Lots going on, little time, so catching up with lots of things all at once! Arranged by when things are happening, but the end has a random round up of not time specific items.
TODAY
Dane County Applications Due!
Interested in reducing racial disparities, supporting access to mental health care, and improving our criminal justice system? Apply to serve on one of there Dane County criminal justice reform work groups. Applications due this Friday – June 5! The participation of committed activists in these work groups, especially from communities impacted by disproportionate incarceration, is key to developing quality recommendations for reform. Thank you! https://www.countyofdane.com/workgroup.aspx
THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND
Bird and Nature Walk
Bird and nature walk: restoring for red-headed woodpeckers with Russ Hefty
Sunday, June 7, 1:30 – 3 pm
In 2014, three pairs of red-headed woodpeckers nested in recently
restored oak savanna at Cherokee Marsh, and the birds have been spotted
again this year. View the nesting sites and learn about the restoration
project that attracted these colorful birds. Russ Hefty has been
involved in Madison Parks Conservation for 30 years and has helped
restore native habitat with innovative techniques.Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park, North Unit, 6098 N. Sherman Ave.
Travel north on N. Sherman Ave to the main parking lot at the end of the
gravel road
Ride the Drive
Ride the Drive Downtown is THIS Sunday, June 7! Ride the Drive, presented by Trek and Madison Parks is a car-free, care free event that transforms some of Madison’s streets into a public promenade. During the event, roads in the five mile route are open for participants to bike, skate or walk through some of Madison’s signature streets- including John Nolen Drive, State Street and East Washington Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Along the route, there will be activities, informational booths, entertainment, food vendors and other fun and informative vendors.
Ride the Drive is more than just going out for a bike ride! Along the route, there will be four activity villages and stopping points with activities, informational booths, entertainment, and food vendors.
Kick-off of Ride the Drive at 10:00a.m. at the Capital Square Stage (near East Washington Ave.) Join Trek, Madison Parks and Mayor Soglin as we kick-off this incredible event!
Capitol Square Madison Parks Village
· Live Entertainment Stage
o Modern Mod
o Sam Lyons
o Nfusion
o Matt DeBlass
· 93.1 JAMZ live remote
· University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Adventure Tours
· Wisconsin River Outings
· Madison Parks Merchandise tent: RTD t-shirts, water bottles, backpacks & play MADISON PARKS headbands and pant straps
· Madison Parks Information Station
· Madison Parks Balloon / Donation Tent
· Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream
· The River Food Pantry: Cookies, scones, muffins, and Danish bars
· Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees & SmoothiesBrittingham Park Family Drive Village
MSCR: Family friendly games, sports, bike decoration, and face painting. FIT 2GO VAN
Brittingham Boats: Grilled food, hot dogs, brats, veggie option, ice cream, drinks, and fruit
Silly Monkey’s Funky Resale: Obstacle course, hula hoops, stilts, and pogo sticks
Special Appearance: “Maynard” from the Madison Mallards 12-1 pm
Madison Parks Merchandise Tent: RTD t-shirts, water bottles, backpacks & play MADISON PARKS headbands and pant straps
Madison Parks Balloon/Donation Tent
Madison Parks Information Station
Madison Parks Bouncy House
Arc of Life Chiropractic: Balance challenge
Pots-N-Tots Food Cart: Seasoned tater tots
i9 Sports
UW Health Pediatrics: Helmet fitting stationOlin Park north of Lakeside Street Parade Drive Village
Have fun with two Helmet Parades 11 am and 1 pm. Wear your decorated bicycle helmet for a parade. Win prizes!
Cyclocross and Capitol Off Road Pathfinders (CORP) Mountain Bike Obstacle Course
Toast Food Cart: Paninis, lemonade, soda, water, and chips
Holiday Inn Express and Suites: free water
Zip Car – Showcasing a share car with lots of giveaways
Great views of the lake.
Madison Parks Information Station
YMCA: Inflatable obstacle course
Cupcakes-A-Go-GoJohn Nolen Drive just east of Monona Terrace Tunnel Bike Avenue Village
Trek, our Title Sponsor
B-cycle
Madison Parks Information Station
Wisconsin High School & Middle School Cycling League
City of Madison Bike/Ped Representative: sale of bicycle license and bike/ped safety
Ride Share/ Madison Area Transportation Planning Board
Wisconsin Bike Federation: Bike Fed merchandise, memberships, bike/ped safety
Erik’s Bike Shop: Bike accessories for sale and will have a tire pump available for checking tire pressure
Dream Bikes: Bike safety checks
Madison Spinal Cord – Injury Group: provide hand bikes
Boulder’s Climbing Gym: Climbing wall
Madison Water Utility: Water wagon for free water bottle refills
Madison Mallards Double Decker Pizza Bus: Pizza, cheeseburgers, funnel cakes, cheese curds
Pepsi: sampling Klarbrunn Vita IceFor a full listing of events, vendors and locations, please visit the Ride the Drive website.
