So many meetings, no more affordable housing, in fact, less . . . Well, guess what, I couldn’t get Legistar to work this morning til about 7:45, so, here’s a kinda scattered attempt since I couldn’t see the agendas this morning until late. Will have to review the council agenda for tomorrow, no time to do it at work today. Most of the morning, all I got was:
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Monday, May 18, 2009
4:30 PM COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT ROOM 108 CCB
– Plastic bag disposal ban
4:45 PM LANDMARKS COMMISSION ROOM LL-130 MMB
– Buildings proposed for demolition.
5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 201
– I didn’t see anything of interest to me, but there might be a few things that people are interested in, depending upon where you live.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
4:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE ROOM 103A CCB
– Paid sick leave for city employees, finally
– Changes to filing the statement of interest forms, and no, its not getting more transparent.
6:30 PM COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 201 CCB
Off the top of my head . . . no time to review the agenda more thoroughly.
– 600 E Johson project where they are demolishing 11 homes.
– The fixes to the chronic nuisance ordinance, finally, after 2 years!
– Removing Carl DuRocher from the Transit and Parking Commission
– Paid Sick Leave finally implemented
– Resolution to the TIF issue.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
4:30 PM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ROOM 103A CCB
– Sherman Terrace Water Main issue
– Java Cat and opposition to widening Monona Drive
– Approving and adopting City Engineering’s Policy regarding stormwater management and water quality improvement strategies for Lakes Mendota, Monona and Wingra. (No attachments, no legistar item, so it might not be going to council, this may be the only chance to talk about whatever they are talking about.)
4:30 PM HOUSING MERGER PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
– More talking, separate from the Diversity and Affordability committees. They will be discussing maps that are not available, a work plan that is not available and the property tax exemption issue (no materials).
4:30 PM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Again, development is slow, nothing of interest to me, but you might want to take a look in case there is something going on in your neighborhood.
5:30 PM ZONING CODE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADISON SENIOR CENTER, 330 W MIFFLIN ST, ROOMS 1 & 2
– Continuing to move forward. The agenda says that they have 90 minutes for about 20 people to attempt to discuss the following:
– – Discussion of revised Residential Districts (TR-P District)
– – Discussion of revised Commercial-Mixed Use Districts
– – Discussion of revised Employment Districts
– – Discussion of revised Overlay Districts (Transit-Oriented Development District)
– – Discussion of revised General Development District (parking revisions and landscaping standards)
– – Discussion of revised Supplemental Regulations
– – Discussion of Procedures chapter
– – Discussion of Co-op and co-housing regulations
– – Discussion of revised Land Use and Building Form Standards chapter
Thursday, May 21, 2009
12:00 PM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
– More discussion, separate from the Merger and Diversity Committee, they’ll be talking about:
1. Update on current lending practices
2. Continue to review homeownership and renter chart
3. Continue to review the City of Madison housing programs
4. Homebuyer education
(no materials available)
4:30 PM LANDLORD AND TENANT ISSUES SUBCOMMITTEE ROOM LL-130 MMB
– More talking about housing.
4:30 PM MEETING WITH DONOVAN RYPKEMA OF PLACE ECONOMICS ROOM 260 MMB
– I’m not sure what he’ll be talking about with Plan Commission, Urban Design, Landmarks and Community Development Authority members, but this is what is listed on the agenda:
Discussion with Donovan Rypkema, principal of Place Economics, a Washington DC based real estate and economic development consulting firm. Mr. Rypkema is nationally recognized for his expertise in downtown and neighborhood development and revitalization and historic preservation.
At 7:00 this same day he’ll be at the Goodman Community Center to talk about:
Historic Preservation & Development …. Does it Work?
Madison neighborhood activists, concerned citizens, and development entrepreneurs will all find something to take away from this program. Noted Washington D.C. author, speaker and consultant, Donovan Rypkema, will lead a conversation about “The dichotomy of historic preservation and economic development.”
5:00 PM MADISON AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD ROOM LL-110 MMB
– Where is the stimulus money going? (no materials available)
– What roads will be in next year’s budget (no materials available)
5:30 PM DOWNTOWN COORDINATING COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– Looks like they’ll be making recommendations to staff about transportation connections in the downtown (no materials available)
Friday, May 22, 2009
10:30 AM HOUSING DIVERSITY PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE ROOM 403 CCB
– There’s an agenda, with no materials available, I asked a member to see their packet, but they don’t have anything either, including the mayor’s memo and informational documents to be distributed that will discussed. It’s frustrating to have them have a meeting at 10:30 in the morning when no one can attend and then not have the information available. This is the committee that was formed when IZ died, this is their first meeting and they are supposed to have a report to the council by July 1st. Ha!
