in the Yahara Watershed typically gets you a 3-inch rise in the elevation of Lake Monona.

Lake Mendota Today
Elevation = 850.69 feet
Change from one week ago = up 0.06 feet
Change from one month ago = up 0.36 feet
Above/below summer maximum: above by 0.59 feet
Above or below 100-year elevation: down 2.11 feet

Lake Mendota
Surface Area = 9,842 surface area acres
Summer Min = 849.6 feet
Summer Max = 850.1 feet
100-year Record = 852.8 feet

Lake Monona Today
Elevation = 846.90 feet
Change from one week ago = down 0.13 feet
Change from one month ago = up 0.44 feet
Above/below summer maximum: above by 1.70 feet
Above or below 100-year elevation: down 0.80 feet

Lake Monona Statistics
Surface Area = 3,274 surface area acres
Summer Min = 844.7 feet
Summer Max = 845.2 feet
100-Year Record = 847.7 feet

Further description of numbers above:

Mendota is at 850.69, which is up from 850.63 last week. The summer max by WDNR order is 850.10 (so we are approximately 1 foot, 7 inches over summer max). The 100-year elevation is 852.8, but we can only currently effectively rise to approximately 852.0.

The Historic High on Lake Mendota is 852.74 and was reached on June 6, 2000.

Monona is at 846.90, down from 848.40 last week. The summer max by WDNR order is 845.20 (so we are approximately 1 foot, 10 inches over). The 100-year is 847.7.

The last posted updated Historic High on Lake Monona is approximately 848.40 on September 4, 2018.
Both lakes are likely to continue to rise for another day or so.

The problem low ground elevations in the Isthmus area are at about elevation 848.0-849.00. These areas drain to Lake Monona and/or the Yahara River mostly at East Washington. The closer Monona rises to 847.00, the more ineffective our drainage system in these low areas becomes at addressing high intensity summer storms (1″ or more per hour).

You can always stay updated on the City of Madison Facebook page, City of Madison Engineering Division’s Facebook pageand the City’s flooding website.

Also, if you have sandbags, please review the current sandbag collection plan which started on Sept. 9 and lasts until Sept. 22 on the City’s flooding website and home page.The Engineering Division also has a podcast episode featuring engineers talking about the 2018 flooding event and ways to flood proof your home. Listen on iTunes and Google Play, by searching “Everyday Engineering.”

Water Main Flushing Schedule

Water Main Flushing plans beginning Monday, September 23rd (all flushing is daytime unless otherwise noted)

MAP: http://www.cityofmadison.com/water/Documents/flushingschedule.pdf

East (Area 15) — Stoughton Rd to Aberg Ave north of E Washington Ave

East (Area 11) — North of E Washington Ave from First St to Aberg Ave

Near West (Area 6) — University Ave to Regent St from N Franklin Ave to N Prospect Ave

West (Area 12) — North of the Beltline from Whitney Way to Midvale Blvd

West (Area 16) — Westfield Rd to Rosa Rd south of Old Sauk Rd

Questions: Shayne Santi, 261-9128

Flushing Information Line: 261-9178

DETAILS:
Area 15 (East): Conventional flushing opening multiple hydrants over a large area