Thank you sponsors and Partners!
The success of the event is thanks to our sponsors and partners: Trek, Saris Cycle Group, Bcycle, and Midwest Family Broadcast!
THINGS GOING ON NEXT WEEK
Lakeview Hill Water Tower Demolition
Just a note to remind everyone that the Lake View Reservoir will be taken down on Monday June 8th, weather permitting. This process is quick and efficient and will only take a day. The tower will be taken down in 23 pieces and the steel will be hauled away for recycling.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Al Larson 608.266.4653 or alarson@madisonwater.org
Homeless Services Closures
First United Methodist Church
203 Wisconsin Avenue
Madison, WI 53703Outreach Service Closures
Monday, June 8 thru Thursday, June 11 Closures
· Food Pantry
· To-Go Meals for the Homeless
· Community Outreach Breakfast
· Come As You Are WorshipOutreach services will reopen Monday, June 15.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have.
Peace,
Karen Andro
Director of Outreach Ministries
203 Wisconsin Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
608.338.0320 (office)
608.251-4407 (food pantry)
Website: www.fumc.org
SW Side Safety Meeting
Alder Paul Skidmore, 9th District has organized a Summit of Neighborhood Leaders in the 9th District to discuss public safety issues with Chief Koval, Madison Police Department and Captain Wahl, West District. The intent of the summit is to engage neighborhood leaders, ask questions about public safety, address concerns over the increase in gun related incidents on the south-west side and discuss next steps. Alder Skidmore has invited me to attend. I accepted the invitation on behalf of District 1. I am inviting leadership and interested persons from District 1 to join me (Homeowner’s Associations, Neighborhood and Community Leadership). When I was door-to-door canvassing in the district, public safety was a primary concern. It is important that District 1 is at the table and engaged in the conversation.
When: June 11, 2015
Where: Tamarack Club, 102 S. Westfield Road
Time: 6:00 p.m.Why It Should Matter?: We all want to live in a community that is safe, strong and vibrant. We are invested in working together to this end.
Please join me June 11 as we work together to build a collaborative Leadership Team in District 1.
Additiinal information – email me: district1@cityofmadison.com. Encourage your neighbors to Sign-up to receive District 1 email updates.Alder McKinney
Input on City Economic Development Plan Draft
The City will be hosting two community meetings over the next couple weeks to continue seeking input on the CONNECT MADISON Economic Development Strategy. These meetings will be an opportunity for folks to review a first draft of a set of economic development goals and strategies, and give input on what should be the top priorities.
The first meeting will be on Wednesday, June 10 at 6:30pm at the Villager Atrium Community Room (2300 S. Park St). The second meeting will be on Monday, June 15 at 6:30pm at the Warner Park Community Center (1625 Northport Drive).
The format will be similar to last week’s Priorities and Partners Summit at the Monona Terrace. These will be engaging and highly-interactive discussions with exercises designed to maximize participants’ ability to directly influence the priorities of the strategy. Anyone interested in helping shape a stronger and more inclusive Madison economy should consider attending one of these meetings. More info and a link to the draft document can be found here: www.cityofmadison.com/economicstrategy
Dandelion Dash
June 13th
With a beautiful course that hugs Lake Monona out and back, the Dandelion Dash once again kicks off the Marquette Waterfront Festival on Saturday, June 13th at 8:30AM. Registration opens at 7:15. There is no cost to participate, but a min. $5 donation to MNA is encouraged. The Kids 100-yard Dash will be held at 9:15. All kids receive a prize!
Tour de Coops
Join the seventh annual walking tour of Tenney‐Lapham backyard chicken coops. This year, the tour includes some of the best gardens in the hood.
Saturday, June 20, 1pm to 4pm, rain or shine
Maps available at 461 North Baldwin Street
THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AFTER NEXT WEEK
Concerts at Warner Park begin June 15
NESCO Summer Concert Series
Monday’s 6-7:30pm @ Warner Park Shelter
June 15 Madison College Band
June 22 Ladies Must Swing
June 29 Midlife Crisis
July 13 Davis Family Band
July 20 The Dang-Its
July 27 Natty Nation
Free & open to the public. Tasty concessions available. Limited transportation for seniors. Concert may be cancelled if bad weather. Call (608) 243-5252 for more information.
