Dane County Week Ahead 3/16/26

Special County Board meeting on the Coliseum, Alliant Energy Center meetings and a handful of other meetings this week.

Monday 3/16/26

12:00 PM Alliant Energy Center Redevelopment Committee HYBRID: In person at the Alliant Energy Center, in the Board Room of Exhibition Hall, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI; attend virtually via Zoom

1:30 PM Alliant Energy Center Redevelopment Committee Board Room in Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI

  • The Destination District Task Force will be meeting in the Board Room of Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI. A quorum of the Alliant Energy Center Redevelopment Committee may be present, but no committee business will be conducted.

Tuesday, 3/17/26

8:30 AM Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 209; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • 2026 Cycle One Grants Review
    • Discuss overall grant requests-number, dollar amount
    • Discuss overall 2026 grant pool available dollars
    • Approve cycle one grant pool budget (gross) (action item)
    • Discuss/approve capital grant budget (action item)
    • Approve short order grant budget (action item)
    • Discuss/Approve (net) cycle one grant pool budget
  • Continued Discussion on New Grant Allocation Model(s)
  • Discuss/Approve Updated Mission and Vision Statements
  • Commissioner Portal Update
  • Director’s Report

9:30 AM Commission on Sensitive Crimes Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Aging & Disability Resource Center (Room 109) or virtually via Zoom.

  • Agency Updates
  • Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Updates
  • Legislative Announcements

3:45 PM Tree Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room Driftless (121); attend virtually via Zoom

  • Project and General Updates
    • Upcoming Events and DCTB Member Commitments (Kate)
    • School Tree Nursery Program (Matt)
    • Tree Conservation/Preservation Efforts (Briana)
  • Discussion Items
    • Tree Board Applicants
    • Tree Board Events
    • Other Tree Board Matters
  • Action Items
    • Board Recommendations for Tree Board Applicants
    • Dane County Tree Board Purchases
      • WI DNR Boscobel trees. Purchase of 800 heritage oak progeny trees.
      • Supplies required for tree giveaway.
      • School tree nursery supplies.
      • Supplies for even

5:00 PM Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Commission Hybrid Meeting: City-County Building, Room 351

5:30 PM Equal Opportunity Commission Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 356; attend virtually via Zoom.

Wednesday, 3/18/26

5:30 PM Emergency Medical Services Commission Attend in person at 2982 Kapec Rd. Fitchburg; attend virtually via Zoom

  • EMS District Operational Updates and Studies – Standing Item
  • Update from MAS – Standing Item
  • 911 Update – Standing Item
  • DCEMS Office Update – Standing Item

6:00 PM Food Council Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room Moraine (C); attend virtually via Zoom

  • Presentation Dane County Food Action Plan – Noah Bloedorn
  • Action Item Consideration of DCFC Funding for Food Action Plan Survey Analysis
  • Reports to Committee
    • Dane County Food Action Plan
    • Foodshed Partnership Project
    • Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc.
    • Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens
    • Food Access; Double Dollars Program
    • Public Health Madison & Dane County; City of Madison
    • Extension/Dane County
    • Policy
    • Food Access and Equity
    • Community Engagement
    • Organizational Capacity
    • Food System Resource Recommendations

Thursday, 3/19/26

4:30 PM Executive Committee Hybrid meeting; attend in person at the City County Building, Room 357; attend virtually via zoom.

5:30 PM County Board *COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE* – Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 201; attend virtually via Zoom.

7:00 PM County Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 201; attend virtually via Zoom. **THIS MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM OR AS SOON AS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HAS CONCLUDED.**

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