Madison City Week Ahead 8/31/26

Public Meeting on S. Stoughton Rd and deciding who the next 1st District Alder will be.

Monday, August 31, 2026

12:00pm Madison Arts Commission – Public Art Standing Committee

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4:30pm Finance Committee Virtual

• Recreate the classifications of Fire Community Education Specialist 1, 2 and 3 (CG16, Ranges 13, 16 and 19, respectively) in the salary schedule and recreate 1.0 FTE position #2150 of Fire Education/Enforcement Officer 2 (CG 16, Range 16) as a Fire Community Education Specialist 3 (CG16, Range 19).
• Create a 1.0 FTE Real Estate Development Specialist 4 position within the DPCED Office of the Director Operating Budget.
• Authorizing ongoing noncompetitive purchases over $75,000 from Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network Consortium, Unincorporated Association (MUFN-C) or its members.
• Authorizing the allocation of up to $1,300,000 of City Affordable Housing Funds to help the Community Development Authority finance energy efficiency improvements at Monona Shores Apartments and CDA 95-1 “The Reservoir” and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into Loan Agreements. (District 6, District 14)
• Authorizing the use of up to $125,000 of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and authorizing the Community Development Division to enter into agreements with the Parks Division in order to implement neighborhood improvement projects identified in the North East Area Plan (District 3, District 12, District 17, District 18)
• Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a multi-year competitively selected service contract with Strand Inc for engineering services for the Badger Mill Creek Watershed Models Update. (District 1, District 7, District 9, District 20)
• Authorizing a contract between the State of Wisconsin, Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management and the City of Madison for the City of Madison Fire Department to be a Participating Agency in a statewide urban search and rescue team.
• Authorizing electric service agreements for the purchase of backup generation service with Madison Gas & Electric Company, including the installation of a standby generator, on Madison Water Utility facility sites
• Authorizing the Water Utility General Manager to enter into Interruptible Electric Service Agreements with Madison Gas & Electric Co. at Water Utility Sites
• Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute a contract between the City of Madison and TYLin, for corridor safety studies and demonstration project planning and evaluation for three priority corridors (District 6, District 10, District 12, District 19, District 20).
• Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute a contract between the City of Madison and SEH for planning, engineering, and public engagement services for East Washington Avenue (US Hwy 30 to Annamark) and Schroeder Rd (Whitney Way to Gammon Rd) (District 3, District 12, District 17, District 19, District 20).
• Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute a contract between the City of Madison and SEH for planning and engineering services for the Systemwide Safety Improvements project (Citywide).
• Amending the 2026 Economic Development Division (EDD) Operating Budget by transferring $200,000 from contingent reserve and $75,000 from other agency budgets to EDD and authorizing intra-departmental transfers within EDD, approving program materials, and authorizing the Economic Development Division to administer a Williamson Street Business Stabilization Support Program (District 6).
• Amending the 2026 adopted operating budget by transferring $28,500 from the contingent reserve to the Office of the Independent Monitor for additional staffing and services costs, and directing staff to provide a full accounting of costs associated with the City’s critical incident response between July 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
• Update on 2026 General Fund Projections
• Finance Internal Audit Update and Parking Division Audit Report Presentation
• Recreate the 1.0 FTE position #2579 of Administrative Assistant (CG20, R14) as an IT Specialist 1(CG18, R6) within the Police Department operating budget.

5:30pm Plan Commission Virtual

• Amending sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to remove maximum height limits and landscape requirements in the Airport District
• 502 Pflaum Road (District 15): Consideration of a conditional use for the construction of a new building in a Campus-Institutional (CI) District without a campus master plan; Consideration of a conditional use for an increase of more than twenty (20) parking spaces that is also more than ten percent (10%) of the maximum parking requirement; and Consideration of a conditional use for nonresidential development immediately adjacent to the boundary of a City-owned public park – all to allow construction of a new Sennett Middle School building at 502 Pflaum Road.
• 5606 Russett Road (District 10): Consideration of a conditional use in the Suburban Residential-Consistent 1 (SR-C1) District for a school, public or private; consideration of a conditional use in the SR-C1 District for a building or structure exceeding 10,000 square feet in floor area; consideration of a conditional use in the SR-C1 District for a non-residential building exceeding 35 feet in height; and consideration of a conditional use for an increase of more than twenty (20) parking spaces that is also more than ten percent (10%) of the maximum parking requirement, all to allow construction of a new public school building to replace the existing Akira Toki Middle School and Orchard Ridge Elementary School building.
• 1050 Sherman Avenue (District 6): Consideration of a conditional use to construct an addition to a single-family residence on a lakefront parcel.
• 302 Acewood Boulevard (District 3): Consideration of a conditional use in the Suburban Residential-Consistent 1 (SR-C1) District for a daycare center to allow an adult daycare center.
• 1409 Theresa Terrace (District 20): Consideration of a conditional use in the Suburban Residential-Consistent 3 (SR-C3) District for a daycare center to allow a childcare use to be added to the Theresa Terrace Neighborhood Center.
• Creating Section 28.022-00759 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 8302 McDowell Drive at the northeastern corner of Mid Town Road and S Pleasant View Road from Temp. A (Agricultural) District to TR-U2 (Traditional Residential-Urban 2) District, and creating Section 28.022-00760 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 8302 McDowell Drive from Temp. A (Agricultural) District to CC-T (Commercial Corridor-Transitional) District. (District 1) AND Approving the preliminary plat and final plat of Hawks Nest on land generally addressed as 8302 McDowell Drive and located at the northeastern corner of Mid Town Road and S Pleasant View Road (District 1).
• Creating Section 28.022-00757 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 1001 Wisconsin Place from PD (Planned Development) District to Amended PD (GDP) (Planned Development-General Development Plan) District and creating Section 28.022-00758 to approve a Specific Implementation Plan. (District 2) AND 1001 Wisconsin Place (District 2): Consideration of an alteration to an approved conditional use for lakefront development to allow modifications to and expansion of the Edgewater Hotel, and consideration of a conditional use in the PD (Planned Development) District for the Edgewater Hotel for an outdoor eating area for a restaurant on the 15th floor.

