District 6 Items of Interest Week of March 25, 2024
postedThe neighborhood meeting on the proposed Amtrak passenger rail station is set for April 30. Transportation staff will attend, and we will invite the local Amtrak representative. As near east and near north side residents know, seven of the eight proposed stations are in District 6 and District 12. I will update the District 6 Items of Interest blog once details are finalized. I will also mail a postcard invitation to residents and property owners who live close to the rail line from Schenk’s Corners to the First Settlement neighborhood.
On Monday, Finance will have more discussion on the 2025 budget outlook and Plan Commission will consider the adoption of the Lake Monona Waterfront Plan. On Thursday, the Housing Strategy Committee will discuss the developer survey they conducted and whether to combine the Landlord Tenant Issues Committee and Housing Strategy Committee into a new Housing Policy Committee.
At ALRC last week, the change of licensed premises for Essen Haus, Come Back In, and Up North was referred to the April 17 meeting.
Monday March 25 – Finance Committee - FC Agenda 03.25.24
3. 82259 Approving the Amendment to the Project Plan for Tax Incremental District (TID) #36 (Capitol Gateway), City of Madison. (District 6, District 12)
Fiscal Note: The proposed resolution authorizes the sixth project plan amendment to the TID 36 Project Plan. The amendment includes the use of $1.6 million in increment to support the Madison Public Market (Munis project #10069). The increment will replace $1.6 million of the $1,641,071 of GO Borrowing authorized in Legistar file 80106 (RES-23-00656). The remaining $41,071 authorized will be GO Borrowing. No additional City appropriation required.
8. 82560 Authorizing the City’s execution of a termination agreement of the existing Lakeview Library lease that expired and was extended on a month-to-month holdover basis, and the execution of a new lease agreement that would expire on December 31, 2030, with four renewal options that are three years each in duration, between the City of Madison, and Sherman Plaza, Inc. (District 12)
10. 82476 Setting the 2024 Rates for the Sewer Utility and Stormwater Utility.
Fiscal Note: For the average residential customer of the Sewer Utility, the rate increase is projected at approximately 2.7%, which would result in an annual increase in charges of about $11.18. Average residential customers of the Stormwater Utility can anticipate a rate increase of about 6.9%, or $9.72 more annually. Overall, the average residential customer’s annual bill is projected to increase about 3.8% or $20.90. Revenues and expenses that are predominantly consistent with these charges have been built into the 2024 Adopted Operating Budgets of the Sewer Utility and the Stormwater Utility. No additional appropriation is required.
12. 82503 Authorizing the City to execute an amendment to its purchase of services contract with von Briesen & Roper, S.C. as outside counsel to the Economic Development Division for the State Street Campus Parking Facility redevelopment. (District 8)
Fiscal Note: The proposed resolution authorizes an amendment to a contract for legal services related to the State Street Campus Garage redevelopment. The total compensation under the contract is amended to not exceed $115,000 and was previously not to exceed $49,999. The contract will be paid from the State Street Campus Garage Replacement project within Parking's approved capital budget.
Per the resolution the city often hires outside counsel to assist with projects that are complex public-private partnerships, with multi-phased construction, and the creation of a condominium (for a privately owned development on city property).
13. 82557 Supporting Madison Metro's Section 5339b and 5339c Low or Now Emission Grant Applications to Federal Transit Administration for hybrid-electric 40’ buses, equipment and charging infrastructure for the electrification of select routes
Fiscal Note: The proposed resolution expresses support for Metro Transit's Section 5339b and 5339c Low or Now Emission discretionary grant applications to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for hybrid-electric 40’ buses, equipment and charging infrastructure for the electrification of select routes. A separate resolution accepting the grant award will be submitted at a later date should the City be awarded the grant funding from the FTA. Metro will include funding for the local match in its 2025 capital budget request.
