Office Hours, Truman Olson is Breaking Ground!, Neighborhood Indicators Project, Dark Sky Ordinance

District 13

Alder Tag Evers

Alder Evers’ Blog

June 23, 2021 1:04 PM

Greetings.

Office Hours

Join me this Friday morning from 8am to 10am for virtual office hours. This is a good time to meet your alder, to bring your concerns and questions to my attention. I'm glad to help!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://cityofmadison.zoom.us/j/98540172739?pwd=TlVxWnJTUXFWNUVNczQxeEtmdE02dz09

Meeting ID: 985 4017 2739
Passcode: 186259

Truman Olson Project to Break Ground Next Week!

The City of Madison has authorized Rule Enterprises and Movin' Out, along with their grocery partner Luna's Groceries, to begin moving soil on the Truman Olson site with a temporary land use permit. This work will save the Truman Olson project both money and time, reaffirming the City's commitment to ensure that there is a grocery store that serves South Madison. The City continues to work with its partners to move this project forward in an expeditious manner. A final closing on the sale of the land will be followed by a formal ground-breaking ceremony in the near future.

New data added to Madison's Neighborhood Indicators Project Website

A new set of data (2020 Edition) has been added to the City of Madison's Neighborhood Indicators Project (NIP)--a tracking system with trend data going back to 2008.

One of the NIP aims has been to shine a light on social inequities that underlie the City's longstanding pattern of segregation and racial disparities. The NIP's geographically detailed, time series data illustrate long-term trends in numerous measures of economic and community interest. The new data is also starting to capture some of the social and economic costs of the pandemic especially on the most vulnerable populations.

NIP is a valuable tool for a wide range of entities, such as community-based organizations, non-profits, the business community, and governmental officials and staff. Throughout the pandemic and in its aftermath, NIP data will continue to remain a vital tool for decision makers, community advocates, and grant writers to identify vulnerable communities and work to ensure that available support and resources are directed to the people and places that need them most.

NIP was designed by the City of Madison in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Applied Population Lab.

Interested in learning more about NIP data and the NIP website? The City of Madison Planning Division offers free workshops to local organizations. Please contact Urvashi Martin at umartin@cityofmadison.com for more details.

Dark Sky Ordinance Review

A few months ago, I began conversations regarding the formulation of a Lake Wingra Heritage Plan that would advance goals to protect the integrity of the jewel that is Lake Wingra. In addition to watershed concerns about phosphorous and chloride contamination from leaves and road salt, we are focused on addressing the viewshed.

Madison is a growing city, and it's unavoidable that buildings will get taller, some of which will be visible from the shoreline around Lake Wingra. For that reason, it's time we take a look at the City's lighting ordinance so that we might minimize light pollution and preserve what we can of the night sky.

Working with Zoning Administrator Matt Tucker and several staff members in the Building Inspection unit, a working group has been formed to review the City's dark sky ordinance. It has been over 15 years since our rules around exterior lighting were updated. I have two concerns in particular -- the use of illuminated signage and the extent to which commercial properties keep their interior lights on when buildings are unoccupied, neither of which makes sense as we deal with climate change.

Bay Creek resident Andy Meessmann is also part of the work group. Andy is a landscape architect and understands the technical issues and policy challenges we face with respect to rules around dark sky. He's also a very talented photographer who has traveled extensively in pursuit of dark sky vistas. Here is a stunning photo he took up north in Vilas County of the northern lights.

Northern Lights in Vilas County (courtesy of Andy Meessmann)

Find our more about protecting the night sky by checking out the International Dark-Sky Association website.

Take care and enjoy the summer!

Tag

Tags: Dark Sky Ordinance, Food Access, Friends of Lake Wingra, Grocery Gap, Lake Wingra, Luna's Groceries, Movin' Out, Neighborhood Indicators Project, Rule Enterprises, Truman Olson

