F-35s, Town Hall Meetings, Surveys, Bus route changes, demolitions, where will BRT go on the West side, South Madison changes and more.
CHANGES AT FORWARD LOOKOUT
NEWS – In order to keep the news up to date a little bit better, I have a new format for news. You can look on the homepage under “Konkel Round Up” and I will update that information periodically throughout the day, depending upon what else is going on.
MO’ MEETINGS – Will also be putting Mo’ meetings with the news items.
CALENDAR – You will now see a calendar on the front page and a tab to the full monthly calendar. This calendar is for all the government related meetings I find out about that are not in the week ahead.
CITY PROJECT UPDATES – Also added to the Konkel Round up in order to be more timely
POLICE POLICY UPDATES – You only get 14 days to comment, so I will add those to the Konkel Round Up in order to be more timely
TAKE THE MADISON AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD (MATPB) SURVEY
The Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (MATPB) team is gathering public input to inform a rebrand of the agency and the Rideshare Etc. program we manage. We would like to invite your feedback through this short, 5-minute survey.
Your input will be valuable to us regardless of how well you know the agency today. Your feedback is critical to helping us more effectively present the agency and its resources, and will inform how we approach future community engagement throughout the region.
We thank you in advance for your valuable feedback! Click the button below to start the survey. Thank you for your participation!
UPCOMING DEMOLITION
Please be advised that Marty Rifken will be filing a demolition permit application on April 1, 2020 for Plan Commission review that calls for a Single-family house located at 4201 N Sherman Ave Madison, WI 53704 to be demolished. For more information regarding this forthcoming application, you may contact the applicant, Marty Rifken, Rifken Group, 1402 Pankratz Street, Suite 105 Madison, WI 53704 at marty@rifken.com or (608)575-9562.
Applicant’s Comments:
Removing farmhouse, garage and shed located at 4000 Packers Avenue
PUBLIC HEARING ON BUS ROUTE CHANGES
Wednesday, March 11, 6 p.m.
Madison Municipal Building
215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. – Room 215
Please use accessible Doty St. Entrance
On Wednesday, March 11, Metro Transit and the City of Madison Transportation Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. to discuss potential service updates proposed to go into effect in August.
Service changes are proposed for the following routes: 3, 4, 7, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 50, 67, 80, 81, 82 and 84, along with bus stop changes throughout the service area.
A complete list of changes and information is now available online.
Interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing to give feedback. Consideration will be given to views and comments expressed at the public hearing as well as to all written comments received.
Comments can be submitted at mymetrobus.com/feedback. Written comments can also be sent to: Metro Transit Public Hearing Comments, 1245 E. Washington Ave., Suite 201, Madison WI 53703 or emailed to mymetrobus@cityofmadison.com.
BUS LINES POETRY CONTEST
Bus Lines Poetry Contest 2020
Now Accepting Submissions!
Attention all area residents, students, transit riders and writers:
Metro Transit and Madison’s Poet Laureateinvite you to send short poems, haiku, prose poems, or excerpts from longer poems, 3–15 lines total, to the 2020 Bus Lines open call for poetry.
The theme this year is “How riding the bus is good for us and the planet.”
Submissions can include up to (3) poems maximum. Entries must be no longer than 15 lines to be considered. Submissions are due by Friday, March 6.
BRT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS – WEST SIDE ROUTING OPTIONS
BRT Public Involvement Meetings
West Side Routing Options
Please attend a public information meeting to learn more about the City’s Phase 1 East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
City project leaders will be in attendance to present details about the overall BRT project, and more specifically, to review BRT route options for the west side portion of the service (between Whitney Way and West Towne Mall). Members of the public will be encouraged to provide feedback at the meeting.
Meeting Details
BRT Public Involvement Meeting – West Side Route Options
Wednesday, March 4
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Oakwood Village University Woods
(Heritage Oaks Building – Nakoma Room)
6205 Mineral Point Rd.
THE AGENDA SOUTH: COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING
- South Madison Planning Process
- Town of Madison Dissolution
- Potential New Investments
- Novel Financing Possibilities
- Challenges & Opportunities
MARK POCAN’S UPCOMING TOWN HALL MEETINGS
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) will hold four town halls across Wisconsin this March. The town halls are opportunities for Wisconsinites to ask Rep. Pocan questions regarding legislation facing Congress, discuss the Trump Administration’s actions on a number of issues, and address current events. Following brief opening remarks, Rep. Pocan will take questions from members of the community in attendance..
The town halls are open to the public and no RSVP is required. Members of the media are welcome to join the events and are encouraged to list them in community calendars on your website, as well as announce them in your paper or on your news program.
SAUK COUNTY TOWN HALL
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 3:00 PM (CT)
Baraboo City Hall
101 South Blvd Baraboo, WI 53913
DANE COUNTY TOWN HALL:
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM (CT)
Badger Ridge Middle School
740 N. Main Street Verona, WI 53593
GREEN COUNTY TOWN HALL
Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 3:30 PM (CT)
Green County Historic Courthouse
1016 16th Ave, Monroe, WI 53566
ROCK COUNTY TOWN HALL
Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 6:00 PM (CT)
Beloit Public Library
605 Eclipse Blvd Beloit, WI 53511
For more information, please feel free to call (608) 258-9800.
