Madison City Week Ahead March 3, 2025

Brenda Konkel

March 1, 2025 1:02 pm

First week of March already! Finance, Plan, Transportation, Urban Design and more this week!

Monday, March 3, 2025

4:30pm Finance Committee Virtual

Authorizing a double-fill of the Fleet Superintendent position (#1188) in the Fleet Division
Approving an extension of a provisional appointment for John Ringwood from March 15, 2025, until such time as the position of Parks Ranger Leadworker is filled on a permanent basis or until September 15, 2025, whichever is earlier.
Approving an extension of a provisional appointment for Steven Dray from March 15, 2025, until such time as the position of Parks Ranger Supervisor is filled on a permanent basis or until September 15, 2025, whichever is earlier.
Create a 1.0 FTE limited term Safety Coordinator 1 (CG18, R8) position in the Fire Department budget.
Approving the Amendment to the Project Plan for Tax Incremental District (TID) #36 (Capitol Gateway), City of Madison (District 6, District 12).
Approving the Amendment to the Project Plan for Tax Incremental District (TID) #44 (Royster Clark), City of Madison. (District 3, District 15)
Approving the Amendment to the Project Plan and Boundary for Tax Incremental District (TID) #46 (Research Park), City of Madison. (District 11, District 19)
Approving the Amendment to the Project Plan for Tax Incremental District (TID) #51 (South Madison), City of Madison. (District 14)
Approving a loan of up to $100,000 to CEOs of Tomorrow, Inc. from the Community Facilities Loan Program to help finance the buildout of its leased commercial space at the Black Business Hub located at 2352 South Park Street, Suite 324; and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign an agreement for that purpose. (District 14)
SUBSTITUTE Authorizing a Non-Competitive Selection Contract with Envirotech Equipment Company for the Purchase of one Wachs Truck-Mounted Valve Turner
Authorizing the City’s execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement between Femrite Properties LLC and the City of Madison for the disposal of City-owned vacant land located at 4937 Femrite Drive. (District 16)
Adopting the City of Madison’s required Five-Year (2025-2029) Consolidated Plan and the first-year (2025) Annual Action Plan (AAP) incorporated therein; approving submission of the Plan(s) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and accepting the associated Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice report (AI). (Citywide).
Amending the 2025 Stormwater Utility Operating Budget to recreate position number #1073 as a 1.0 FTE position.
Amending the 2025 Stormwater Utility Operating Budget to add a position of Environmental Specialist/Inspector (Engineer 2).
Amending the 2025 Adopted Capital Budget of Engineering-Facilities Management to transfer existing GO Borrowing from the General Facilities Improvement program to the Senior Center Facility Improvements program. (District 4)
Amending Traffic Engineering’s 2025 Capital Budget to appropriate additional funding in 2025 relating to the City Share and federal share for two Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) Grants for Traffic Signal Controller and LED Traffic Signal projects that were originally budgeted in the Agency’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for years from 2026 to 2028.
Update on Federal Executive Orders and Directives to Pause Federal Grants and Loans

5:00pm Equal Opportunities Commission – Executive Committee Virtual

EOC Work Plan
- Racial Discrimination in the Workplace
Future Topics
- Rev. Wright Award Timeline
- Community Listening Sessions
- EOC Ordinance Update Continued
- Non-discrimination clause
- Appeals Committee – April 10, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Equal Opportunities Commission Agenda for February 13, 2025

