Common Council

Hybrid Council Meeting, Neighborhood Events - D15 Update 7/10/22

The July 7th meeting on the 219 N. Fair Oaks Development Proposal is available to watch online here.

Common Council Meeting

On Tuesday, the Common Council will hold its first hybrid meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. Members of the public, city staff, and alders may attend either virtually or in person. You can find all the meeting details here. Some items on the agenda of potential interest to D15 residents include:

Item 7 - Petition received in the Madison City Clerk's Office June 3, 2022 from Voit Land LLC and E.C. Voit & Sons Inc, regarding attachment from the Town of Blooming Grove to the City of Madison. 

Item 8 - Petition received in the Madison City Clerk's Office June 28, 2022 from SWAYNK LLC, regarding attachment from the Town of Blooming Grove to the City of Madison.

Item 71 - City of Madison Commits to the Five Principles of Responsible Outdoor Lighting 

Item 72 - Repealing Section 10.085 Entitled "Outdoor Lighting" and Creating Section 29.36 Entitled "Outdoor Lighting" of the Madison General Ordinances. 

Item 115 - Public Hearing - New License Table Wine LLC • dba Table Wine 2301 Atwood Ave • Agent: Molly Moran (for introduction only)

Eastmorland Community Association Annual Meeting 

On Tuesday, the ECA will hold its annual meeting at the Walter Street Park Shelter in Olbrich Park, Zoom link will be shared if weather is bad! You can find a link to the agenda here. 

Parks Alive - Darbo/Worthington Park

Also on Tuesday, from 4-7p, will be the next Parks Alive event at Worthington Park.

Olbrich Park Paved Path

Staff will share information with the Board of Park Commissioners on Wednesday related to a feasibility analysis of changing the path grade in Olbrich Park between Lakeland and Atwood Avenues. The path alignment was approved at a previous Board of Parks meeting. You can find more details here and full meeting info here.

Eastmorland Outdoor Market

Join us for the second Eastmorland Outdoor Market of 2022 at the Lansing Food Forest (299-201 Starkweather Dr). Shop from neighborhood vendors, grab a pizza or bring a picnic and hang out with your neighbors in this lovely green space. This market also features a special performance by Beni Daiko, a local interactive Japanese drumming group! (Music starts at 5pm and is free with donations gratefully accepted. @madison_beni_daiko) More details here.  

La Fête De Marquette 2022

Madison's biggest FREE summer community celebration is back! After two years away, we are coming back bigger and better than ever, bringing you more top tier musicians, fun family activities, and fabulous food + beer! More info here. 

Worthington Park Sunday Community Ride

On Sunday at 1p, join BikEquity at Worthington Park for a family-oriented and easy-paced bike ride for all ages and abilities. More details here.

In the News

• MadLit is Back this Summer

• Madison Public Library's Dream Bus Announces Summer Schedule

• Complete 2022 Trash and Recycling Collection Calendars Now Available

• Beach Water Quality

• 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.)

• Starkweather Drive/Garver Path

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

• Eastmorland Sidewalk Installation

• Starkweather Creek Watershed Flood 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

• N. Fair Oaks

  • 7/7 - Public Information Meeting

Save the Date

• July 23 - Monona Terrace Commemorates 25th Anniversary with Free Community Celebration

• July 26 - Parks Alive - Darbo/Worthington Park

• August 2 - Harmony Bar liquor license meeting at 5:30

• August 4 - Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society Annual Ice Cream Social

• August 9 - Parks Alive - Darbo/Worthington Park

• August 21 - Lake Edge Jazz Concert at 6p

• August 25 - Tunes on the Triangle

• Sept 15 - Eastmorland Outdoor Market

• Nov 12 - Eastmorland Outdoor Market

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