District 2

Here's my run down of day 2 of the City Council Budget deliberations:Last Night we dealt with amendments 7 - 13, plus an added...

Here's the list of other parks that will also be affected by the Board of Estimates decision on Breese Stevens Field. My previous...

The City’s James Madison Park Disposal Surplus Property Criteria and Selection Committee met on January 13, 2011. The tl;dr version: The committee will accept proposals that would move two of the houses, but won’t require a move and will in fact give a slight boost to proposals that leave the houses in place. No proposal that moves the Collins House will be considered. Proposals for the Collins House will be biased towards uses that have some sort of public accommodation. The committee drew up a list of criteria they’ll use to evaluate proposals as well as the weight each criteria will receive. Staff will use that to prepare a final version of the RFP, which the committee will vote on at their January 26th meeting. The target referendum (required because its a shoreline property) is February or April of next year.

Sometimes I think you'd have to be living under a rock not to know what is going on in City Hall, then I remember,...

In looking at the Capital Budget, I was at first horrified. Then just very disappointed. And now, even more people are being...

Tear down 11 houses and build 3 big buildings on E Johnson Street? Sure, screw the neighborhood plan . . . if we...

Last night, downtown Alders Verveer, Rummel and myself (Eli Judge was ill) met with the Capitol Neighborhoods group to discuss issues of concern to...

James Madison Park will have to wait . . . but hey, what a few weeks after waiting for years.Given the responses received to...

Today is Friday for me, as I get to enjoy another 4 day weekend (Steel Bridge Music Festival in Door County!), then panic when...

James Madison Park District Neighborhood MeetingWednesday, October 17, 20076:00 – 7:00 pmFirst United Methodist Church Chapel203 Wisconsin AvenueFor review of Neighborhood Advisory Statement regarding...

2008 has been busy so far . . . here's a few very brief updates about what's going on.MOVING THE CONKLIN HOUSEThis project went...

Here's a not-so-pretty version of the newsletter.About the ProjectMadison Water Utility is in the process of abandoning Well 3, which served east isthmus neighborhoods...