D6 Items of Interest Week of July 10, 2023

At Tuesday's Council meeting, we will be voting whether to reconsider the decision to turn down the rezoning request made at our June 20th meeting . I've included my thoughts below. On Wednesday July 12, I am looking forward to attending the Union Corners and Nexus grand opening starting at 4p. I am proud of the work I did with three neighborhoods, adjacent alders, the development team from Gorman and Co, two Mayors and city staff after the crash of 2007-2008 and the collapse of the McGrath project. First the city purchased and landbanked the former Rayovac and Kohls grocery site and then created a process to identify a master developer. We worked through a complex TIF deal. Neighbors never got the hoped for grocery store but landed a UW health clinic, Red Caboose Day care and affordable and market rate housing. Also on Wednesday, the Transportation Commission will take up the Metro Network Redesign including an update on accessibility planning.

On Thursday, Planning staff is hosting a virtual Comp Plan Interim update (registration required ). Staff will provide an overview of the Interim Update and answer questions. More information about the Comprehensive Plan Interim Update can be found on here.
 

Monday July 10, 2023 -Plan Commission- 5:30p PC Agenda 07.10.23

2. 78691 WisDOT I-39/90/94 Study

Staff memo on WisDOT interstate alternatives

Upcoming Matters - July 24, 2023

- 18-30 N Carroll Street - Demolition Permit, Conditional Use, and Certified Survey Map Referral - Demolish two commercial buildings and a museum to construct a new five-story museum (Wisconsin History Center) on one lot
 

Tuesday July 11, 2023 -Common Council – 6:30p CC Agenda 07.11.23

1.78440 Presentation on Chief of Police 1st Quarter Report: Chief Shon F. Barnes, Madison Police Department Q1 2023 Police Chief report

13. 78169 Public Hearing - New License Musonics LLC • dba Cafe Coda 1224 Williamson St • Agent: Hanah Jon Taylor • Estimated Capacity (in/out): 99/8 Class B Combination Liquor & Beer • 60% alcohol, 5% food, 35% other Alder District 6 (Alder Rummel) • Police Sector 408 6/21/23 ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO GRANT WITH CONDITIONS - PUBLIC HEARING

The conditions are: 1. The establishment must close by midnight, Sunday thru Wednesday evenings, except for up to five times per month. The establishment must close by 1:00am Thursday evenings and close by 2:00am Friday and Saturday evenings. 2. The establishment must keep the rear door closed except for deliveries, loading, unloading and emergencies. 3. The decibel level will not except 60 decibels, measured at the property line. 4. There will be a maximum indoor capacity of 99 persons and outdoor capacity of 8. 5. Must close patio one hour before the establishment closes.

14. 78130 SUBSTITUTE: Repealing and Recreating Section 16.23 of the Madison General Ordinances to Update Land Subdivision Regulations.

There are several Interesting public comments RE trees, airport noise, restrictive covenants, on street parking and more, click on legistar link in heading.

From 6.12.23 staff memo to PC: An ordinance sponsored by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway was introduced at the June 6, 2023 Common Council meeting to repeal and replace the City’s Land Subdivision Regulations, Section 16.23 of Madison General Ordinances. The proposed ordinance is mostly a technical update to the regulations, which govern the division of land in the City and its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction.

As part of its adoption of the Complete Green Streets Policy Guide on January 3, 2023 (Resolution 23- 00003, ID 74926), the Common Council directed staff to revise Chapters 16 and 33 of Madison General Ordinances to be consistent with the Complete Green Streets Policy Guide. Since mid-January, staff from the Planning Division, City Engineering Division, and Department of Transportation have been working to update Section 16.23 to incorporate references to the street typologies included in the Complete Green Streets Policy. While codifying Complete Green Streets into the Subdivision Regulations provided the impetus, staff used the occasion to also propose a series of revisions to Section 16.23 consistent with an objective in the 2018 Comprehensive Plan to update the Subdivision Regulations. Staff believes that most of the changes proposed in the new ordinance reflect current practices and are intended to make the ordinance more contemporary than the current ordinance, which principally dates back to the 1960. The changes include updates to the definitions, submittal requirements, standards and criteria for approval, and design requirements for new subdivisions and land divisions.

Legistar 78130 version 2

15. 78146 Amending Sections 9.29 and 28.151 of the Madison General Ordinances to update regulations for Tourist Rooming Houses.

DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This proposed ordinance amends MGO Secs. 9.29 “Regulation of Tourist Rooming Houses” and 28.151 “Supplemental Regulations for Tourist Rooming Houses.” The proposed changes for Tourist Rooming Houses (“TRH”) clarify and fine-tune the regulations already in place but do not substantively change the TRH license and enforcement process. First, the change states that TRH operators must submit their mailing address and phone number in their applications. TRH operators, as well as the property owner, must also submit a valid photo identification alongside their application. Second, the proposed amendment requires that if the TRH is also the operator’s primary residence, it must have been their primary residence for twelve (12) consecutive months prior to operation. Finally, the change clarifies what is required for compliance with existing TRH Reports and Guest Registries, so operators better understand their responsibilities.