Madison Area Bus Advocates Meeting
You may want to come to our next business meeting Mon. June 22 6-8 p.m. in Rm. 302 of the Downtown Madison Public Library. Alder David Ahrens, District 15, will be discussing transit issues with us. He is on the regional Transportation Planning Board (our MPO), the City of Madison’s Transit and Parking Commission, and the Sustainable Madison Committee.
Party in the Park
Come one, come all! The Friends of Reynolds Park, Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association, and the Cap East Business Association are teaming up to hold a picnic in Reynolds Field on June 27 from 1:00 to 5:00.
Our big audacious goal is to have fun. Along the way, we would also like to raise some funds to:
– support Lapham School
– help with planters for our local businesses
– help save our Tenney Park Ash TreesThere will be food and and drinks by donation, from Underground Food Collective and Salvatore’s Tomatoes Pies, Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, Johnson Public House, and more!
Music and fun all afternoon: schedule on http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/
We are being generously helped by:
The City of Madison Neighborhood Grant Program
Cork n’ Bottle
Festival Foods
Tri-North Construction
June 27 Northside Independence Day Celebration
The Second Annual Northside Family Independence Day, a celebration for Northside neighbors, will be held Saturday, June 27, at Warner Park from 11 am?3pm.
Parade Line-Up 10:30 – 11 am
Children are encouraged to bring their bicycles and scooters to the east parking lot at the N. Sherman Ave entrance of Warner Park (near the softball fields) where decorating supplies and a free hot dog lunch will be provided. Supply is limited.Children’s Parade 11:00 am
This year’s parade will be held inside Warner Park, starting at the North Sherman Avenue entrance to the park and continuing along the park drive and walking path to the Warner Park Shelter. Parents are encouraged to accompany their children. Parents and spectators can gather along the drive’s sidewalks to watch the children’s parade. Other groups, including area veterans and Honor Flight members, scout troops, the Forward Marching Band, the Mallards’ Mascots and elected officials, will lead the bike parade.Games and Activities 11:30 am-3:30 pm
MSCR Fit to Go activities for kids
Wild Warner Nature Walks (12:30 & 2:30 pm)
Green Bikes/Power Bike
MSCR Pontoon Boat Rides (1:15 & 2:15 pm) Space is limited.
Sand Castle Building
Ping Pong
Bocce BallLive Music – Northside Musicians 11:30-3:30 pm
This year’s spectacular line-up includes some of the northside’s finest musicians:
Guy Fields
The Dubious Brothers
Jeffrey James
Madison Malone
Sam Ness
Bring lawn chairs or a blanket to sit and enjoy the music.Independence Day Program
As part of the Northside Independence Day event program, we are inviting neighborhood residents and businesses to submit a paragraph or picture answering the following questions:
• As a resident of the Northside of Madison, what does it mean to you to live in the U.S.A.?
• What does Independence Day mean to you or your business?Entries will be displayed, and selected participants will have their submissions read aloud at the celebration during intermissions at the music stage. All ages are encouraged to submit an entry. Please provide your name, address, phone number, age and email, if applicable. Submissions should be sent by email to northsideindependence@gmail.com,dropped off at the Lakeview Branch Library or mailed to the Northside Planning Council (see above address) no later than June 20.
In between each musical set there will be a short program with patriotic sing-along’s and other group activities at the Warner Park Shelter. The paragraphs or pictures submitted will be read or displayed for all to view.
Food Vendors
Enjoy food from some of the northsides finest vendors. Habaneros will serve Mexican food; Banzo specializes in Mediterranean food or enjoy American food from Haynes Kitchen.Booths
Community Ground Works, Northside Farmer’s Market and Wild Warner among other Northside organizations who will have information available and possibly some goodies or drawing prizes for those who stop by their booth.Volunteers Needed
If you or your community group would like to participate in the parade or volunteer to help with bike decoration, lunch distribution or parade traffic control on the day of the event, please contact Chris LeMay at 608-260-8667.If you are interested in volunteering with any of the other activities please contact Rita by email at northsideindependence@gmail.com or phone (920) 915-2706.
Sponsorships
If you, your business or your organization would like to help sponsor this year’s event it is not too late.We are soliciting sponsorships at the following levels: Andrew Jackson – $500, Abe Lincoln – $250, George Washington – $100. But any amount you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Send sponsorships for Northside Independence Day to: Independence Day Event, c/o Northside Planning Council, 2702 International Lane, Suite 203,Madison, WI 53704.