5:30pm Plan Commission Virtual

Amending the Report of the Lamp House Block Ad Hoc Plan Committee
Creating Chapter 21 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Zoning Floodplain Regulations and Maps. AND Amending various sections within Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to remove floodplain references.
Creating Section 28.022-00703 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 321 Russell Street from PD (Planned Development) District to TSS (Traditional Shopping Street) District. (District 6)
3915 Lien Road (District 3): Consideration of a conditional use in the Commercial Corridor-Transitional (CC-T) District and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Overlay District for a drive-through window to allow construction a coffee shop with drive-through window.
623 N Lake Street (District 2): Consideration of a conditional use in the Downtown Residential 2 (DR2) District for a multi-family dwelling with greater than eight (8) dwelling units, and consideration of a conditional use in the DR2 District for a lodging house, all to allow alterations to an approved eight-story mixed-use building to contain 21 apartments and a ten-room lodging house.
1240 Sherman Avenue (District 6): Consideration of a conditional use to allow construction of two accessory buildings on a lakefront parcel.
77 Sirloin Strip (District 14): Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a restaurant. AND Creating Section 28.022-00704 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 77 Sirloin Strip from TR-V2 (Traditional Residential-Varied 2) District to TR-U1 (Traditional Residential-Urban 1) District. (District 14) AND 77 Sirloin Strip (District 14): Consideration of a conditional use in the [Proposed] Traditional Residential-Urban 1 (TR-U1) District for a multi-family dwelling with greater than 60 units to allow construction of a 74-unit apartment building.
922-926 N Fair Oaks Avenue (District 12): Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish two single-family residences. AND Creating Section 28.022-00705 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 922-926 North Fair Oaks Avenue from TR-C1 (Traditional Residential-Consistent 1) District to CC-T (Commercial Corridor-Transitional) District. (District 12)
3222, 3230, and 3238 E Washington Avenue (District 12): Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish three single-family residences. AND Creating Section 28.022-00706 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 3222-3238 East Washington Avenue and 3229 Ridgeway Avenue from TR-C1 (Traditional Residential-Consistent 1) District and TR-C4 (Traditional Residential-Consistent 4) District to TR-U2 (Traditional Residential-Urban 2) District. (District 12)
Creating Section 28.022-00707 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 6303 Portage Road and 4821 Hoepker Road from Temp. A (Temporary Agricultural) District to A (Agricultural) District and creating Section 28.022-00708 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 6303 Portage Road and 4821 Hoepker Road from Temp. A (Temporary Agricultural) District to TR-P (Traditional Residential-Planned) District. (District 17) 17. 86736 Approving the preliminary plat of the LEO Living on property addressed as 6303 Portage Road and 4821 Hoepker Road (District 17).
Adjacent to 3111 Burke Road, Town of Sun Prairie: Consideration of a Certified Survey Map within the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction to create one residential lot

5:30pm Sister City Collaboration Committee Virtual

Sister City Program Reports – March 2025
Achieving Quorum

5:30pm City-County Homeless Issues Committee Virtual

Wisconsin State Budget Items Mike Basford, Interagency Council
Lived Experience Council (LEC) and Youth Action Board (YAB) Updates and Continued Discussion re: compensation Chara Taylor (LEC) and Alicia Spry (YAB)
Staff report

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

7:30am Notice of Possible Quorum of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission Maintenance Facility Training Room

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, there is a potential that a quorum of the Commission of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District will be present at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the District Roles & Expectations Workshop. This event will take place in-person with no virtual option. The event will be held in the Maintenance Facility Training Center at 1610 Moorland Road, Madison, WI 53713. Guests are asked to enter and exit the campus using Gate 4 off Moorland Road. No Commission business or action will be taken at this event.

4:00pm Room Tax Commission Virtual

Meeting materials
Final 2024 Room Tax Collections
2025 and Long-Range Forecast
Arts Grants – Reappropriation of Unspent 2024 Funding

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

1:00pm Homeless Services Consortium Board of Directors Virtual

Discussion & Action Item: Dane County Homelessness Awareness Month Events to come officially from Homeless Services Consortium – Claire Bergman
- Proposal: Approve the Homeless Services Consortium as the organizing sponsor for Dane County Homelessness Awareness Month events.
Presentation & Action Item: Updates to the HSC Lived Experience Compensation Policy – Lived Experience Council
- Proposal: Approve updates to the HSC Lived Experience Compensation Policy as presented by the Lived Experience Council.
Discussion & Action Item: Federal Funding Updates & Discussion of Implications –Torrie Kopp Mueller
- Action: Determine HSC’s response to federal landscape. Options:
  - No change, the administration’s values have changed but ours haven’t
  - Begin an effort to change language so that we are less likely to experience consequences that impact our work
  - Remove things that may flag us, and add them back once language is changed

