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Meetings and Updates Week of July 29

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  • City Meetings:
    • Plan Commission 7/29
    • Transportation Commission 7/31
    • Madison Public Library Board 7/31
    • Community Development Block Grant Committee 7/31
  • In-Person Absentee Voting Begins 7/30
  • WisDOT Public Hearings about the I-39/90/94 Corridor Study 7/29 and 7/30
  • Resources at Reindahl Event 8/1
  • Events & Announcements

City Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page.

Plan Commission

The Plan Commission meeting will take place on Monday, July 29, in virtual format at 5:30 p.m. Agenda items include development-related requests (none in District 3).

Transportation Commission

The Transportation Commission meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 31, in virtual format at 5:00 p.m. Agenda items include adopting the Northeast Area Plan, adopting the West Area Plan, and an update on the East Mifflin Bike Boulevard.

Madison Public Library Board

The Madison Public Library Board meeting will take place on Thursday, August 1, at Lakeview Library on 2845 N Sherman Ave. at 5:00 p.m. Agenda items include approval of a statement to the Common Council in support of a referendum, as well as planning for the implementation of a reduction in hours at Madison Public Library locations in the event that the reductions would be necessary in the 2025 Operating Budget.

Community Development Block Grant Committee

The Community Development Block Grant Committee meeting will take place on Thursday, August 1, in virtual format at 5:30 p.m. Agenda items include adopting the Northeast Area Plan and adopting the West Area Plan. The agenda also includes an application for City Affordable Housing funds for the Point on Washington project at 3917 Lien Road in District 3. This is the former Plaza Hotel conversion project by Repvblik that unexpectedly ran into Wisconsin’s individual metering law requiring the developer to install individual-unit meters and adding large cost to the project. Here’s their funding application with more information about their project and their request.

If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here.

In-Person Absentee Voting Begins Tuesday, July 30

In-person absentee voting begins two weeks before Election Day. It ends the Sunday before each election. State law prohibits voter registration the Saturday, Sunday, or Monday before each election.

Looking for a sample ballot? Visit My Vote WI.

You will need to show ID to receive an absentee ballot. You may register to vote, with proof of address, at any absentee voting location. There is no voter registration the Saturday, Sunday, or Monday before Election Day.

Early voting locations near District 3

  • Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd
    11 a.m. – 7 p.m. weekdays, July 30 - August 9
    10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturdays, August 3 & 10
  • East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Court
    11 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays, August 5-9
  • Global Market & Food Hall, 2161 Zeier Rd
    11 a.m. – 7 p.m. weekdays, July 30 - August 9
    10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturdays, August 3 & 10
    10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sundays, August 4 & 11
  • Olbrich Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave
    10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. weekdays, July 30 - August 9
  • SS Morris AME Church, 3511 Milwaukee St
    9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sundays, August 4 & 11

WisDOT Public Hearings about the I-39/90/94 Corridor Study 7/29 and 30

From WisDOT:

“The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) invites you to attend a public hearing for the 67-mile I-39/90/94 Corridor Study in Dane, Columbia, Sauk and Juneau counties between Madison and Wisconsin Dells. There will be three opportunities to attend the public hearing: one virtual and two in-person.

The virtual public hearing will be held Monday, July 29, 2024, via PIMA/YouTube Live at www.tinyurl.com/InterstateVirtualPH. If interested parties do not have internet access, they may call (608) 571- 2209 and enter Conference ID: 588 603 889# to listen to the virtual public hearing. The virtual public hearing will begin at 5 p.m. and will end when all interested persons have provided testimony or 7 p.m., whichever occurs first.

The Madison in-person public hearing session will be held Tuesday, July 30, 2024, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Madison College Truax Building, Conference Room D1630, 1701 Wright St., Madison, WI 53704.

The Wisconsin Dells in-person public hearing session will be held Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Wisconsin Dells High School, HH Bennett Hall and Cafeteria, 1501 Brew Farm Road, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965.

If you have any questions, or if you're unable to attend one of the scheduled hearings and would like to give your testimony or find out more about the study, contact David Schmidt, WisDOT Project Manager at (608) 246-3867, or email David2Schmidt@dot.wi.gov.” 

Map of District 3 area showing where WisDOT proposes to add noise barrier walls over time.
The dashed purple line shows where WisDOT proposes to add noise barrier walls over time as Interstate construction takes place. The blue line shows existing noise barrier walls.

Here is WisDOT’s webpage for the Corridor Study project. The City has been engaged throughout the process and has been sharing comments and feedback to WisDOT in support of design considerations that:

  • Improve traffic safety
  • Accommodate alternate modes of transportation across the corridor
  • Improve connectivity across highway barriers between neighborhoods
  • Reduce runoff, air pollution, and noise impacts

The Common Council approved this resolution in April with feedback for WisDOT, also described in my April 20th blog post. The City plans to submit final comments to WisDOT on their draft Environmental Impact Statement, in support of the above goals, by WisDOT’s deadline of August 12th.

Note that there are no official construction timelines yet. Construction timelines will be driven by WisDOT’s project prioritization and the State Legislative Joint Finance Committee’s willingness to fund Madison-area projects. City Transportation staff expect that the Madison-area improvements will take several decades to implement, with start dates unlikely until the late 2020’s at the earliest.

Resources at Reindahl Event August 1st

District 17 Alder Sabrina Madison and Metro Transit are hosting a Resources at Reindahl event at Reindahl Park on Thursday 8/1 from 10am-2pm that may be of interest to residents of the nearby District 3 residents of the Mayfair Park and Burke Heights neighborhoods. The event will include a tour of one of the new Metro Transit electric buses, a waste reduction learning activity with the Trash Lab, and staff/resources from a variety of local services organizations. Read more about the event in this blog post by Alder Madison.

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