FINAL EIS ON BRINGING F-35s TO MADISON ON LINE, IN LIBRARIES
NOTE: This is what was available at 12:00 on 2/25/20, but they have been adding more materials and information. From the note on their website: “This section contains all documents that have been released to date related to the Environmental Impact Statement. As new documents are released, they will be posted here.”
Final F-35A EIS Executive Summary February 2020
Final F-35A EIS Vol I February 2020
NOTE: Due to the large size of the document, we have also broken down the EIS into several parts that can be downloaded separately.
Final F-35A EIS February 2020 Vol I Part 1
Final F-35A EIS February 2020 Vol I Part 2
Final F-35A EIS February 2020 Vol I Part 3
Final F-35A EIS February 2020 Vol I Part 4
Final F-35A EIS February 2020 Vol II
Hard copies of the Final EIS can be found at the following libraries through 3/30/2020:
* NOTE that the Pinney Library in Madison, WI is in the process of moving locations to the below address. The EIS will not be available at this new location until after 3/12/2020. As a result, a 4th library, the Central Library, has been added to the list of locations in Madison. See below for address.
| Lakeview Library 2845 N. Sherman Ave. Madison, WI 53704 |
Hawthorne Library 2707 E. Washington Ave. Madison, WI 53704 |
*Pinney Library 516 Cottage Grove Rd. Madison, WI 53716 |
*Central Library 201 W Mifflin St Madison, WI 53703 |
| Hillcrest Library 5246 W. Overland Rd. Boise, ID 83705 |
Ada Community Library 10664 W. Victory Rd. Boise, ID 83709 |
Boise Public Library 715 S. Capitol Blvd. Boise, ID 83702 |
Highlands Regional Library 1826 Dunn Ave. Jacksonville, FL 32218 |
| Brentwood Library 3725 N. Pearl St. Jacksonville, FL 32206 |
Brown Eastside Library 1390 Harrison St. Jacksonville, FL 32206 |
Harrison Township Public Library 38255 L’Anse Creuse St., Suite A Harrison Township, MI 48045 |
Clinton-Macomb Public Library 40900 Romeo Plank Clinton Township, MI 48038 |
| Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Ave. Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 |
Rufus A. Lewis Branch Library 3095 Mobile Highway Montgomery, AL 36108 |
Bertha P Williams Library 1276 Rosa L Parks Ave. Montgomery, AL 36108 |
Pintlala Branch Library 255 Federal Rd. Hope Hull, AL 36043 |
JOIN THE PARADE THIS SATURDAY!
Safe Skies Clean Water-Wisconsin, the lead group actively opposing the F-35 basing at Truax Field, has called for a peaceful mass mobilization, “No F-35s! Parade to the Gates of Truax” from Noon to 2:00 on Saturday, February 29.
Join the mass mobilization of visible and peaceful opposition to the basing of F-35 war planes at Truax Field. The parade and presence at the gates of Truax will send a clear message to the Air Force and local proponents that the jets are not wanted for numerous reasons.
The Truax presence has been planned in anticipation of the release of the final federally mandated Environmental Impact Study (EIS). Now made public, that report earmarks Madison as the “preferred” location for the F-35 “beddown.” However, the actual final decision on whether or not to base the attack jets at Truax will not come until March 28.
As Madison’s District 18 Alder, Rebecca Kemble has pointed out, “We previously learned that the Air Force officials responsible for the final March decision have already voiced concerns over continuing negative reactions to the proposed F-35 ‘beddown’.” Noting that the decision will not be made in a vacuum but will consider levels of broader community opposition, Alder Kemble pointed out, “It isn’t over ’til it’s over.”
Help shape the final outcome by showing up and saying “No to the F-35s!”
To learn more…
https://www.safeskiescleanwaterwi.org/truax-event-saturday-feb-29/
Endorsed by Eken Park Neighbors, Madison Friends Meeting, Veterans for Peace-Madison, No F-35 Action Faction, Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP)
FLOODING UPDATES
We’d like to remind you that the first of three public information meetings is tomorrow focused around getting input about proposed stormwater ordinance changes. The meeting tomorrow will be geared toward professionals and potential developers from a more technical standpoint.
The March 5, 2020 meeting will be presented from a more public perspective, which will include background, general overviews and proposed changes to the ordinance. The March 24, 2020 meeting will provide a recap of comments and final proposed ordinance language.
Below find information about the three meetings:
3-5 p.m., Feb. 26, 2020, Room 206, Madison Municipal Building,
215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, WI 53703
6-8 p.m., March 5, 2020, Goodman Park Maintenance Facility,
1402 Wingra Creek Parkway, Madison, WI 53715
6-8 p.m., March 24, 2020, Room 206, Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, WI 53703
Learn more about the changes, information as a whole here: https://www.cityofmadison.com/
Stay connected and informed about all things stormwater and flooding: www.cityofmadison.com/flooding