60. – 62. The change of licensed premises applications for the three Prosit to You entities were placed on file without prejudice at ALRC in June. The applications were inconsistent with the PC land use conditions adopted earlier this summer. I have not received any updates from the applicant about whether they plan to submit again.

60. 78491 Change of Licensed Premises Prosit To You Inc • dba Up North Current Capacity (in/out): 147/147 • Proposed Capacity (in/out): 147/147 524 E Wilson St • Agent: Robert Worm Class B Combination Liquor & Beer • 40% alcohol, 60% food Alder District 6 (Alder Rummel) • Police Sector 400 Request to add three amplified music outside evenings. Approx 40' x 20' including 4 patio tables & 4 picnic tables.

6/21/23 ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO PLACE ON FILE WITHOUT PREJUDICE -REPORT OF OFFICER

61. 78492 Change of Licensed Premises Prosit To You Inc • dba Come Back In Current Capacity (in/out): 260/260 • Proposed Capacity (in/out): /260 508 E Wilson St • Agent: Robert Worm Class B Combination Liquor & Beer • 40% alcohol, 60% food Alder District 6 (Alder Rummel) • Police Sector 400 Request to add three amplified music outside evenings. Approx 30' x 20' includes 20 patio tables.

6/21/23 ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO PLACE ON FILE WITHOUT PREJUDICE -REPORT OF OFFICER

62. 78493 Change of Licensed Premises Prosit To You Inc • dba Essen Haus Current Capacity (in/out): 240/240 • Proposed Capacity (in/out): /240 514 E Wilson St • Agent: Robert Worm Class B Combination Liquor & Beer • 40% alcohol, 60% food Alder District 6 (Alder Rummel) • Police Sector 400 Request to add four amplified music outside. Approx 20' x 20' includes 8 patio tables.

6/21/23 ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO PLACE ON FILE WITHOUT PREJUDICE -REPORT OF OFFICER

77. 78154 SUBSTITUTE: Encouraging employers to honor Juneteenth as a paid holiday

80. 78127 Creating and Authorizing a $300,000 Request for Proposals (RFP) for an Administrator to Manage the BizReady Program - a Training, Technical Assistance, and Micro-Enterprise Funding Initiative Focused on Supporting the Development of BIPOC Entrepreneurs (City-wide)

83. 78324 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to amend the 2023 Capital Budget and execute a development agreement to fund a total of $3,465,000 in Tax Incremental Finance Loans to Roth Street I Limited Partnership or its assigns, to assist in the construction of a redevelopment project approximately consisting of approximately 303 units of multi-family affordable housing and 446 parking stalls (“Project”) at the property generally located at 2007 Roth Street (formerly known as the Hartmeyer Property), in Tax Incremental District (TID) #54 to be created in 2023 in the City of Madison (“Property”).

84. 78325 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to amend the 2023 Capital Budget and execute a development agreement to fund a $2,785,000 Tax Incremental Finance Loan to Roth Street II Limited Partnership or its assigns, to assist in the construction of Roth Street Family Apartments, consisting of approximately 250 units of multi-family senior affordable housing, 289 parking stalls and 1,130 square feet of commercial (“Project”) at the property generally located at 2007 Roth Street , (formerly known as the Hartmeyer Property) in a Tax Incremental District (TID) #54 to be created in 2023 in the City of Madison (“Property”).

85. 78329 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a First Amendment to Development Agreement with Mortenson Development, Inc, and its assigns, for the reconstruction of the Lake Street portion of the State Street Campus Garage at 415 N. Lake Street; and, approving a Memorandum of Understanding between Mortenson Development, Inc. and the University of Wisconsin-Madison regarding reduced-cost housing for students (2nd AD). MOU between developer and UW for reduced cost housing

RECONSIDERATION Reconsideration of Legislative File No. 77208 requested by Alder Conklin.

98. 77208 SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 28.022-00628 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 437-445 West Johnson Street, 430-440 West Dayton Street, and 215-221 North Bassett Street, 4th Alder District, from PD (Planned Development) and DR2 (Downtown Residential 2) District to UMX (Urban Mixed-Use) District.

Since the Council voted to turn down the rezoning of the Core Spaces proposal, the Council has received hundreds of emails from students regarding the housing crisis they face.

The Council will first take up the reconsideration. If the majority votes in favor of reconsideration, then the underlying question of rezoning the properties can be revisited and voted up or down again.

