New Alder Boundaries in Effect, Polling Places Proposed - D15 Update 1/3/22

New Year, New D15 Boundaries in Effect

The new alder district boundaries took effect on January 1st. Welcome to new D15 residents in the Glendale, SASY, and Worthington Park neighborhoods and best wishes to previous D15 residents that are now part of Districts 3, 12 or 17. If you’re unsure of what alder district you’re now in, you can search by address in this interactive map.

Common Council Agenda 

The first Common Council meeting of 2022 will be held on Tuesday. The Common Council voted to continue meeting virtually for the foreseeable future. You can find a link to the full agenda as well as links to register for items on the agenda and links to watch the meeting here. Some items of potential interest to D15 residents include: 

• 6 - A new liquor license for Starkweather Brewing
• 8 - Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For St. Paul Avenue, Ohio Avenue, Talmadge Street, Jackson Street, and LaFollette Avenue Reconstruction Assessment District
• 41 - Designating City of Madison Polling Locations for the 2022 Spring Primary
• 43 - Establishing in-person absentee voting locations for the 2022 Spring Primary and Spring Election
• 62 - To discuss at the December 7, 2021 Common Council meeting the results of the Spring 2021 advisory referendum election and determine whether a binding referendum election shall be authorized related to the structure of the Common Council

Proposed in-person voting locations for D15 residents are listed here. Please remember that your ward number may have changed with redistricting. You can verify your ward number on the map above.

• 14 - Unity of Madison, 601 Tompkins Dr
• 15 - Lake Edge United Church of Christ, 4200 Buckeye Rd
• 16 - Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd
• 17 - Lussier Family East YMCA, 711 Cottage Grove Rd
• 18 - Hawthorne Library, 2707 E Washington Ave
• 19 - Olbrich Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave

Dempsey/Davies

On Thursday, staff will hold a virtual public information meeting to review the proposed design for the Dempsey/Davies reconstruct project. This project originally included a portion of Maher Avenue which has been removed from the current project in order to continue working on design alternatives. You can register for Thursday’s meeting here and find a link to the project page in the Public Works Projects section below.

COVID-19 Updates

You can find the latest COVID-19 updates related to the current face covering order and quarantine and isolation guidance at these links:

• Face Covering Order Extended Amid High COVID Hospitalization Rates and Concerns over New Variant

• Public Health Adopts New COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Guidance

Christmas Tree Collection & Olbrich Labyrinth Project

The first round of Christmas Tree collection begins today with a second round beginning January 18. You can find all the details here.

Or if you’re able, consider dropping off your used holiday greens sometime before January 29 at the designated point at Olbrich Park. Lillian Sizemore needs to collect 250 trees to construct a labyrinth in the park for the project commissioned by the Madison Arts Commission Blink program. You can find all the details here. 

In the news

• Madison Commons, Media Digest

• City of Madison Complete Meeting Schedule

District 15 Public Works Projects

(You can find a list of all engineering projects in District 15 here.)

• St. Paul Avenue, Ohio Avenue, Talmadge Street, Jackson Street, Lafollette Avenue Reconstruction

• Eastmorland Sidewalk Installation

• Davies St., Dempsey Rd., Maher Ave.

• Starkweather Drive/Garver Path

• Starkweather Creek Watershed Flood Study

• Atwood Avenue

Save the date

• January 10 - LENA meeting

• January 11 - ECA meeting

• January 13 - SASY meeting

• January 17 - All potential applicants for the Neighborhood Grant Program must meet with city staff. Applications will be due February 7. Please send an email to neighborhoods@cityofmadison.com to request your pre-application meeting, and check the city's webpage for 2022 program materials.

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