The first week of the month is always very busy, this week is no exception.
Monday, August 31, 2009
4:00 PM HOUSING DIVERSITY PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE ROOM 403 CCB
– 2nd meeting, and they will be looking at school district data.
6:00 PM COMMON COUNCIL – DISCUSSION ROOM 260 MMB
– Alders to talk about their budget priorities
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
4:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– The Common Council hasn’t submitted their budget yet, so they need to approve/amend the staff recommendation at this meeting. Their proposals include cutting alder small budgets in half or dropping staff to 80% and 75% positions.
– Rediscussion of adding alders to ALRC and Public Safety Review Commission
– Eliminating residency requirements for managers and supervisors
– Fixing chapter 32 and having more items eligible for police to issue tickets plus requiring landlords to put info on check out sheets about right to inspect photos of apartment.
– Discussion of TIF and “but for”
– Create a committee to talk about alcohol licensing and enforcement (I think this is about the bar raids)
6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
(Find your own links, there’s alot, item numbers in parenthesis)
– Pink Flamingos (3)
– Plastic Bag recycling program (17)
– TIF for Danisco (18)
– Burr Oaks Senior Housing Plan (19)
– Expanding the SW Industrial TID (20)
– Creating the Northside TID (21)
– Police Overtime Report (22)
– More money for SW side (23)
– Law for Majestic Marquee (26)
– Demolition of buildings on Allied (57)
– Ban on Sale of Novelty lighters (71)
– Landlord entry ordinance (72)
– THUY ALERT: Midvale Westomorland Neighborhood plan (73)
– Recycling construction and demolition waste (80)
– Buying busses for Metro (82)
Items for Introduction/Upcoming items
– Notifications for ALRC issues (83)
– Sign requirement for ALRC issues (86)
– Zoning code revisions (89)
– ALRC issues with suspension, revoation non-renewal (90)
– Removing sunset for chronic nuisance ordinance (92)
– Downtown Lighting Initiative (103)
– Rifles for Cops (114)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
12:00 PM NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM OF COMMON COUNCIL AT ALDER BROWN BAG LUNCHEON WITH MAYOR DAVE CIESLEWICZ ROOM 403 CCB
– I never understood how this was legal, if they didn’t announce what they were talking about. I haven’t seen one of these for quite some time, but they will likely talk about budget, hotels and library and whatever else the Mayor wants to announce.
12:00 PM PERSONNEL BOARD ROOM 525 CCB
– This one sucks, personally. I spent a year or more helping come up with the important recommendations in this report, but can’t even speak to the committee about them.
– Finally adopting the personnel rules (glad to have played a role in having made this happen too – tho I haven’t reviewed them in detail to determine what they changed – but they were in severe need of updating.
4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
– This has been on the agenda for months, and I’m beginning to wonder what is going on.
4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Edgewater
– Lisa Link Peace Park
5:00 PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ROOM 300, MMB
– Royster Clark
– 2010 Economic Development Workplan
– Economic Dashboard
5:00 PM HOUSING COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
– Photo ordinance notification
– Residential Sprinklers (I know nothing more than this . . . no attachments.)
– Homebuyer Assistance programs for minoirities.
7:00 PM MADISON AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD 119 E. OLIN AVE. ROOM A-B
– Public Hearing on the 2010 – 2014 TIP, won’t be adopted til October
– Verona Road Plans
Thursday, September 3, 2009
7:30 AM FUNDING PROCESS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
9:00 AM CITY OF MADISON/AMPS NEGOTIATIONS ROOM GR 22 CCB
– This is odd, I’ve never seen labor negotiations conducted as a public meeting . . .
5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE 1917 LAKE POINT DRIVE
– Public Hearing on the 5 Year Consolidated Plan – setting priorities for funding.
– Update on Allied Drive – Phase II (currently useless link)
– Northport/Sherman Neighborhood Plan
7:00COUNTY BOARD MEETING 201 City-County Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
– Making their Fair Housing Laws more consistent with Madison (H.1.)
– Making Dane County a Recovery Zone for Stimulus Funding (J.1.)
