Yeah, right. Looks like it will be a busy week updating the following, cuz you know there isn’t really only 11 meetings this week. This really sucks. Seriously, I’m pretty sure meetings will be added, but its awful for transparency and for the public and press to plan to attend any meetings. Here’s three more meetings added on Monday.
Monday, June 21, 2010
12:00 PM MADISON REVITALIZATION & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2 WAUNONA WOODS CT. #102
– Hmmm, looks like the organizational meeting for a new? management board for the CDAs Monona Shores. Not sure why they’re doing this. I don’t recall the CDA or Council approving or creating this new group. Tho, the CDA agendas are usually very vague, so who knows?
4:00 PM JOINT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 201 STATE STREET, BOARDROOM, LOWER LEVEL
– A meeting of Madison Cultural Arts District, 201 State Foundation, Inc. and Overture Development Corporation with only one agenda item
– – 3. Discussion and possible action on debt negotiations
However, there’s no point in trying to attend because if anyone shows up, they go into closed session.
4:30 PM COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT ROOM 108 CCB
– Fireworks in Madison Parks
– Memo on cleaning garbage carts
5:30 PM PLAN COMMISSION ROOM 201 CCB
– Informational presentation on MATC (Madison College) plans for the Truax campus
– Public Market site analysis
– Demolition of properties we “bought” (by force) from African American landlords
– Fixing parking at Villager Mall
– Zoning code rewrite public hearing.
5:30 PM SISTER CITY COLLABORATION COMMITTEE ROOM 103A CCB
– Not much that I can tell, except creating their committee in ordinance and reviewing surveys.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
5:00 PM COMMUNITY GARDENS COMMITTEE ROOM 108 CCB
– City’s Potential Requirement of a Lease and Liability Insurance for Urban Orchards and Edible Landscaping on Public Lands.
5:00 PM PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION ROOM 260 MMB
– Informational presentation by Erdman Development Group on proposed development at Whitney Way and University
– Informational presentation on approval process for transportation related projects and which committees and commissions are involved in the process
– Approving Plans and Specifications for Regent Street / Monroe Street Intersection
– Bike boulevard bump out at Kendall Avenue and Franklin Avenue
– Summary and review of public hearing comments on pedestrian/bicycle projects for the 2011-2013 capital budget
– Approving Mifflin Street bike boulevard traffic control at Webster & Mifflin and Blair & Mifflin (This is all we know so far.)
REMINDER: This isn’t on the City’s Weekly Meeting Schedule, but many may be interested in the High Speed Rail Station at Monona Terrace area.
· June 22 – Monona Terrace Rail Station – Public Workshop/Meeting
East High School
2222 E Washington Ave
4:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
8:00 AM EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE ROOM 260, MMB
– Not much, their orientation to the new process for funding agencies that provide services for the city.
REMINDER: This isn’t on the City’s Weekly Meeting Schedule, but many may be interested in the High Speed Rail Station at Monona Terrace area.
· June 23 – Monona Terrace Rail Station – Public Workshop/Meeting
WI Dept of Administration
101 E Wilson St
4:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
5:00 PM ALLIED AREA TASK FORCE 4619 JENEWEIN ROAD
– CDA Revitalization – Mark Olinger
A. Continued Discussion of Phase II
B. Neighborhood Listening Session
C. Update from the Design Committee
D. Continued discussion of Home Occupation & Live/Work units
5:00 PM COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ROOM 260 MMB
– Extension of Accessible Taxicab Service Provisions as stated in MGO 11.06 (7)(l)(4)
5:00 PM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ROOM LL-110 MMB
– All those people without enough pull to get ordinances changed like the Edgewater did
Again, your suspicions have gotten the better of you. MRCDC is not new, probably goes back to original Monona Shores development. And as a leftist, I can’t believe you really think the exercise of eminent domain is acquiring property “by force.” Kinda sound like a Tea Partier, y’know?
Well, they weren’t exactly willing sellers from what I could tell. And if they transparency you promised was a reality, I wouldn’t be suspicious. I don’t recall the MRCDC ever meeting before, at least I haven’t seen it noticed since I’ve been doing the week ahead.