Messenger Needed, LENA Annual Meeting, Liquor Licenses - D15 Update 11/21/22

Messenger needed

Four years ago, this passage helped move me to run to serve as District 15 alder. It's been a great experience and I've grown a lot and feel proud of my contributions to date. As the candidacy period for the 2023-25 alder term approaches, I wanted to share that I will not be seeking reelection. There are a number of important initiatives that I still hope to move forward before my current term ends in April and I'm excited by the prospect of a new messenger that carries the right message of justice and love. I'm happy to talk with anyone considering a run about my experience and what you might expect. You can find more information on becoming a candidate here.

Budget outcome

The Common Council passed the 2023 Capital and Operating Budgets last week after two long nights of discussion and debate. You can watch recordings of both nights here. A version of the amendment that I cosponsored to increase alder pay passed on a 12-8 vote. The original proposal was to increase alder pay to match the average City of Madison employee wage (currently $34.81/hour) for 20.81 hours/week of work. The amount that was included in the 2023 budget was based on a rate of pay of $19.04/hour, equal to the lowest wage of any permanent City of Madison worker. In order to take effect, the council is also required to update city ordinance which is on Tuesday's Common Council agenda. 

LENA Annual Meeting

Please join us via Zoom on Monday (link here) at 6:30pm, to elect a new LENA Board. Please email us at LakeEdgeNA@gmail.com if you have any questions about what is entailed in serving on the Board.

ALRC Alcohol License Change

Alcohol license changes will be considered by the Alcohol License Review Committee on Wednesday. Garver Events has requested to revise their conditions to allow service until 1am on Saturday evenings and Mishqui is looking to sell liquor in addition to beer & wine. You can find all the meeting details here.

In the News

• Passenger Rail Station Study Kick-off Meeting 

• Trash & Recycling Collection Schedule for the 2022 Thanksgiving Holiday

• Madison Receives EPA Funding to Improve Air Quality Monitoring and Tackle Health Disparities

• Alternate Side Parking Begins November 15 

• Madison Commons, Media Digest

• City of Madison Complete Meeting Schedule

• City of Madison Calendar of Events

District 15 Public Works Projects

(You can find a map of current public works projects in District 15 here. You can find a map of future road projects here.)

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

• Eastmorland Sidewalk Installation

• Starkweather Creek Watershed Flood Study

• East Isthmus & Yahara River Watershed Study

• Atwood Avenue/Olbrich Path

• Davies St., Dempsey Rd., Maher Ave.

• Worthington Avenue, Powers Avenue, Thurber Avenue Sanitary Replacement

• Garver Office/Olbrich Cottage Repointing

District 15 Development Projects (dates are tentative and subject to change)

• 3900 Monona Drive

  • 4/7 - Public Information Meeting

  • 4/11 - Submission of application

  • 6/13 - Plan Commission

  • 6/21 - Council meeting

• Voit Farm

  • 6/30 - Public Information Meeting

• 219 N. Fair Oaks

  • 7/7 - Public Information Meeting

  • 11/7 - Plan Commission - Temp. A to TR-U1, Demolition Permit,  and Conditional Use - Demolish commercial building to construct four-story, 110-unit apartment building 

  • 11/22 - Common Council

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