4:30pm Urban Design Commission Virtual

849 E Washington Avenue + 10 S Paterson Street – Comprehensive Design Review for Signage in Urban Design District (UDD) 8. (District 6)
3361-3375 E Washington Avenue + 922-930 N Fair Oaks Avenue – New Mixed-Use Building Located in Urban Design District (UDD) 5. (District 12)
501 E Washington Avenue – New Residential Building Located in Urban Design District (UDD) 4. (District 6)
Secretary’s report and Business by Members

5:00pm Transportation Commission Virtual

Amending Traffic Engineering’s 2025 Capital Budget to appropriate additional funding in 2025 relating to the City Share and federal share for two Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) Grants for Traffic Signal Controller and LED Traffic Signal projects that were originally budgeted in the Agency’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for years from 2026 to 2028.
Update of Complete Green Streets Guide
West Washington Avenue at Southwest Commuter Path – Update and Approval
Transportation Improvement Program – Proposed Projects and Programs
Reports

5:30pm Board of Health for Madison and Dane County Virtual, City-County Building

Authorization of Nomenclature Changes to License Types for Public Pools and Water Attractions, Recreational and Educational Camps, and Special Event Campgrounds within the Licensed Establishment Program
Amending the Public Health Budget and Authorizing Approval of the Updated Licensed Establishment Fee Schedules with the 1% Increase in DATCP Reimbursement Fees and Other Fee Changes
Board of Health for Madison and Dane County Resolution #2025-08 Authorization of Nomenclature Changes to License Types for Public Pools and Water Attractions, Recreational and Educational Camps, and Special Event Campgrounds within the Licensed Establishment Program
Board of Health for Madison and Dane County Resolution #2025-09 Amending the Public Health Budget and Authorizing Approval of the Updated Licensed Establishment Fee Schedules with the 1% Increase in DATCP Reimbursement Fees and Other Fee Changes
Board of Health for Madison and Dane County Resolution #2025-10 Authorization to Accept Funds from Animal Owners who Redeem Their Animals from Dane County Humane Society
Reports

6:30pm Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Board Virtual, Sun Prairie City Hall

Public Hearing on Amendment to the Regional Transportation Plan 2050 and 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program
- Add I-39/90/94 (Beltline Highway to North County Line) Capacity Expansion project to the Fiscally Constrained Regional Transportation Plan
- Add USH 51 (Stoughton Road North) (STH 30 to I-39/90/94) Reconstruction Project to the Fiscally Constrained Regional Transportation Plan and to the 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program
- Revise the North-South BRT project already in the Fiscally Constrained Regional Transportation Plan so that it reflects the adopted Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA)
- Note: Action by the MPO on the RTP and TIP amendments is anticipated following the public hearing unless comments are received expressing concerns in which case action could be postponed until the April meeting. Written comments on the amendments are invited until 4:30pm on March 5, the day of the meeting, and should be emailed to mpo@cityofmadison.com or mailed to the MPO offices at 100 State St., Suite 400, Madison, WI 53703.
MPO 2025 Resolution No. 4 Approving Amendment No. 1 to the Regional Transportation Plan 2050 (RTP) for the Madison Metropolitan Area to (1) add the I-39/90/94 (Beltline Highway to North County Line) Reconstruction and Capacity Expansion project, (2) add the USH 51 (Stoughton Road North) (STH 30 to I-39/90/94) Reconstruction Project, and (3) Revise the North-South BRT project.
MPO 2025 Resolution No. 5 Approving Amendment No. 4 to the 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Madison Metropolitan Area & Dane County
- Safe Routes to School Plan (REVISED; Federal TAP funding added, Implementation in 2025)
- USH 51 (Stoughton Road North) (STH 30 to I-39/90/94), Reconstruction with intersection improvements (NEW; Const. starting in 2029)
- Mineral Point Road (Beltline Highway to S. High Point Road), Pavement Replacement with New Ped/Bike Facilities (REVISED; Federal STBG-U and local funding moved from 2025 to 2026)
MPO 2025 Resolution No. 6 Amending MPO Policies and Scoring Criteria for STBG Transportation Alternatives Set Aside Program Projects
MPO 2025 Resolution No. 7 Amending MPO Program Management and Recipient Coordination Plan for the Madison Urbanized Area’s Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program
MPO 2025 Resolution No. 8 Amending 2025 UPWP
Presentation: Update of the RoundTrip Program
Announcements and Staff Reports