AirBnB ordinance and Amazon being referred, discussing electronic meetings and prohibiting committees from meeting. Now two updates below.
Please note that at tonight’s Common Council meeting there will be limited seating in the Chambers (Room 201).
Room 354, City-County Building will act as an overflow room if needed.
Both spaces will be situated to practice social distancing recommendations.
Notified Attending: Ald. Sally Rohrer, Ald. Tag Evers
Notified Absence: Ald. Donna Moreland, Ald. Rebecca Kemble
UPDATE #1 3:04:
Currently Notified Absences for the Common Council meeting are:
- Ald. Keith Furman (already noticed)
- Ald. Donna Moreland
- Ald. Rebecca Kemble
- Ald. Christian Albouras
Agenda Items #3- #9 are PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
3. Public Hearing Item – Legislative File No. 58895 SECOND THIRD SUBSTITUTE – Creating Section 9.29, amending Section 28.151, amending and creating portions of Section 28.211 of the Madison General Ordinances to create an annual permit for tourist rooming houses, to amend the supplemental zoning regulations applicable to tourist rooming houses, amend the definition of Tourist Rooming House and Bedroom, and create a definition for Primary Residence. (Ald. Arvina Martin, District 11 – Recommended Action: Recess Public Hearing and Refer Third Substitute Ordinance to 3/31/20 Common Council Meeting)
5. Public Hearing Item – Legislative File No. 59493 – Appeal of Plan Commission action concerning 3630 Milwaukee Street, Legistar File 58787. (Council President Shiva Bidar – Recommended Action: Recess Public Hearing and Refer to 3/31/20 at request of appellant)
Agenda Items part of the CONSENT AGENDA WITH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS as noted:
71. Legislative File No. 59944 – Approving the path geometry for Garver Path from Sugar Ave to Milwaukee Street (6th and 15th AD), Approving the roadway geometry for Starkweather Drive from Hargrove Street to Dawes Street and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Amendment to the contract with the KL Engineering, Inc for additional design engineering services. (6th & 15th AD) (New Business for Referral – Ald. Grant Foster, District 15 – Change in Referral Order & Dates – Change from Board of Public Works (4/1/20), Transportation Commission (3/25/20) to Board of Public Works (3/25/20), Transportation Commission (4/15/20) Common Council (4/21/20))
77. Legislative File No. 59953 – Approving roadway geometry for the reconstruction of University Avenue from Shorewood Boulevard to University Bay Drive. (5th AD) (New Business for Referral – Council President Shiva Bidar – Change in Referral Date – Change from Board of Public Works (4/1/20), Transportation Commission (3/25/20) to Board of Public Works (3/25/20), Transportation Commission (4/15/20) Common Council (4/21/20))
UPDATE #2
The following items are EXTRA-MAJORITY ITEMS – Extra Majority vote items will be recorded as unanimous votes unless a roll call or exclusion is requested:
- Legislative File No. 59296 Amending the Police Department’s 2020 Operating Budget and authorizing the Chief of Police to accept up to $10,000 for two years in overtime funds from the Wisconsin Department of Justice to allocate additional resources to the Dane County Narcotics Task Force or conducting methamphetamine investigations. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
- Legislative File No. 59623 Amending Traffic Engineering’s 2020 Adopted Capital Budget by appropriating $613,000 for the Fish Hatchery Road Reconstruction project to be funded by the City of Fitchburg. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
- Legislative File No. 59718 Amending the 2020 Sewer Utility Capital Budget to increase the Municipal Capital Participation funding by $130,000 to fund project Rimrock Interceptor-Industrial Drive Extension. (14th AD) (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
- Legislative File No. 59833 Amending the 2020 Planning Division Budget to accept a grant of up to $10,000 from the National League of Cities Rapid Response Grant Program for 2020 Census “Get Out The Count” (GOTC) activities to reach historically undercounted communities. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
- Legislative File No. 59551 Amending the Police Department’s 2020 Operating Budget and authorizing the Chief of Police to accept additional donations from Capital K-9 and Friends of Madison Mounted Horse Patrol for Canine and Mounted costs related to the acquisition of three (3) new police K9 dogs and one (1) new police Mounted horse in 2020. (Report of Public Safety Review Committee – 15 votes required)
Items requested for EXCLUSION:
10. Legislative File No. 59956 – Amending Section 2.15(1) of the Madison General Ordinances allowing members of the Common Council, unable to attend a meeting in person, the ability to attend telephonically or via the internet when authorized by the mayor and common council president, in an officially declared emergency or at the direction of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County. (Business by the Mayor – Council President Shiva Bidar – For the purpose of a short presentation by IT Director Sarah Edgerton)
11. Legislative File No. 59958 – Creating subdivision (c) of 33.01(10) of the Madison General Ordinances to prohibit meetings during an officially declared emergency or at the direction of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County unless authorized by the Mayor and Common Council President. (Business by the Mayor – Council President Shiva Bidar – For the purpose of a short presentation by IT Director Sarah Edgerton)
Items Introduced from the Floor for Referral
Any business to be referred may be introduced from the floor, and if no fiscal note is prepared, will be referred to the Finance Director for a fiscal note. Introduction of any matters by title only or without a fiscal note shall require a two-thirds (o/a) majority vote. Any matter introduced from the floor shall be either (i) referred to the next Common Council meeting for action or (ii) automatically referred to the next Common Council and be placed on the agenda as if for introduction, solely for the purpose of additional referrals. (MGO 2.05(1)(b))
Legislative File No 59192 – Creating Sec. 8.24(1)(ff) of the Madison General Ordinances to ban alcohol from Reynolds Park and the Well 24 Property. (Ald. Patrick Heck, District 2) – Recommended Action: Refer to Board of Park Commissioners, Board of Water Utility, 4/21/20 Common Council meeting
Legislative File No. 60020 – Approving Madison Metro’s application for Wisconsin’s Volkswagen Mitigation Program/Transit Capital Assistance Grant Program funding. (Council President Shiva Bidar) – Recommended Action: Refer to Finance Committee
Legislative File No. 60021 – Supporting Madison Metro’s 5339b Grant Application to Federal Transit Administration for articulated buses and bus priority measures. (Council President Shiva Bidar) – Recommended Action: Refer to Finance Committee
Legislative File No. 60043 – Responding to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Air National Guard F-35A Operational Beddown. (Ald. Syed Abbas, District 12) – Recommended Action: Refer to 3/31/20 Common Council Meeting