15. 82494 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a 2024 YHDP contract with Briarpatch Youth Services, Inc. to operate a Joint Transitional Housing/Rapid Re-Housing project, and a 2024 YHDP contract amendment with Outreach, Inc. to expand its System Navigation and Youth Drop-in Center Supportive Services Only project.
Fiscal Note: The proposed resolution authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an amendment to Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP)-funded contract LGBT Outreach, Inc. on behalf of Madison/Dane County Continuum of Care (CoC). Additionally, the proposed resolution authorizes the execution of a contract with Briarpatch Youth Services, Inc. in the amount of $525,899 to operate a Joint Transitional Housing/Rapid Re-Housing project. The CoC's Youth Action Board (YAB) recommended these funds be allocated to Briarpatch's Joint Transitional Housing/Rapid Re-Housing project. No additional City appropriation required.
16. 82495 Authorizing a change in the subrecipient named in the City’s accepted 2024 $75,000 Employment Grant (EG) agreement with the Wisconsin Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources (DEHCR) from YWCA of Madison, Inc. to Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM) dba JustDane; authorizing the Mayor to sign an amended 2024 EG agreement with State DEHCR that identifies the new subrecipient; and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a Purchase of Services contract with the new subrecipient to provide the contracted services.
Background: In and around Madison and Dane County, there is a growing need to support the hospitality field with trained employees. The City’s investments in education and training for these needed skills and career options will help improve the trajectory of adults by building strong pathways to quality jobs in hospitality industries and promote family and community economic security.
17. 82455 Authorizing the City of Madison, on behalf of the Dane County Continuum of Care (CoC), to accept $100,000 in additional EHH funds from the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration; authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an amendment with Focus Counseling and the Salvation Army of Dane County to provide services using the additional funds; and amending the Community Development Division's 2024 Adopted Operating Budget to recognize the additional grant revenue and commensurate expenditures.
Background: City staff engaged in discussions with the two agencies that meet the State’s criteria for using the additional funds: Focus Counseling and the Salvation Army of Dane County. With them, staff prepared an allocation plan, consistent with State requirements, that will use the funds within the specified time. The plan allocates $80,000 to Focus Counseling to hire a new staff position and enroll five new households in its Rapid Rehousing program for singles, and $20,000 to TSA to extend its services to two additional households in that agency’s Rapid Rehousing program for singles and families. The Dane County CoC Board approved this plan on March 6, 2024.
19. 82564 SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a development agreement and authorizing an amendment to the 2024 Capital Budget to fund a $1,669,000 Tax Incremental Finance Loan to Vermilion Madison LLC, or its assigns, to upgrade sanitary sewer and associated costs and construct approximately 328 units of market rate housing and approximately 361 parking stalls located at 1617 Sherman Avenue in Tax Incremental District (TID) 54. (District 12)
Fiscal Note The proposed resolution amends the Economic Development Division's 2024 Adopted Capital Budget to appropriate $1,669,000 in TID-supported GO Borrowing in Tax Incremental District (TID) 54 (Pennsylvania Ave). The additional funding will be used for a loan in the amount of $1,669,000 to Vermilion Madison LLC, or its assigns ("Developer") to close a funding gap in the proposed development ("Project") attributable to sanitary sewer upgrades and associated costs to accommodate increased capacity required by large, multi-family residential development, such that, but for TIF assistance, the Project could not occur. This TID funding is also contingent upon an amendment of the TID 54 (Pennsylvania Ave.) boundary ("Property") in 2024.
This resolution further authorizes the 0% interest $1,669,000 loan to Vermilion Madison LLC, or its assigns ("Developer"). The TIF Loan would be repaid through incremental taxes generated by the Project and represents 15% of the present value of all incremental taxes anticipated from the Project over the proposed TID’s 27-year life. While it is anticipated that the incremental taxes generated by the Project will be sufficient to repay the loan within approximately 5 years, the Developer is required to guaranty a minimum payment if sufficient future tax increment is not available.
