PFAS Updates, In Her Boots, Building Energy Savings - D15 Update 3/6/23

Common Council Meeting

On Tuesday, the Common Council will meet. You can find all the meeting details and register to provide comments here. Agenda items that may be of interest include: 

• Item 10 - Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Hudson Avenue, Miller Avenue, Willard Avenue, Center Avenue, and Sommers Avenue Assessment District - 2023.

• Item 11 - Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Davies Street & Dempsey Road Reconstruction Assessment District - 2023.

• Item 66 - SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 29.40 and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish a building energy savings code, and to update the bond schedule accordingly. 

PFAS Updates

On Wednesday at 5:30, ORIN Technologies will be providing an update on their mitigation work on the PFAS plumes at MSN to the Dane County Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee. Details on this meeting can be found here. And on Thursday at 5:30, the same committee will receive the quarterly Lake Levels and PFAS reports. Details on this meeting are here.

In the News

• Street Sweepers Working Overnight Hours Starting March 5

• New Documentary Explores 40 Years of Women in the Madison Fire Department

• Hyundai, Kia offering free security upgrade to curb nationwide spike in auto thefts

• Help Decide the Future of Annie C. Stewart Fountain

• Madison Public Library's Seed Library Returns March 1

• Madison Launches MadCAP to Reduce Bills of Low-Income Utility Customers

• The City of Madison is currently accepting applications for its AASPIRE internship.

• The City of Madison Needs More Crossing Guards

• 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.)

• Atwood Avenue/Olbrich Path - construction begins late February 2023

• Davies St., Dempsey Rd. Reconstruction

• Hudson, Miller, Willard, Center, Sommers Reconstruction

• Starkweather Creek Watershed Flood Study

• East Isthmus & Yahara River Watershed Study

• Garver Office/Olbrich Cottage Repointing

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

• Voit Redevelopment

  • 6/30 - PIM #1

  • 12/8 - PIM #2

Save the Date

• 3/14 - ECA meeting

• 3/20 - LENA Meeting w/D15 alder candidates

• 3/21 - Common Council meeting

• 4/4 - Spring election - WI Supreme Court, Madison Mayor, D15 Alder

• 4/18 - First Common Council meeting of new term

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