OTHER THINGS, NOT TIME SPECIFIC
Downtowner needed for Homeless Issues Committee
Where’s DMI and Capitol Neighborhoods now?
The City of Madison needs applications from persons interested in serving on the City-County Homeless Issues Committee and can fill the slot for a representative of a downtown business or community organization. Interested parties should contact Gloria Reyes in the Mayor’s office, GReyes@cityofmadison.com, and/or let me know so I can follow up with her. Please share with relevant contacts. Thanks!
Me, is County Board Supervisor Heidi Wegleitner.
Wisconsin Budget Project
New Resources Explain How Lawmakers’ Changes to the Budget Would Affect Wisconsin
Over the past few weeks, Wisconsin’s legislative budget committee has been making decisions that will affect Wisconsin school children, seniors, workers, and families for years to come.
Here at the Wisconsin Budget Project, we’ve been busy helping advocates understand how the decisions made by lawmakers will help or hurt future opportunities for Wisconsin’s residents.
So far, we’ve updated three issue area summaries that describe what the revised budget proposals would mean for:
- Wisconsin school children;
- Young children in day care or preschool; and
- People who need access to publicly-funded health services.
Read the summaries to catch up with what recent changes to the budget could mean for people all across Wisconsin. We’ll be releasing additional summaries soon, so keep an eye on our website for mor! e information.
New items to be recycled by the city
The City of Madison will be expanding its recycling program to include cardboard sided cans and metal bottle caps. Both items can be included in the green recycling carts for curbside collection.
“We are very happy to announce two new additions to our recycling program,” Madison recycling coordinator George Dreckmann said. “Cardboard sided cans are very common. You find them used to nuts, snacks, powdered beverages and baby formula. They require no special preparation. Just put the empty containers in your green cart.”
Recycling metal bottle tops will require some special preparation. Bottle caps must be put inside a tin/steel can. When the can is partially full, the top should be pinched shut. This can of bottle tops can then to in the green cart.
“Bottle tops are too small to just be dropped into the recycling cart,” Dreckmann said. “The loose caps will fall through our contaminant screens at the recycling center and end up in the trash. By putting them inside a can and pinching the top shut you insure that the caps will pass over the screen and be picked up by our magnets and get recycled.”
The City has prepared a video on bottle cap recycling that you can view on the Streets Division’s web page, www.cityofmadison.com/streets . Click on the Recycling tab and go to Guidelines. Residents with questions can also call the City recycling office at 267-2626.
For additional information contact George Dreckmann at 267-2626
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Mattress and Box Spring Recycling is Back
The Streets Division is happy to announce that our mattress and box spring recycling program is back. Effective immediately, all mattresses and box springs placed at the curb for large item pick up will be recycled.
“We are pleased to be reinstating the mattress and box spring recycling program,” Madison Strategic Initiatives Coordinator George Dreckmann said. “The new program will not require residents to pay any fees to get the units recycled.”
The new, no fee recycling program will make things easy to recycle their mattresses and box springs. All that residents will have to do is place their mattresses and box springs at the curb on their large item day and our crews will get them recycled. Large items are collected every other week, the same day as regular trash. Large item day occurs on the week when recycling is NOT collected.
Residents can also bring their mattresses and box springs to the drop off sites at 1501 W. Badger Rd and 4602 Sycamore AV. The sites are open seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. On Tuesday and Thursdays the sites are open until 8 p.m. The sites will be closed on holidays.
“Every year Madison residents discard between 10,000 and 12,000 mattresses and box springs,” Dreckmann said. “That is 250 to 300 tons of material that will no longer be going to the landfill.”
The mattresses will be recycled by Bay Area Recycling for Charities (BARC), a not for profit firm located in Traverse City Michigan. BARC is able to recycle the steel springs, wood frames, polyurethane foam and cotton padding. Only the outer cover is discarded.
For additional information contact George Dreckmann at 267-2626
Tenney Park Renovations – 200 Trees to be Removed!
Save the Ash During Tenney Park Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Have you noticed that the lagoon at Tenney Park is getting bigger every year? Perhaps you see the muskrats and beavers are acquiring Tenney Park real estate? Or the viewing areas for the soccer field are shrinking?Not for long – City of Madison Parks and Engineering Divisions will be arriving soon after July 4th, to renovate and reclaim the waterfront. This will be major construction project, which will last until the winter, and is aimed at reconstructing the bike path (widening from 8 to 10 feet) along E. Johnson Street, adding lighting, and stabilizing the majority of shoreline along the lagoon. That is the up side.
