Madison Week Ahead 4/27/26

Just 8 meetings in this last week of April.  Finance, Plan, Transportation, UDC, Water Utility and more.

Monday, April 27, 2026

4:30pm Finance Committee Virtual

• Personnel Board Report on position studies approved through authorized administrative actions.
• Create one .60 FTE and one .90 FTE position of Library Assistant; increase the .60 FTE position #0525 of Library Clerk to 1.0 FTE and reallocate the current employee to the new position.
• Create new or modify existing classifications for position placement in the Streets Division operating budget.
• Recreate the 1.0 FTE position #2598 of Administrative Assistant (CG20, R14) as an IT Specialist 1(CG18, R6) within the Police Department operating budget.
• Create a new classification series of Program Specialist 1-2 in CG 18, Range 10 and 12 respectively; Delete position #892 of EO Investigator 3 and recreate it into the new classification of Program Specialist 2 in CG 18, Range 12 and reallocate the employee.
• Authorizing the noncompetitive purchase of goods from Action Target as a sole source provider of good and services for the Madison Police Department (MPD) indoor shooting range located at 5702 Femrite Drive (District 16)
• Authorizing the City’s execution of a lease for a 36-month term beginning June 1, 2026 between the City of Madison and Oakleaf Properties I LLC for the property at 2041 S Stoughton Rd for Clerks Office storage. (District 16)
• Appointing City staff to represent the City of Madison on the Board of Directors of the State Street Campus Condominium Owners Association, Inc. and the Board of Directors of the Madison Public Market Condominium Owners Association, Inc. (District 2 and District 12).
• Authorizing a noncompetitive purchase of goods from Jefferson Fire & Safety, Inc., as a sole source provider of 3M Scott fire and safety products serving Dane County, WI, for cylinders for self-contained breathing apparatuses used by the City of Madison Fire Department.
• Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a competitively selected contract for Purchase of Services (Design Professionals) with KL Engineering to provide professional engineering and landscape architecture consultant design services and construction administrative services for the Warner Park Southeast Recreation Area Improvements project located at 2930 N. Sherman Avenue. (District 12)
• Authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD) for lake rescue and emergency medical services support.
• Authorizing a Clinical Affiliation Agreement between the City of Madison and the Madison Area Technical College, Inc.
• Amending the Police Department’s 2026 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2025 USDOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $88,319, and to utilize these funds to support law enforcement initiatives
• Amending the 2026 Police Department operating budget; and authorizing the Mayor to accept a Wisconsin Violence Prevention Program grant award of $59,650 for an eight-month Gun Violence Reduction Initiative to support those at-risk
• SUBSTITUTE. Amending the 2026 Water Utility Capital budget to include $2,000,000 of additional budget authority to the Unit Well 12 Reconstruction project (District 11).

4:30pm Sustainable Madison Committee Virtual

• New Sustainability Campus Update and Metrics Report
• General Updates on PFAS in our Community
• 2026 Work Plan for Sustainability Staff
• 2026 Sustainable Madison Committee Work Planning

5:30pm Plan Commission Virtual

• Amending various sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to add “Fairground” as an accessory use.
• 7401 Mineral Point Road (District 9): Consideration of a conditional use for a major alteration to a planned multi-use site with 40,000 square feet or more of floor area of which 25,000 square feet or more is designed as retail, a hotel or motel, and consideration of a conditional use in the Regional Mixed-Use (RMX) District and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Zoning Overlay for a drive-through window for a restaurant.
• 111 N Walter Street (District 15): Consideration of a conditional use in the Traditional Residential-Varied 2 (TR-V2) District for a residential building complex containing two six-unit townhouse buildings with a shared storage building, parking, and open space.
• 1010 Ann Street (District 14): Consideration of a conditional use in the Commercial Center (CC) District for a private parking facility in the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) zoning overlay.
• 1111-1135 Regent Street and 2 S Mills Street (District 13): Consideration of a conditional use in the Traditional Shopping Street (TSS) District and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Overlay District for dwelling units in a mixed-use building with greater than 60 units; consideration of a conditional use in the TSS District and TOD Overlay District for a building taller than four stories and 60 feet in height; consideration of a conditional use in the TSS District and TOD Overlay District for a mixed-use building with less than fifty percent (50%) of non-residential ground-floor frontage facing the primary street, including all frontage at a street corner; and consideration of a conditional use in the TSS District to modify the required side yard height transition to a residential district, all to allow construction of a six-story mixed-use building with 1,200 square feet of commercial space and 111 dwelling units. AND Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by Peerless Development Co. located at 1111-1135 Regent Street and 2 S Mills Street (District 13).
• Creating Section 28.022-00750 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 822 Pulley Drive from SR-C1 (Suburban Residential-Consistent AND Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by Werth Company, LLC located at 822 Pulley Drive (District 3).
• Approving the second revised preliminary plat of Hill Valley on property generally addressed as 1050 S High Point Road, 1051 S Pleasant View Road, and 902 Landmark Trail (District 1). AND Approving the revised final plat of First Addition to Hill Valley on land generally addressed as 1051 S Pleasant View Road and 1050 S High Point Road (District 1).

6:00pm Humanitarian Award Commission, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Virtual

• Review Criteria MLK Award
• Review Evaluation for Award Categories

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

4:30pm Water Utility Board Madison Water Utility

• Water Utility Annual Board Report
• Amending the 2026 Water Utility Capital budget to include $1,635,000 of additional budget authority to the Unit Well 12 Reconstruction project (District 11).
• Reports
  • Water Production
  • Financial Conditions
  • Capital Projects
  • Operations
  • Public Information

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

4:00pm Madison Arts Commission Standing Subcommittee Virtual

• 2026-27 Annual Grants Review -Review & discussion of the 2026-27 Annual Grants application and granting process.
• 2026-27 Grant Survey -Review survey & Vote

4:30pm Urban Design Commission Virtual

• 810 & 818 W Badger Rd/2430 S Park St – Mixed-Use Development Including Public Building(s) Located in Urban Design District (UDD) 7. (District 14)
• 5817 Halley Way – Major Alteration to a Previously Approved Planned Development (PD). (District 3)
• 7905-7913 E Buckeye Road – Major Alteration to a Previously Approved Planned Development (PD) for the Dane County Rodefeld Landfill. (District 16)
• 5555 Odana Road & 5534 Medical Circle – New Mixed-Use Building in Urban Design District (UDD) 3. (District 19)
• 6201 Mineral Point Road – Major Alteration to a Previously Approved Planned Development (PD) for Oakwood Village Independent Living-University Woods. (District 19

5:00pm Transportation Commission Virtual

• Metro Bus Stop Updates
• Capitol East Area Paid Parking Test Zone
• WisDOT Park Street Discussion
• Department of Transportation Annual Operations Report
• Quarterly Traffic Safety Report