Madison City Week Ahead 9/15/25

Tons of meetings this week – Dairy Drive, Surveillance Reports, raising parks fees, Plan, UDC, ALRC and more meet!

Monday, September 15, 2025

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

  • Imagination Center Percent for Art Project -Review phase one applicants & Recommendation will be reported to the full body of MAC on 5/13/2025
  • 2025 BLINK Commission Proposals -Review Dakota Mace’s application & recommendation will be reported to the full body of MAC on 5/13/2025
  • Water Utility Well 24 -Review mural proposals & recommendation will be reported to the full body of MAC on 5/13/2025

12:30pm Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District – Employee Leadership Council Virtual

  • Discuss issue requests

4:00pm Facilities Programs and Fees Subcommittee (Parks) Virtual

4:30pm Sustainable Madison Committee Virtual

5:00pm Landmarks Commission Virtual

  • Public Hearing – Request for Certificate of Approval
    • 748 Jenifer Street – Demolition on a Designated Madison Landmark Site in the Third Lake Ridge Historic District, Klose Cottage (District 6)
  • Request for Certificate of Approval
    • 9 E Wilson Street – Exterior Alteration to a Designated Madison Landmark, Madison Catholic Association Clubhouse – Signage (District 4)
  • Informational Presentation
  • New Business
  • Demolition Historic Value Review
    • 533 Conklin Place – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 2)
    • 305 N Frances Street – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 2)
    • 6314 Hartford Drive – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a residential building (District 7)

5:00pm Equal Opportunities Commission – Executive Committee Virtual

  • Invite guests to speak regarding Emergent Immigration, Deportation and Housing Issues
    • Discuss how housing ties with the EOC
      • ICE @ City County Building – invite representative from the Police/Sheriff Department
      • Invite Tenant Resource Center representative provide an overview
  • Purpose of Community Listening Sessions and Planning
    • Tentative October 23, 2025, 6pm at Black Business Hub
    • Subcommittee meetings need to be noticed
  • EOC Work Plan
    • Initial Annual Retreat Planning
  • Non-discrimination Clause

5:30pm Plan Commission Virtual

  • Adopting the 2025-2030 Park and Open Space Plan as a Supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan. (Citywide)
  • Development-Related Requests
    • 1402 Wyoming Way (District 18): Consideration of a conditional use in the Suburban Residential-Consistent 1 (SR-C1) District for a school, public or private, and consideration of a conditional use in the SR-C1 District for a building or structure exceeding 10,000 square feet in floor area to allow construction of a new public school building to replace the existing school building (Black Hawk Middle School and Gompers Elementary School).
    • 5501 Schroeder Road (District 20): Consideration of a conditional use in the Parks and Recreation (PR) District for an outdoor eating area for a food and beverage establishment open after 9:00 p.m., and consideration of a conditional use in the PR District for amplified sound for an outdoor eating area for a food and beverage establishment.
    • 302 E Washington Avenue – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 2) AND Creating Section 28.022-00724 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 302-308 East Washington Avenue and 15-27 North Butler Street from UMX (Urban Mixed-Use) and PD (Planned Development) District to PD (GDP) (Planned Development-General Development Plan) District and creating Section 28.022-00725 to approve a Specific Implementation Plan. (District 2) AND 302-308 E Washington Avenue/15-27 N Butler Street (District 2): Consideration of a Conditional Use for two stories of additional building height as allowed in MGO Section 28.071(2)(b) to allow construction of an 11-story, 76-unit mixed-use building. AND Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by Butler Plaza, LLC located at 302-308 E Washington Avenue and 15-27 N Butler Street (District 2).
    • 1601 N Sherman Avenue/1610 Ruskin Street (District 12): Consideration of a conditional use in the Traditional Residential-Consistent 4 (TR-C4) District for a school, public or private, and consideration of a conditional use in the TR-C4 District for a building or structure exceeding 10,000 square feet in floor area to allow construction of a new public school building to replace the existing school building Sherman Middle School and Shabazz City High School).
  • Discussion of 2025 Plan Commission Member Survey Results

5:30pm City-County Homeless Issues Committee Virtual

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

  • No agenda

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

12:00pm Madison Central Business Improvement District (BID) Executive Committee Virtual, 122 W Washington Ave. 1st Floor Conference Room & Virtual