20. 82079 Directing the Finance Department to issue a report analyzing City operating budgets from 2019-2024 and calling on the State Legislature to authorize local sales tax options
22. 82609 American Rescue Plan (ARPA) Update
23. 82605 2025 Budget Calendar and Capital Budget Guidance
24. 82456 Establishing Guidance for Developing the 2025 City Budget
Monday March 25 – Madison Sustainability Committee – 4:30p SMC Agenda 03.25.24
3 82559 MG&E Presentation on Sustainability Goals
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Monday March 25 – Plan Commission – 5:30p PC Agenda 03.25.24
3. 81653 Adopting the Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan (District 4, District 13, District 14)
Fiscal Note: No additional City appropriation is required with the adoption of the Lake Monona Waterfront Master Plan. The recommendations and action steps presented in the plan do not include cost estimates. City costs associated with implementing recommendations within the plan will be included in future capital and operating budgets, subject to Common Council approval.
This is the proposed master plan, it is conceptual. Adopting the plan allows the city and the LMW community partners to seek grants to help fund the phased implementation of the LM Waterfront plan which may take decades. What you see in the visuals is not being proposed for approval. The identified improvements and amenities require further design development and public and regulatory review prior to implementation. But the plan does provide a framework for future park development.
Design and development of the “Community Causeway” concept will be coordinated with the phase 1 reconstruction of John Nolen Drive from E Lakeside St to S Broom St. Reconstruction is scheduled to begin in 2025. I anticipate that more details about the plan and cost of the Community Causeway improvements will emerge in the Executive’s 2025 Capital Budget usually released the first Tuesday in September. Last December, it was announced that $15M in federal funding was secured for the 2025-2026 reconstruction of John Nolen Drive, about half of the total cost. In addition, the Council added $1M to the 2024 capital budget to fund additional design work by the Sasaki team to study options for an underpass between Broom St and North Shore that would go under John Nolen.
LMW Master Plan warning this is a very large file
LMW power point see pages 19-21 for details about the Community Causeway
Note: Items 6 and 7 are related and will be considered as one public hearing. Following the public hearing, the Plan Commission shall make separate findings and motions on each agenda item.
6. 81565 428-444 State Street (District 2): Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish three mixed-use buildings.
7. 69792 428-444 State Street; 2nd Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the Downtown Core (DC) District for a new building; and consideration of a conditional use for nonresidential development immediately adjacent to the boundary of a City-owned public park, to allow construction of a six-story tall mixed-use building containing up to 6,445 square feet of commercial space and 26 apartments adjacent to Lisa Link Peace Park.
Staff Report On June 26, 2023, the Plan Commission found that the standards for approval for demolition permits were not met and placed the demolition of the buildings located at 428, 434, and 444 State Street on file without prejudice. The related conditional use requests for the new mixed-use building (ID 69792) were referred indefinitely.
Specifically, the Plan Commission found that the demolition permit did not meet standard #7: "The Plan Commission shall consider the factors and information specified in items 1-6 and find that the proposed demolition or removal is consistent with the statement of purpose of this section and with the health, prosperity, safety, and welfare of the City of Madison." In finding that the standard was not met, members cited the statement of purpose in Section 28.185 regarding implementation of approved plans, specifically noting that Recommendation 75 in the Downtown Plan recommends "...the preservation, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of sound older buildings that contribute to the district’s character”.
The plans for the site following demolition have not changed from the plans that were before the Plan Commission in June 2023. If the demolitions are approved, the applicant continues to propose redevelopment of the site with a six-story tall mixed-use building. The proposed building will include 2,935 square feet of commercial space in the basement and 3,350 square feet of commercial space on the first/ground floor. The 2024 letter of intent indicates that the proposed building will contain 26 apartments comprised of 22 studios, three one-bedroom units, and one two-bedroom unit, while the 2023 architectural plans dated May 18, 2023 call for 25 units comprised of 21 studio units and three one-bedroom units on floors 2-4, and one five-bedroom unit on the fifth floor, which will have a loft space above containing two of the five bedrooms. No automobile parking is proposed; parking for 26 bicycles will be provided in the basement."
