Week of April 1 Meetings of Possible Interest to District 2

The week of April 1 has items of possible interest to residents of district 2 at the Transportation Policy and Planning Board, the Urban Forestry Task Force, the Public Market Development Committee, a Neighborhood Meeting re Pasqual's Application for a Change of Alcohol License for the 2019 Margarita & Taco Fest , and a Pre-Construction Public Meeting for E Johnson St. 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.

Transportation Policy and Planning Board
5:00 April 1, 2019
Rm 201 City-County Building
Agenda:   https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=682921&GUID=98594A74-3488-41F2-ABE3-55713434D4BB

Agenda item F – New Business

Agenda item F1
Convening a Staff Team that will address the issues of on-street parking in the City and policies that influence such parking.

Agenda item G – Discussion items

Agenda item G1
Vision Zero Concepts

Agenda item G4
Automated Transit and UW/Am Fam CapEast connection AV pilot project

Urban Forestry Task Force
12:00 April 4, 2019
Rm GR27 City-County Building
Agenda: https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=661921&GUID=17692412-6ED0…

DISCUSSION ITEMS

Status of Task Force

Formulating Recommendations, Action Plan, and Long-term Departmental Strategy
DISCUSS DRAFT FINAL REPORT

Determining Stakeholders' Meeting

NEW BUSINESS

Final Report and Recommendations of the Urban Forestry Task Force
RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE

Public Market Development Committee
5:00 April 4, 2019
Rm 207 Madison Municipal Building
Agenda:  https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=654803&GUID=19DFA350-D440-49EA-8395-A27FDA7AAA09

DISCUSSION ITEMS

Public Market Discussion

- Design/Development process update
- Public Market Foundation Update
- Funding Updates
- MarketReady Update

Neighborhood Meeting re Pasqual's Application for a Change of Alcohol License for the 2019 Margarita & Taco Fest
5:30 – 6:30 April 4, 2019
Pasqual’s - Private Dining Room
1344 E. Washington Ave

Please join Rigina MacNaughton of Pasqual’s Cantina and me for a meeting where we will hear about Pasqual’s application for a Change of Licensed Premises to allow for them to serve alcohol in their parking lot one day to hold the third annual Margarita and Taco Fest. This year they would like to hold the event on Saturday July 20th from 4pm - 8pm.   They would like to increase ticket sales from 700 to 900 and increase the Taco Vendors from 15 to 20 as well as have more interactive events.  You will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.

Pre-Construction Public Meeting & Start Work Notification for E Johnson St
6:00 – 8:00 April 4, 2019
Lapham Elementary School Auditorium (Please enter the school through Door 4 located on the North Ingersoll Street side of the building and follow the arrow signs to the auditorium.)
1045 E. Dayton Street

You are invited to attend a pre-construction public meeting for the reconstruction of East Johnson Street in the city of Madison. The project extends approximately 3,000 feet along East Johnson Street from North Baldwin Street to North First Street (STH 113). Construction is expected to begin in April 1, 2019 and be completed by mid-November of 2019.

The meeting will be conducted in an informal, open house format to allow for dialogue and individual questions and comments. A presentation will be given at 6:15 p.m. The city of Madison, WisDOT, roadway contractor, and design and field engineer consultant representatives will be available to discuss the project’s construction and answer questions.  Previous public meetings were held during the design phase of the project on April 28, 2016 and November 10, 2016.

*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.