Email to a friend

Labels

Uncategorized

Tags

1109 S. Park 1224 S. Park 2020 Census 2020 Referenda 5G Technology Accessory Dwelling Units Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Fund Affordable Housing; Police Chief Ahmaud Arbery Alder Pay Aldo Leopold Alexis London Allen Arntsen Alleys American Plan Rescue Act Anisa Scott Annie Stewart Fountain Anthony Cooper Anti-Racism Arboretum ARPA Aurielle Smith Badger Football Bay Creek Bayview Bayview Foundation Bicycling Big Step Bikeways Biking Black Lives Matter Board of Parks Commissioners Board of Public Works Body Worn Cameras Brandi Grayson Brittingham Park BRT Brush Collection Budget Buildings Energy Savings Program Bus Rapid Transit C.A.R.E.S. CARES Program CDA Cedar Street City Budget Civilian Oversight Board Clean Lakes Alliance Clean Streets/Clean Lakes Clean Up Clear Sidewalks Climate Change Common Council Community Control Community Input Complete Green Streets Complete Green Streets Composting Computers Corporate Power COVID-19 Crime Curbside collection D13 Mask Brigade D13 Neighborhood Alliance D14 Alder Sheri Carter D5 Alder Regina Vidaver Dairy Drive Damond Boatwright Dark Sky Ordinance Defund The Police Development Development Digital Inclusion Diversity Dog Parks Dogs in Parks Dudgeon Monroe Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Assn Earth Day Earth Week Ecology Economic crisis Edgewood High School Edgewood Stadium Effigy Mounds Elections Encampments Engineering Division Environment Environmental Justice Environmental Racism Eviction Prevention F-35s Family Definition Finance Committee Financial Assistance Focused Interruption Coalition Food Access Food Deserts Food Drive Food Scraps Recycling Forest Hill Cemetery Forest Hills Cemetery Forward Dane Friend of Olin-Turville Friends of Lake Wingra Friends of Monona Bay Friends of Olin-Turville Gallery Night Gaylord Nelson Gentrification George Floyd Glen Golf Park Glenway Golf Course Glenway Golf Park Glenway Woods Good Neighbor Gathering Goodman Pool grassroots leadership Green Infrastructure Green New Deal Greenbush GreenPower Program Grocery Gap Gun violence Henry Vilas Zoo Ho Chunk Ho-Chunk Nation Homeless Services Hope Housing Housing Ordinances Immigrant Rights Independent Community Oversight Internships Jacob Blake Jazz In The Park Jeffrey Erlanger John Muir John Nolen Drive Reconstruction Judge Everett Mitchell Juneteenth Kaleem Caire Kenosha Lake Monona Waterfront Lake Weeds Lake Wingra Lakeside Street Land Banking Law Park Leaf Management Leaf Pick-up Light Pollution Listening Session Local Preemption Luna's Groceries Madison Bike Week Madison Fire Department Madison Forward Fund Madison Metro Madison Parks Madison Parks Foundation Madison Public Library Madison Water Utility MaskUpMadison Master Plan Maurer's Urban Market Maurer's Urban Market Mayor Satya McGrath E. Olin Project McGrath Project McGrath Property Group Men's Homeless Shelter Metro Transit Network Redesign MLK Day MMSD MMSD Monona Bay Monroe Street Monroe Street Festival Monroe Street Library Move Madison Forward Movin' Out MPD MPD Nature Neighborhood Grant Program Neighborhood House Neighborhood Indicators Project New Day New Grocery Store Noise Pollution Office Hours Olin Ave Olin Park Oscar Mayer Special Area Plan Parking Restrictions Parks Passenger Rail Paul Wellstone Pedestrian Safety PFAS PFAS PFAS Phosphorous Pick N' Save Plan Commission Plan Commission Planning Framework Police & Fire Commission Police Brutality Policing Property Assessment Property Damage Protests Public Art Public Health Public Hearing Public safety Public Safety Review Commission Racial Disparities Racial Equity Racism Rain Gardens Recycling Recycling User Fee Redistricting Regent Street Reindahl Park Rental Assistance Reparations Resident Input Resource Recovery Charge Restorative Justice Road Salt Romnes Rule Enterprises Safe Streets Madison Salt Routes Salt Wise Sandbags Schools Schools Service Shared Streets Shared Use Paths Sidewalks Snow Emergency Zone Snow Removal Snow Update Social Distancing Social Distancing Solar South Madison South Madison Plan South Park Corridor Southwest Commuter Path Spring cleaning SROs SSM SSM Clinic State Rep. Shelia Stubbs State Street State Street riots State Street riots Stormwater Retention Streatery Street Closings Street Reconstruction Street Repair Streets Sustainability Sustainable Future TFOGS Tiny Homes TOD Overlay Together Town of Madison Traffic Calming Traffic Impacts Traffic Safety Traffic Speed Transit Transit-Oriented Development Transportation Transportation Commission Transportation Demand Management Trash Collection Tree Canopy Tree Pruning Trees Triangle Truax Truman Olson Urban Design Commission Urban Forestry Task Force Urban Triage Vaccination Vaccine Availability Vaccines VFW Redevelopment Viewshed Vilas Vilas Park Vilas Park Drive Vilas Park Master Plan Violence Prevention Vision Zero Volunteer Opportunities Voter Registration Voting Walking Water Conservation Water Quality Waterfront Planning Watershed Studies West High White Militia Vigilantes White Supremacy Wingra Park Wingra Proper Watershed Study Wingra Triangle Wingra Triangle Winter Winter Parking Wonder Bar Yard Waste Zoning Zoning Ordinance

Common Council

District 13

Alder Tag Evers

Alder Tag Evers

Alder Evers’ Blog