17. 82116 3722 Speedway Road (District 5): Consideration of a conditional use in the Neighborhood Mixed-Use (NMX) District for a mixed-use building with more than 24 dwelling units; and consideration of a conditional use in the NMX District for a building taller than three stories or 40 feet in height to allow for the construction of a four-story mixed-use building containing approximately 760 square feet of commercial space and 31 dwelling units.
Zoning Administrator Report The applicant requests that the project is reviewed under recent Zoning Code changes related to surface parking. Surface parking shall not be located between the primary street and the plane of the principal building’s primary street-facing fade. Relocate the surface parking stalls behind the plane of the mixed-use building’s primary street-facing façade.
On March 5, the Council amended Ch 28 to address underground and site parking (Legistar 81963) in response to the Circuit Court ruling regarding this development.
Upcoming Matters – April 8, 2024
- ID 81965 - Amending Sections within MGO Chapter 28 related to drive-through windows
- ID 81952 - Amending MGO Sections 28.151 and 28.211 to allow Accessory Dwelling Units for properties with up to eight dwelling units and remove owner-occupancy requirement for ADUs
- ID 82251 - 1254 E Washington Avenue - Conditional Use - Convert building into single-family residence in Urban Design Dist. 8
Upcoming Matters – May 6, 2024
- ID 81923, 81925 & 81945 - 506-518 E Wilson Street and 134-150 S Blair Street - Demolition Permit, Rezoning from PD to UMX, Conditional Use, and Certified Survey Map - Create two lots in (proposed) UMX zoning, and demolish five buildings to construct eight-story, 170-unit apartment building on S Blair Street and six-story, 100-room hotel on E Wilson Street with shared parking and open space
Wednesday March 27 – Transportation Commission – 5p TC Agenda 03.27.24
2. 82619 North-South BRT Locally Preferred Alternative
3. 82620 Transportation 2023 Annual Report
Thursday March 28 - Housing Strategy Committee – 5p HSC Agenda 03.28.24
3. 81952 Amending Sections 28.151 and 28.211 of the Madison General Ordinances to allow Accessory Dwelling Units for properties with up to eight dwelling units and remove owner-occupancy requirement for ADUs.
Vilas Neighborhood Comments 3-11-24
4. 82573 Repealing Sections 32.03 and 33.34, Creating 33.23, and Amending Sections 3.12, 32.04, and 32.18 of the Madison General Ordinances to combine the duties of Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee and Housing Strategy Committee into the newly formed Housing Policy Committee.
Recommendation 4. The LTIC and HSC currently have full agendas and at times unable to discuss all items on the agenda. It’s recommended to leave them separate committees to ensure there is adequate time dedicated to the topics.
The group made 8 recommendations regarding the proposed new committee. The following people participated in the equity analysis meeting:
• Alder Guequierre – District 19 Alder, Housing Strategy Committee
• Rebecca Hoyt – City of Madison Disability Rights & Services Specialist
• Marilyn Feil – Affordable Housing Action Alliance (AHAA)
• Heidi Wegleitner – Tenants Rights Attorney Legal Aid
• Mitch – Law School, Rental Property Owner, RA Hearing Examiner
5. 82615 Developer Survey Results
I found this very interesting.
Thursday March 28 – Police Civilian Oversight Board – 6p PCOB Agenda 03.28.24
3. 82628 Policy & Procedure subcommittee's response to the MPD 5 year Strategic Plan
4. 82629 2024 community listening sessions on complaint process discussion
6. 82631 Discussion on current OIM tasks
8. 82633 Discussion on evaluation for the Chief
10. 82635 Discussion on evaluation for Independent Monitor
Alder Marsha A. Rummel
District 6
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