It’s September and local government is getting back to work, and I’m swamped at my work and can’t cover it (boo hoo), so here’s a random round up of some things going on you might want to know about . . .
RAIN GARDEN PLANTS
Rain Garden Plants for your Neighborhood Rain Garden Project! Free – Easy Application Process
Neighborhood Leaders,
The Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds continues to look for ways to support water-related projects and educational opportunities that are already making an impact in the community to help them grow and make a larger impact on our water resources. This year, we will be testing out a new volunteer native plant growing program so that we can have supply of free native plants available that schools and community groups can use for education and water quality improvement projects (such as rain gardens). We will have a small supply of native plants available that will be ready to be picked up on October 2nd.
If your school or community group would like plants for a native garden or rain garden project, please fill out the attached application and email it back to me. We have a very limited number available this year but hope to grow this program in the future so that we will have even more plants and species available.
Priority will be given to projects with educational and/or water quality benefits.
Thanks,
Susan Sandford
Strategic Engagement CoordinatorDane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds
Phone: (608) 224-3617
Sandford.susan@countyofdane.com
SHARED SOLAR
Do you want to use solar power for your home? MGE’s Shared Solar program offers you a way to get started with solar without having to install panels on your roof. You join with others and purchase power from a large system installed in our community. But the current MGE Shared Solar program is filling up quickly. If you’re interested in participating, you’ll need to act soon.
There are advantages to buying solar power this way. Shared Solar lets you:
• Lock in your electricity rate for up to 50% of your use for the next 25 years so you can manage your costs for the long term.
• Add solar to your energy mix with a low upfront expense. You don’t pay for the whole system at once or take out a loan to install a system.
• Participate in solar if you rent, own a condominium, or your home’s roof is shaded or faces the wrong direction.
• Rely on MGE to manage the project.
• Use a renewable energy resource to replace power that would have been produced using fossil fuels.Interested? Please visit www.mge.com/sharedsolar
to learn more. MGE’s online tool provides program cost estimates based on your energy use. Thanks.
Dave
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David J. Benforado, Community Services Manager
Madison Gas and Electric Company
P.O. Box 1231
Madison, WI 53701-1231
608-252-7906
FAX: 608-252-4734
dbenforado@mge.com
VOTER CONFUSION – LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TRIES TO HELP SORT IT OUT
Are you a member?
Having trouble figuring out what all the court decisions and procedural changes mean for the November election? Get your questions answered Wednesday evening, Sept. 7, at the Issues Forum.
Maribeth Witzel-Behl, Madison City Clerk, and Josh Kaul, part of the litigation team in the federal lawsuit concerning Wisconsin’s voting procedures, will help us get up to date.
6 p.m. social hour with refreshments, 7 p.m. program . Capitol Lakes Grand Hall, 333 W. Main St., Madison. If you can bring an appetizer, fruit, beverage or a dessert (with serving piece if necessary), that would be much appreciated. See our website for the study materials: http://www.lwvdanecounty.org
TRANSPORATION PLANNING FOR MADISON
It all starts here, what will the future look like?
You are Invited to an Open House for Madison in Motion – Sustainable Madison Transportation Master Plan
Madison in Motion Open House
– Tuesday, September 20
– Madison Central Library, Room 301
– 4:30-8:00 pm Open House
– Mayor’s Welcome: 5:45 pm (Presentation to follow)https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4653651&GUID=3D2423F7-276B-48FC-8598-58AEC20AE33F
Please share your feedback on Madison in Motion, the City’s Draft Transportation Master Plan. This comprehensive planning effort has developed a long range transportation system vision that will help to make Madison a more walkable, bikeable and transit-oriented City. Come hear about how demographic shifts and rapidly-emerging technologies are affecting the future of transportation. We are interested in your thoughts about the Madison in Motion’s draft recommendations to improve our public transit system, streets and roadways, bicycle networks and pedestrian facilities throughout the City.
Get Involved with Madison in Motion. Contact:
David Trowbridge, Project Manager
dtrowbridge@cityofmadison.com 267-1148
FIRST ROUND OF PFC HEARINGS AGAINST CHIEF KOVAL
Monday, September 12 at 5 PM – 9 PM
City-County Building (probably GR-22), 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.Please show up and support Sharon Irwin and Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores, two Madison residents who have filed separate complaints with Madison’s Police and Fire Commission against Madison Police Chief Michael Koval for 37 separate violations of city police policy, code and administrative procedure memos.
SHARON IRWIN
“Madison, WI resident and disabled U.S. Army Veteran, Sharon Irwin, has filed a complaint with the Madison Police and Fire Commission against Police Chief Michael Koval for responding to the veteran’s questions by repeatedly using discriminatory language against her. The incident occurred while Chief Koval was on duty and attending a Madison Common Council meeting. Later that same evening, he was observed pounding his table top during Ms. Irwin public’s testimony before the Common Council. The complaint accuses Chief Koval of 37 separate violations of Madison Police Department Code of Conduct, Standard Operating Procedures and City of Madison Administrative Procedure Memos. ”SHADYRA KILFOY-FLORES
“Madison, WI (August 22, 2016) – Madison, WI resident, Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores, has filed a complaint with the Madison Police and Fire Commission against Police Chief Michael Koval for using physically intimidating behavior towards her and her friend while also, in her presence, using derogatory language against her friend. The incident occurred while Chief Koval was on duty and at a Madison Common Council meeting. The complaint charges Chief Koval with 14 separate violations of the Madison Police Department Code of Conduct, Standard Operating Procedures, and City of Madison Administrative Procedure Memoranda. “
