The City Week Ahead

Sorry, this is a day late, I felt AWFUL yesterday, still not feeling great today . . . sigh . . . but I guess as long as it is late it will have less errors as they add meetings this week.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
12:15 PM BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, CONVEYANCE CODE AND LICENSING APPEALS BOARD ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Not much of interest

3:00 PM MONONA TERRACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SUPPORT SERVICES COMMITTEE 1 JOHN NOLEN DR. DANE ROOM (LEVEL TWO)
– High speed rail location (no materials)

4:00 PM COMMITTEE ON SWEATFREE PURCHASES ROOM 417 CCB
– Policy for Implementation of Sweatfree Ordinance, Guidelines, Procedures, Evidentiary Standards

4:00 PM OLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 3330 ATWOOD AVE.
– Mostly just a whole bunch of reports

5:00 PM PARKING COUNCIL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ROOM 108 CCB
– Mostly also just reports

6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
– Wow, a whole bunch of absences again (Bruer, Solomon and Cnare)
Cancelling Grid Iron liquor license
– Non-renewal/acceptance of deal on the Samba, Riley’s, Church Key, etc (several items)
– #17 Cleaning house at Urban Design – Bruce Woods, John Harrington and Ron Luskin all off the commission to be replaced by a couple lobbyists. (Ooops, John Harrington was just getting a different seat, not being removed, my bad.)
– #19 Joanne Brown and Janet Parker also booted from committees
– #24 Quarterly tax payments & #83 spending $40K on software for it.
– #32 Hiring architects for the library
– #35 Depleting our affordable housing stock
– #37 Biolink
– #36, 39 & 40 Fireworks resolutions
– #68 Changing how committees do reconsideration
– #69 More money for the SW side.
– #73 Keeping roads open at the railroad tracks at Blount, Brearly and Livingston
– #74 increasing fines for aggressive panhandling
– #81 Green Cab license

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
8:00 AM BOARD OF ASSESSORS ROOM 101 CCB
– A whole bunch of people challenging their taxes

1:00 PM SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 330 W. MIFFLIN ST.
– Orientation on the new process

3:00 PM HOUSING DIVERSITY PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE ROOM 300 MMB
– Still working on a housing plan for the city, without spending any money. Mission impossible.

4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 108 CCB
– Lots of fiber optics being extended (KDL, WIN and AT&T) (No materials)
– Extending time for construction on Stoughton Rd and Watts Road, Excelsior Drive, Heartland Drive and Odana Road Resurfacing Projects. (No materials)

4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
1552 University Avenue – Wisconsin Energy Institute new laboratory building
Charter St. Coal Plant

Truax redevelopment
Demolition of the water utility building on Main St.

4:45 PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ROOM 260 MMB
– An hour of Economic Development Discussion with Mayor Cieslewicz
Development Review Process
Public Market location discussion

5:30 PM ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE ROOM 201 CCB
– Several items for change of owner/agent for the Church Key/Vineyard/Rileys some of which might be moot if the council denies a few of the liquor licenses
Old Fashioned expansion to L’Etoile space
– Buying liquor at Walgreens? They want to do it in several locations – 7810 Mineral Point Rd, 108 Cottage Grove Rd, 606 S Whitney Way, 4518 Cottage Grove Rd, 8302 Old Sauk Rd
Prohibiting sales of alcohol to “habitual drunks”.
Banning bartenders and bar employees from drinking in the bar.

Thursday, June 17, 2010
4:30 PM LANDLORD AND TENANT ISSUES SUBCOMMITTEE (Cancelled) ROOM LL-130 MMB
– They have no business to discuss.

4:30 PM MONONA TERRACE COMMUNITY AND CONVENTION CENTER BOARD 1 JOHN NOLEN DR. HALL OF FAME ROOM
– High speed rail
– 2011 Budget

5:00 PM LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Discussion on how to advance TDM plans (Transportation Demand Management plans – where employers provide shared ride service, bus passes and other incentives to have people not drive to work)
– Discussion on intercity high speed rail and a multi-modal transportation station

5:30 PM DOWNTOWN COORDINATING COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– Lots of reports and updates

Friday, June 18, 2010
10:00 AM ALCOHOL LICENSE DENSITY ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE – MADISON CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 122 W. WASHINGTON AVE. 1ST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
– BID position on the Alcohol License Density Ordinance

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