- City Meetings:
- Police and Fire Commission 7/14
- Finance Committee 7/15
- Common Council 7/15, Includes Housing Forward Proposals
- Reminder: WisDOT Public Meeting on South Stoughton Road Redesign 7/15
- Madison LakeWay Project Virtual Public Meeting 7/21
- Your Input Requested: Take the Economic Development Community Survey by 7/21
- Events & Announcements
City Meetings
Police and Fire Commission
The Police and Fire Commission meeting will take place on Monday, July 14, at 5:30 p.m. Agenda items include a discussion of the Police Chief hiring process.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 15, at 4:30 p.m. Agenda items include:
- Approving amendments to several Tax Incremental Finance Districts #42, 45, 48, 53
- Approving the initial Project Plan for the new Tax Incremental Finance District #55 which will be used to support the development of some public works infrastructure and affordable housing in the new Starkweather neighborhood (former Voit Farm site).
- A proposed agreement with the Madison LakeWay Partners, Inc. as the non-profit charitable partner to support the redevelopment of the Madison LakeWay (the LakeWay project site and plan can be found here).
Meeting info:
Common Council
The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include the three housing forward proposals.
Meeting info:
Items 3 and 45: Rezoning property and approving a preliminary plat for Reiland Grove in District 3, Veridian’s proposed new neighborhood north of Commercial Ave between Reiner and Felland to be constructed over ten to fifteen years. Here’s a link to the neighborhood’s proposed map and here’s Veridian’s letter of intent. Traffic concerns in the area have been raised by residents during the review process and I’m glad to see that a proposed condition of approval states: “The applicant shall submit a traffic study analyzing the impacts of their development on the intersection of Commercial Avenue/Reiner Road/Sprecher Road and be responsible for any improvements as approved by the Director of Traffic Engineering.” Those improvements will include a mix of traffic calming features, crosswalks, signage, pavement markings, turn lanes, sidewalks or mixed-use paths, as appropriate. Over time the nearby roads will be reconstructed in the form of urban streets. Nearby parcels are recommended for more intensive mixed-use and commercial development but are not proposed for development at this time. The Plan Commission unanimously recommended approval of Reiland Grove on 7/7.
Items 6, 7, and 8 are the three Housing Forward proposals meant to encourage more “missing middle”-scale housing in the City. Here’s my blog post from a few weeks ago with more information and links, and here’s a link to the recorded July 2nd public information meeting on the proposals. The Housing Policy Committee and the Plan Commission each voted unanimously to recommend approval of the three proposals. So far I have only seen comments of support for the proposals at committee and in emails, including from several AARP members.
- Item 6: a zoning ordinance change making it easier to divide deep residential lots, sometimes called flag lots, for additional home construction where there is enough space on a lot (I’m a cosponsor). Here’s a zoning staff memo explaining the change.
- Item 7: a zoning ordinance change allowing two-family twin and two-unit buildings in all zoning districts where single-family homes are also allowed. Here’s a zoning staff memo explaining this change.
- Item 8: a zoning ordinance change standardizing conditional use thresholds in downtown zoning districts for consistency with the rest of the City (I’m a cosponsor). Here’s a zoning staff memo explaining this change.
Item 11: A proposal to add an exception to the referendum requirement of the Shoreline Parks preservation ordinance for the Madison LakeWay project, previously done for other City projects at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Garver Feed Mill, and others (I’m a cosponsor as a Park Commissioner). The Board of Park Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval on 7/9…