Week of December 3 Meetings of Possible Interest to District 2

The week of December 3 has items of possible interest to residents of district 2 at the Landmarks Commission, the Common Council, the Street Use Staff Commission, the Urban Design Commission, the Public Market Development Committee, and the Madison Police Department Policy & Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee. The city meeting agenda items are open for testimony from the public should you be interested in weighing in.  I also appreciate hearing from you on any items on which you have a particular interest or concern so please send me an email or give me a call.

Also, committees and commissions have an opportunity at the beginning of each agenda for Public Comment on items not on the agenda.  If you have something you want to share with a committee or commission, you can use the Public Comment time to do so.

Landmarks Commission
5:00 December 3, 2018
Rm 111 Madison Municipal Building
Agenda: https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=575431&GUID=16114FC7-1E7A-478D-9429-850517D54F29

REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS

Agenda Item 1
121 Langdon St - Exterior Alteration to a Designated Madison Landmark in the Mansion Hill Hist. Dist. (Suhr House); 2nd Ald. Dist.

DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT

Agenda Item 2
121 Langdon St - Demolition by Neglect of a Designated Madison Landmark in the Mansion Hill Hist. Dist. (Suhr House); 2nd Ald. Dist.

REGULAR BUSINESS

Agenda Item 3
Landmarks Commission Historic Preservation Plan Status Report

Common Council
6:30 December 4, 2018
Rm 201 City-County Building
Agenda: https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=581929&GUID=88CE1CC4-27CC-42E8-91AF-143199156CC1

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Agenda item 13
Extending the deadline for the report and recommendations from the Urban Forestry Task Force.

REPORTS OF OFFICERS

REPORT OF ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE

Agenda item 14
SUBSTITUTE - Establishing a moratorium on issuance of new alcohol licenses in a high density, high police call area in downtown Madison and establishing a Task Force on Downtown violence.

Alcohol License Review Committee: RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO PLACE ON FILE WITHOUT PREJUDICE -REPORT OF OFFICER

Agenda item 15
SUBSTITUTE - Acknowledging Directing the City of Madison Finance Director inter-disciplinary staff team tasked with analyzing to analyze alcohol outlet density, to identify issues related to excessive alcohol consumption that result in disproportionate calls for service, and to propose steps to address such problems to engage stakeholders and to report on the analysis to the Alcohol License Review Committee.

Alcohol License Review Committee: RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT AS SUBSTITUTED - REPORT OF OFFICER

REPORT OF DOWNTOWN COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Agenda item 35
Issuing a Request for Proposals to solicit innovative and inclusive activation proposals (commerce, programming, etc.) for a business, nonprofit or other entity to implement at the Top of State Area.

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

Agenda item 40
SECOND SUBSTITUTE - Awarding up to $4.82 million from the Affordable Housing Fund and $1,980,000 in Federal HOME funds to support four development projects, selected through a City Request for Proposals (RFP) process, that will construct approximately 310 units of affordable rental housing in Madison, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute loan agreements with the developers of those projects.

This resolution, if adopted, will allocate up to $6.8 million in City-administered funds for the four projects outlined below. Collectively, these projects will contribute to the development of approximately 310 units of affordable rental housing. The resolution proposes the following allocation of funds:

•     Up to $2,900,000 million ($1,910,000 of AHF funds and $990,000 of HOME funds) -Bayview Foundation, Inc. & Horizon Development Group, Inc., or an affiliate LLC for Bayview Foundation Apartments

•     Up to $1,850,000 million (of AHF funds) - Stone House Development, Inc., or an affiliate LLC for Schroeder Road Apartments

•     Up to $1,100,000 ($110,000 of AHF funds and $990,000 of HOME (funds) - Movin’ Out’, Inc. & Mirus Partners, or an affiliate LLC for The Ace Apartments

•     Up to $950,000 (of AHF funds) - Gorman & Company, LLC, or an affiliate LLC for Valor on Washington Apartments

INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS FOR REFERRAL WITHOUT DEBATE

ORDIANCES

Agenda item 83
Amending Section 33.24(15)(e)3. of the Madison General Ordinances to change the maximum allowable height of the street façade for Block 4a from 3 stories to 4 stories and the minimum and maximum setback on North-South Streets from 5-10 to 7-10.

Street Use Staff Commission
10:30 December 5, 2018
Rm 108 City-County Building
Agenda: https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=654003&GUID=F2AD498C-DACC-4694-A908-90D02F625B84

V. NEW BUSINESS

Agenda item 1
Creating Section 10.056(2)(f), amending Sections 10.056(6)(a), (b), (d), (i), (o), 10.056(11), and 10.056(12)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances creating and modifying the standards of issuance for street use permits, creating the Downtown Zone and authorizing policies for permits in that zone, and allowing a permit to be cancelled prior to an event in case of emergency.

Agenda item 2
Discuss Draft Policies for Events in the Downtown Zone that would be authorized by the ordinance amendment in item 1 (Legislative File No. 53818).

Urban Design Commission
4:30 December 5, 2018
Rm 111 Madison Municipal Building
Agenda:  https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=575078&GUID=38046B59-D801-46AD-A728-C27A0F306831

PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS

Agenda Item 3
917 E. Mifflin Street - Public Project, Facility Improvements for Breese Stevens Field in UDD No. 8. 2nd Ald. Dist.
Owner: Mike Sturm, Madison Parks Division
Applicant: Peter Rott, Isthmus Architecture
Initial/Final Approval is Requested

Public Market Development Committee
5:00 December 6, 2018
Rm 207 Madison Municipal Building
Agenda:  https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=654645&GUID=36C39D9B-045C-43C6-8876-5AB36786A227

NEW BUSINESS

Public Market Discussion
- Update on design/development plan
- Public Market Foundation Update
- Funding updates
- MarketReady Update

Madison Police Department Policy & Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee
5:30 September 27, 2017
Goodman Maintenance Facility
1402 Wingra Creek Pkwy
Agenda: NOT AVAILABLE as of 12/2.  Check: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/meeting-schedule during the week.  

*Consent agenda--The consent agenda includes many agenda items that come to a vote without testimony or Council discussion.  Should anyone register and wish to speak, the item would be taken off the consent agenda.