Area 11 (East): 4-6 runs per day
Run ID Run Description
15044 Commercial (East Washington to Algoma St)
15044.1 McCormick Ave from E Washington to Commercial
15045 Commercial From E Washington to McCormick and North on McCormick
15046 North Oak St, Aberg Ave, and Shopko Dr
15047 North of Shopko Dr Around and Behind the Store
15048 Commercial from Algoma St to Packers Ave
15049 Oak St from Commercial to Hoard St
15050 North Lawn S of Commercial and Hoard St from North Lawn to East End
15051 McCormick Ave, Commercial Ave, Algoma St
15052 Oak St from E Washington to Hoard St
15053 Pawling St form Commercial to E Johnson St
15054 Kedzie St from Commercial to E Dayton St
15055 Hoard St and Stang St to the South End
15056.1 Hoard St and Maywood St to South End
15056.2 Fairfield Pl from Kedzie to Maywood
15056.3 Stang St from Commercial to Hoard
15056.4 Maywood St from Commercial to Hoard
15057 Hoard St from Maywood to 5th
15058 6th St North of Hoard St
15059 North St -( Hoard to Commercial)
15060 8th St N of Hoard St and Scofield St
15061 North St – E Johnson St (Hoard to E Washington)
15062 North Lawn Av (E Johnson to Hoard)
15063 Upham St (North to Seventh)
15064 Seventh St (Hoard to E Johnson)
15065 Eastlawn Ct (Kedzie to North)
15066 E Dayton St (Kedzie to North)
15067 North Lawn – Coolidge (Commercial to W of Oak)
15068 Pawling – Dahle (Commercial to Oak)
15069 Kedzie St (Commercial to Coolidge)
15070 Stang St (Commercial to Coolidge)
15071 North St – Myrtle St (Mayer to Kedzie)
15072.1 Moland Oak to North
15073 Dahle St (Oak to Dexter)
15074 Coolidge – Packers (Oak to Roth)
15075 Myrtle – Packers (Oak to Roth)

Area 6 (Near West): 4-6 runs per day
Run ID Run Description
6036 Allen St (Regent to University)
6037 Walnut St – Chamberlain Ave (Univ to Elm)
6038 Ash St – Chamberlain Ave (Van Hise to Elm)
6039 Elm St – Chamberlain Ave (Van Hise to Ash)
6040.1 Prospect Ave – Ely Pl (Bascom Pl to Summit)
6040.2 Bascom St-Forest St (Bascom to Chamberlain)
6041 Roby Rd (Van Hise to Prospect)
6043 Viginia Ter (Regent to Gregory)
6044 Rowley Ave (Virginia to Spooner)
6045 Allen St (Regent to Eton Ridge)
6046 Prospect Ave – Hollister Ave (Regent to Allen)
6047 Commonwealth – Hollister (Rowley to Allen)
6048 Commonwealth – Rugby Row (Hollister to Vista)
6049 Commonwealth Ave (Rugby Row to Keyes)
6050 Hollister Ave (Virginia to Prospect)
6051 Eton Ridge (Virginia to Allen)
6052 Vista Rd (Eton Ridge to Rugby Row)
6053 Rugby Row (Virginia to Commonwealth)
6054 Hillington Wy – Hillington Green – Norwood Pl
6055 Hillington Wy – Norwood Pl (Hillington Green to Virginia)

Area 12 (West): Conventional flushing opening multiple hydrants over a large area

Area 16 (West): 4-6 runs per day
Run ID Run Description
16004 Westfield Rd (Mineral Point to Farmington Way)
16005 Southwick Circle
16006 Colony Drive
16007 Millstone Rd (E and central portions)
16008 Millstone Rd (W portion)
16009 Farmington Wy – Harwood Cir
16010 Round Hill Circle
16011 Farmington Ct – Colony Cir
16012.1 Winterset Cir – Colony Cir
16012.2 Winterset Circle
16013 Colony Circle
16014 Gammon Rd (Mineral Pt to Schroeder)
16015 Gammon Place
16016 West Towne Mall connector loop (NW portion)
16017 West Towne Mall connector loop (W extension)
16018 West Towne Mall connector loop (SW portion)
16019 West Towne Mall connector loop (SW tip)
16020 West Towne Mall connector loop (SW extension)
16020.1 W.Town Way Connector Loop (North Extension)
16021 West Towne Mall connector loop (SE portion)
16022 West Towne Mall connector loop (N & E sides)
16023 Watts Rd – Struck St – Seybold Rd (Gammon to W end Seybold)
16023.2 Struck St (Watts to Seybold)
16024 Struck St (Watts to N of Schroeder)
16025 Watts Rd – Rayovac Dr (Struck to Schroeder)
16025.2 Easement between Ray O Vac Dr and Forward Dr
16026 Mineral Point Rd (Grand Canyon to Island)
16026.2 Mineral Point Rd (Island to Rosa)
16026.3 Mineral Point Rd (Rosa to Whitney)
16027 Mesa Verde Ct
16028 Coronado Ct