As a component of this plan, 200 trees will be removed right away, the vast majority of which will be ash trees. That is the down side. As a positive, these extractions will mean that there will be no more disturbances from Forestry teams over the next 2 – 5 years, who will be felling trees all over the Isthmus, ahead of the tide of Emerald Ash Borer beetles.
In other words, this project means that our neighborhood has to act now to conserve our most beautiful and valuable ash trees.
The TLNA has created an ash adoption plan – please help us! You may have noticed that 12 of the biggest, best and most beautiful ash have been extracted from the Park already, and they now stand as natural pillars on the ground floor of the new Tri-North Galaxy complex growing by the side of East Washington St. The income from this purchase has provided a fund that will help treat a dozen trees at Tenney Park, and at least keep them standing when the chainsaws begin.
Please help save some more! Go to http://www.tenneytrees.org for information and a donation link. On average, $200 buys an ash treatment, and therefore adopts a tree. There are 21 trees currently tied up with yellow bows in the Park. All have passed the health inspection, and all are lovely arboreal members of our community, shading the playground, fishermen, tennis courts and lake edge. Look for the posted signs in the Park. If you can donate, you can help to keep these trees alive. Depending on the total fund available as of July 4th, the final tree adoption selections will be made, and the rest will have to go.
Enjoy the Park whilst you can! Sections will open and close as parts of the project complete, but expect heavy machinery there for the whole summer and Fall. During the shoreline reconstruction, the lagoon will be drained (don’t you want to know what is on the bottom of Tenney Lagoon?). The aesthetic appeal may bottom out entirely as the mud and chainsaws take over.
But wait – the projections suggest the renovated Park will be lovely. Sally Swenson, the landscape architect, has a thoughtful plan that includes sustainable shorelines and lagoon access from cut limestone steps. Following shoreline stabilization, tree removal, and bike path reconstruction, the Park will be recolonized with plants during 2016, emphasizing native Wisconsin prairie forbs, sedges and grasses, and adding plantings to shrub beds that shout out to historical plans from John Nolen and O.C. Simonds. An important piece of this plan will be to replant trees to replace the lost canopy of all those beautiful ash trees. There will be broken hearts for sure, but a brighter future, starting with the new season next year.
Pictures of the project goals and a list of the City Parks and Engineering personnel are listed here – together with all their contact information, and the useful powerpoint slides and data sets that Sally showed us at the Tenney community meeting some weeks back. The Contractor in charge is the City Construction Engineer, John Fahrney (jfahrney@cityofmadison.com), and the whole plan is overseen by Charles Romines, Parks Operation Manager. http://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/stormwater/TenneyLagoon.cfm
Quiet Zone Update
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE City of Madison, Wisconsin herby submits this Notice of Intent to Create a Quiet Zone. This notice is submitted pursuant to 49 CFR Part 222 and 229.
The City of Madison has prepared this submittal in accordance with the Final Rule on the Use of Locomotive Homs at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings as amended on August 17, 2006.
If you should have any problems or concerns please contact myself or Steve Sonntag of my staff as soon as possible to help resolve the issue.
The City of Madison Intends to establish a Quiet Zone on a portion of the railroads Reedsburg Subdivision within the City of Madison. The Quiet Zones will include the following crossings, along with the proposed crossing improvements:
On the Reedsburg Sub
-DOT #177842N, Yahara Bkwy
-DOT #177841G, E. Washington Ave.
-DOT #177840A, Dickenson St.
-DOT #177839F, Baldwin St.
-DOT #922953L, Few St. Pedestrian
-DOT # 177834W, Ingersoll St.Proposed Crossing Improvement
Signals, gates, CWT, power off and battery backup No work required
Signals, gates, CWT, power off and battery backup Signals, gates, CWT, power off and battery backup No work required
Signals, gates, CWT, power off and battery backupThe train horn restriction will be imposed 24 hours a day, upon the establishment of the above mentioned Quiet Zone.
I will serve as point of contact for the City of Madison. My contact information is: Robert F. Phillips, P.E.
City Engineer
City of Madison-Department of Public Works Engineering Division
City-County Building, Room 115 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Madison, WI 53703-3342
608-267-4751 (phone)
608-264-9275 (fax)
rphillips@cityofinadison.comIf you are unable to reach me please contact the following member of my staff: Steven M. Sonntag, P.E.
Engineer IV
City of Madison-Department of Public Works Engineering Division
City-County Building, Room 115 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Madison, WI 53703-3342
608-267-1997 (phone)
608-264-9275 (fax)
ssonntag@cityofmadison.com
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