I went to no city or county meetings yesterday . . . there was nothing of interest, how bizarre!
EDGEWATER TIF – A MUST READ
Cap Times looks at how TIF will impact the city, schools and county. Hint: Not good.
MOVING ALONG
Meanwhile, full court press is on to declare victory and make sure people know there is momentum.
Mayor’s blog
Channel 27
Badger Herald
Too bad the Mayor isn’t working on making the project better instead of getting press. Priorities. Sigh.
UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID
Judy Compton’s quote on the Edgewater here is awful. She apparently thinks that the ordinance they passed only impacts commercial and institutional properties, it also impacts parks and open space areas as well as the University and Mendota Mental Health so she needs to add another 22 miles to here 4/10s of a mile, that’s a huge impact on our 37 miles of lakefront.
MADISON’S POVERTY RATE CLIMBING
One in six Madisonian’s below the federal poverty line. Wow. Wow, I knew that from my work it was growing and hidden, but the number surprises even me. We could surpass the average poverty rate for the largest 95 cities in America. Really? Madison. Yes, really.
COOL MADISON WEBSITE
A meant to link to this a week or two ago, but, um, forgot. My bad.
I HATE IT WHEN THIS HAPPENS
This agenda for a CDA meeting is in Legistar, but its not on the weekly agenda. Is the meeting properly noticed, or not? The note on the bottom of the weekly agenda clearly states:
Disclaimer: Committee meetings are added to this weekly meeting schedule once the agendas have been posted in compliance with the Open Meetings Law. Agendas must be officially posted in the City-County Building at least 24 hours in advance. If you plan to attend a meeting tomorrow but do not see the meeting listed on this schedule, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 266-4601.
STRUGGLE OVER W MIFFLIN ST
Emily Mills discusses the issues on what should happen to W. Mifflin Street. I have notes on the two meetings they had discussion the areas in the downtown plan, but never got around to a post. But I will, eventually . . .
STUPID CITY
Some times, living downtown can be a pain in the ass. Sometimes, the city just compounds that feeling. Last week, these signs showed up on the south side of the 300, 400 and 500 blocks of E Mifflin St.
They had alot of equipment and did some work last week. This week, there is still no parking on the 300 block
And 400 block
The only sign of action on those two blocks is this
Which has been sitting on the 400 block in the same place all week. The only other sign of life is on the block they returned parking to which is here
I can’t figure out why they are restricting the neighbors from parking on the street when they aren’t doing any work on the two blocks where the parking is restricted and why the block where you can park has a missing piece of sidewalk. Any which way, its annoying, that’s alot of parking spaces in a area that doesn’t have enough parking already. I think the work done was some kind of private utility work, not city work, but I don’t understand why the city allows them to disrupt neighborhoods like this – even if they think only students live here. Grrrrrr.
Last year, the city hired Jim Bower of the Bower Group to help implement adopted plans to create an employment center in the Capitol Gateway corridor. The city also hired the Hiebing Group and Vandewalle & Associates to create marketing strategies. They have held focus groups with corridor businesses, developers, neighborhood association leaders from Marquette, Atwood, Tenney-Lapham and Emerson as well as other interested parties.
A public meeting has been scheduled for Monday March 1 at Research Products Training Facility 130 S Ingersoll 6-8p. Enter at the door near the parking lot.
Please join Alders Maniaci, Rhodes-Conway and myself, Dept of Planning and Community and Economic Dept staff, and the consultants to discuss the initial results of their work and to seek input.
Thanks
Marsha Rummel
District 6
NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT
After years, and years, and years of work, the first neighborhood conservation district is creeping forward (ooo, can I use those words after Tuesday?)
The first public meeting to get the Neighborhood Conservation District Study for the East Wilson Street/Schley Pass/Dewey Court area is scheduled for Wed 3/10 at Luke House @7:15p. It’s up to residents to help determine which of the area’s characteristics are unique and whether and how to preserve them and ultimately to advocate for establishing an NCD if that’s the preferred approach.
Please contact me with any questions.