Rezoning is a legislative action and per MGO 28.182 the Council has statutory authority to amend the zoning text and maps “in order to promote public health, safety, and welfare throughout the City, giving due consideration to existing conditions, conservation of property values, building development providing best advantage to the City, the current use of property, and in the case of map amendments, the cost of providing municipal services to the property and uses accommodated by the map amendment.”

At the June 20th meeting, I voted against the rezoning application because I did not think it promoted public health safety and welfare for the district or for the best advantage of the city. In addition, I think the proposal is inconsistent with the Comp Plan housing strategies that promote development of a “wider mix of housing types, sizes, and costs throughout the city” including providing the “missing middle” and including affordable housing close to the UW-Madison campus for students. I understand we do not have the power to require affordable housing per state law.

The Comp Plan’s GFLU map, note #7 says “Refer to the Downtown Plan for … land use and design elements”. The Downtown Plan has an objective, #5.2, to: Provide decent, safe, and affordable housing that is conveniently located for the large population of students. (I stressed the “affordable.”) It also has a recommendation, #115, to have housing suitable “for a diversity of student populations in a variety of building types”.

The Downtown Plan identifies this area (the Johnson Bend) as a predominately student district and encourages high density development. The section on the Johnson Bend (page 55) states over 1100 new bedrooms had been built in the previous 15 years while no park space has been added. The pace of new development has continued since 2012 when the Downtown Plan was adopted. A lot of luxury housing has been built and there is still no usable park space to serve residents in this area. Objective 4.6 recommends: Linkages to adjacent areas including parks and open spaces should be enhanced. I believe we should prioritize the need for park space.

I don’t believe the high amenity/luxury purpose-built student housing is serving the full breadth of the captive student market. The trend of approved demolitions of older housing stock replaced with new high-rise, high-cost buildings have created existing conditions that result in displacement of lower income students which in my opinion does not promote the overall public health, safety and welfare for the city, does not promote the entire array of housing strategies recommended in the Comprehensive Plan, and does not provide the recommended park and open spaces identified in the Downtown Plan.

The Downtown Plan (page 24) says that the plan should be revisited in approximately 10 years. I believe it would be good to reassess the Plan soon and refine how we can best serve the housing needs and parks and open space requirements in this student and millennial dominated district.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS FOR REFERRAL WITHOUT DEBATE

103. 78690 Amending Various Sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to Reduce Some Minimum Setback Requirements for Consistency with Existing Lots

A recent project in D6 was a trigger for this amendment. The lot width of 112 S Hancock was .95 foot short of the minimum lot width required for the underlying DR1 zoning to exceed three units. The applicant needed to apply for a planned development to allow five dwelling units to rehab the building after a fire.

112. 78675 Declaring the Crowley Station Well and Reservoir Surface at 201 S. Hancock Street to be a City Park, and Authorizing the Parks Division to Improve, Program and Maintain as a Public Park (District 4)

114. 78689 Authorizing the City of Madison to accept an FY22 Economic Development Initiative - Community Project Funding (EDI-CPF) grant of $2 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the development of purpose-built Permanent Men's Shelter; and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign any requisite agreements or other documents in order to formally accept these grant funds from HUD. (District 12)

118. 78677 Public Hearing - New License Sunrise Gas LLC • dba Sunrise Gas 1130 Williamson St • Agent: Amanprit Dhanoa Class A Beer (District 6) • Police Sector 408 Legislative History 6/30/23 Clerk's Office Referred for Introduction Alcohol License Review Committee Public Hearing (7/19/23), Common Council Public Hearing (8/1/23)
 

Wednesday July 12, 2023 - PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE- 5p PSRC Agenda 07.12.23

3. 78722 Report from the Madison Police Department including information on recent gun violence and an update on the strategic plan.

4. 78723 Report from the Madison Fire Department with an update on the CARES unit

5. 78341 Authorizing the Implementation of the Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program.
 

Wednesday July 12, 2023 -TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION- 5p TC Agenda 07.12.23

3. 78691 WisDOT I-39/90/94 Study - Discussion and Comment 60 mins

4. 78766 Metro Transit Network Redesign - Update on Accessibility Planning for People with Disabilities 10 mins If you have concerns, please share them with the Transportation Commission: TransportationCommission@cityofmadison.com

5. 78767 Metro Transit Network Refinements 30 mins

7. 78769 Complete Green Streets Review 30 mins
 

Wednesday July 12, 2023 -BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS- 6:30p BPC Agenda 07.12.23

14 78628 Approving Revised Statement of Policy and Guidelines for On-Leash Dog Access to the Madison Park System to allow leashed and licensed dogs with valid dog park permits be allowed in all general parks, with continued exceptions consistent with Madison General Ordinance RECOMMEND APPROVAL