  • BID 2026 Operating Plan – Josh Berkson and Matt Tramel
  • Clean & Safe program update – Josh Berkson and Matt Tramel
  • 2025 Annual Meeting – Matt Tramel

1:30pm Yahara Watershed Improvement Network Group Virtual

  • Presentations:
    • Renew the Blue Update – Paul Dearlove, Clean Lakes Alliance
  • Executive Committee Update
    • Past Action Report
  • Other Business
    • 2026 Budget Approval Process

1:30pm Yahara Watershed Improvement Network Executive Committee Virtual

  • Rock Co./Myhre Farm funding request
  • Watershed Prioritization Project – Agrograph
  • Draft 2026 Budget

1:30pm Board of Review Madison Municipal Building

4:00pm Monona Terrace Booking Event Assistance Advisory Committee Virtual

4:30pm Common Council Executive Committee Virtual, 201 City-County Building

4:30pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Madison Arts Commission Madison Municipal Building Room 201

  • Reception and Poetry readings celebrating the 2025 Madison Youth Poet Laureate, Octavia Ikard 2025-2026 and Madison Poet Laureate Steven Dawson 2025-26

6:30pm Common Council Virtual, Common Council Chambers

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

10:00am Board of Assessors City County Building

  • 2 pages of people challenging their tax assessments

3:00pm Parks Long Range Planning Subcommittee Virtual

4:30pm Urban Design Commission Virtual

4:30pm Board of Public Works Virtual

5:00pm Economic Development Committee Virtual

5:30pm Madison Food Policy Council Virtual

  • Authorizing the use of a Farmland Lease Master Template for those City-owned lands being rented for farming, the administrative approval of City staff to negotiate lease terms, and the execution of lease documents by the City’s Director of the Department of Planning, Community and Economic Development, or assigns. (Citywide)
  • Business Development Specialist
  • Reports
    • Madison Food Policy Council Chair
    • Regular Business Reports
      • Regional Food System Planning
      • Regional Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
      • Dane Food Access Network
      • Farmland Preservation Task Force
      • Madison Metropolitan School District
      • Double Dollars Program
      • Community Gardens
      • Food System Assessment
    • Staff Reports
      • Public Health Madison & Dane County
      • Extension Dane County, UW-Madison

5:30pm Madison Arts Commission Virtual

  • Imagination Center Percent for Art Project -Review Public Art Standing Committee Imagination Center Percent for Art recommendations & vote
  • 2025 BLINK Proposal Review -Review Public Art Standing Committee recommendation for Dakota Mace’s BLINK proposal & vote
  • Endorsing Community Projects -Review Arboretum Neighborhood Association Mural project & vote
  • Water Utility Well 24 Mural -Review Public Art Standing Committee recommendations for the Water Utility Well 24 proposals & vote
  • 2025 MAC Administrative Updates
    • State Street Campus Garage Percent for Art Project update
    • Bartillon Men’s Shelter Percent for Art Project update
    • Far West Maintenance Facility Percent for Art Project update
    • Teejop Community History Public Art Project update

5:30pm Alcohol License Review Committee Virtual, City-County Building

Thursday, September 18, 2025

4:00pm Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Board Destination Madison

  • Destination Madison Report: Ellie Westman-Chin, President CEO Destination Madison and Jamie Patrick, Vice President, Madison Area Sports Commission
  • Room Tax Commission Update: Glenn Krieg, Commission Chair, Mike Verveer, Commissioner
  • Booking Pace Update: Steve Dongarra, Associate Director Marketing and Event Services
  • Finance Report: Jeff Boyd, Business Manager
  • Director’s Report: Connie Thompson, Director
    • Administration
    • Operations C
    • ommunity Relations
    • Gift Shop
    • Sales and Marketing
    • Event Services
    • Business Office/Human Resources
    • Catering

5:00pm Equal Opportunities Commission 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Room LL-120 (Madison Municipal Building)

  • In legistar, no agenda, not on clerk’s list

5:00pm Zoning Board of Appeals Virtual

  • Anthony Dreyfuss, owner of the property at 1017 Lawrence St, requests front and side setback variances for a detached garage for a single-family house. Alder District #13 3. 89795
  • JD Development, representative of the owner of the property at 2110 Bascom St, requests a maximum height variance for an addition to a single family house. Alder District #5

5:30pm Downtown Coordinating Committee Madison Municipal Building

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