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

• Nomination Open Update
• MLK Commission Discussion and Retreat Discussion Items
• 2026 Draft Award Timeline

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

12:15pm Police and Fire Commission Virtual

• Consideration and possible action regarding candidates to add to the Police Department eligibility and hiring lists

5:30pm Common Council Executive Committee Room 215 Madison Municipal Building

• Overview of Interview and Selection Process
• Interviews of District 1 Interim Alder Candidates
• BY TITLE ONLY: Appointing ___ as alder for District 1 to serve until the Spring 2027 election.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

1:00pm Homeless Services Consortium Board of Directors Virtual

• Presentation & Action: Lived Experience Council Compensation Policy – Kisha Jordan
  • Proposal: Approve Compensation Policy as presented.
• Presentation & Action: YWCA Madison requests a Letter of Support from the HSC – Mark Figley
  • Proposal: Approve creation of Letter of Support, assign writer
• Presentation & Action: Community Plan Implementation Plan – Torrie Kopp Mueller
  • Proposal: Approve 2026-2027 Community Plan Implementation Plan as presented.
• Action: Ask for volunteers to create a cost effectiveness measure for the CoC Scorecard

4:00pm Room Tax Commission Monona Terrace

• Discussion and Adoption of 2027 Room Tax Commission Budget

4:30pm Urban Design Commission Virtual

• 1010 E Washington Avenue – Comprehensive Design Review for Signage (CDR). (District 6)
• Report of the Facade Grant Staff Team
  • 626 Langdon Street (District 2).
  • 151 W Gorham Street (District 4).
• 4301 Cherokee Drive – Public Building for MMSD Cherokee Middle School.

6:30pm Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Board Virtual

• Communications – Major Studies Project Manager, WisDOT SW Region response to MPO Director comments regarding WisDOT USH 51 (Stoughton Road) South Study – Reasonably Foreseeable Effects Workshop.
• Public Hearing on the Draft 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program for the Madison Metropolitan Area & Dane County
  • Note: Action on the 2027-2031 TIP by the MPO is anticipated at the board’s October 2nd meeting to be held virtually. Written comments on the TIP are invited through Monday, September 23, and should be sent to the MPO offices at 100 State St., Suite 400, Madison, WI 53703 or e-mailed to mpo@cityofmadison.com.
• Presentation on the DRAFT 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Madison Metropolitan Area & Dane County
• MPO 2026 Resolution No. 19 Recognizing October 1-8, 2026, as Week Without Driving in the Madison Metropolitan Area
• Presentation on the DRAFT 2027 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) 9) Discussion: October meeting potential to meet in person
• Announcements and Staff Reports –
  • Pathways to 2020 update
  • E-Device guide impacts

Thursday, September 3, 2026

5:00pm Madison Public Library Board

• No agenda

5:30pm Affirmative Action Commission Virtual

• No agenda

5:30pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Common Council La Follette High School

• Stoughton Rd. Redesign Public Information Meeting
• Alder Derek Field of District 3 and Alder Sean O’Brien of District 16 will host a public information meeting on the South Stoughton Road redesign project on Thursday, September 3rd, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. During this meeting, staff from the City Planning and Transportation departments will provide information about the project, followed by a question-and-answer session. The Stoughton Road Redesign meeting will take place in person in the cafeteria of La Follette High School, located at 702 Pflaum Rd, Madison, WI 53716. Please register in advance on Eventbrite. Alders have been invited to attend, and a possible quorum of the Common Council may exist at this event.
• Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stoughton-rd-redesign-public-information-meeting-tickets1997856577805?aff=oddtdtcreator

5:30pm City-County Homeless Issues Committee Virtual

• 2026 Point in Time (PIT) Count of Homelessness and FY 2025 Annual Homelessness Data Sarah Lim, City of Madison Community Development (CDD) Takisha Jordan, Founding Member of Dane County Lived Experience Council (LEC)
• Hospice Services for the Unhoused Xavior Yarn Kendra Deja, Executive Director of Solace Friends, Inc
• 2027 City & County Budget Recommendations 
• Staff Report (City & County)