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City Meetings and Updates Week of March 31

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  • Reminder to vote in the Spring General Election on Tuesday!
  • Report A Problem Form Available for Reporting Routine Concerns to City Agencies
  • You’re Invited: Southeast Area Plan Focus Groups
  • Explore Sustainable Transportation: Try the Spring Roll Challenge in April!
  • Events & Announcements

Reminder to vote in the Spring General Election on Tuesday!

The Spring General Election is next Tuesday! 

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Image credit: City of Madison Clerk's Office

Report A Problem Form Available for Reporting Routine Concerns to City Agencies

Spring is when many of us get back outside and notice issues like litter, shifting sidewalks, or damaged trees. Please use this Report A Problem form to notify City staff about these issues. The advantage of doing it this way is that the form creates a work order that is assigned to the appropriate City staff team right away.

Here are some examples of options on the form you can select for issues that we sometimes see in the district:

  • Trash/Junk/Debris for litter or illegal dumping or if junk is in front of someone’s house for a long time - they may not have submitted a large-item pick-up request. This a recurring problem in some areas and City staff can now use new enforcement tools that the Council approved last year. Note: if you witness someone illegally dumping trash, get their vehicle plate number and report it to MPD.
  • Tree Concerns for damaged trees, especially if you think they might be a safety concern.
  • Sidewalk Concerns if you notice shifting sidewalk pavement that creates a trip hazard.
  • Traffic Signals, Street Lights, and Signs if you see a street light or traffic signal that’s out and needs a replaced bulb.

Thank you for sharing these issues with the City!!

You’re Invited: Southeast Area Plan Focus Groups

As part of the Southeast Area Plan process the City is partnering with the nINA Collective to support the City’s public engagement efforts with residents of the planning area, including with groups of residents who historically are not well-included in public engagement processes and local government decision-making. One of the engagement strategies includes forming focus groups of residents of the Southeast Area.

Please consider joining one of the upcoming focus group meetings!

  • April 7th, 5:30-7:00pm at the Ho-Chunk Nation Community Center, 4724 Tradewinds Parkway. Dinner will be provided! Register here.
  • April 8th, 5:30-7:00pm at Kennedy Elementary School, 221 Meadowlark Drive. Dinner will be provided! Register here. Note that this session is intended for Hiestand Park residents. See more about this below.
  • April 9th, 5:00-6:30pm at Access to Independence, 3810 Milwaukee Street. Dinner will be provided! Register here.
  • En Español: April 14, 7:00-9:00p en Mishque Cocina Peruana, 4606 Monona Drive. Se proporcionará la cena. Regístrate aquí.

Note that the April 8th session is intended for residents of the Hiestand Park neighborhood (link to map). City Planning staff identified this neighborhood as a “Community Action Strategy Area” for the Southeast Area Plan, meaning there will be some special engagement efforts here. This is because Hiestand Park is the only neighborhood in the SE planning area where more than 50% of the population has a household median income below 80% of the Dane County Median Household Income.

Explore Sustainable Transportation: Try the April Spring Roll Challenge!

From the Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Choose Green Transportation this April and Get Rewarded! 

Spring Roll Challenge Logo
Image credit: RoundTrip Greater Madison, Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization

The RoundTrip Spring Roll Challenge is celebrating green transportation choices in Dane County this Earth Month. Log your trips by bike, bus, carpool, and walking/rolling in RoundTrip for chances to win exciting weekly and grand prize drawings. The first 50 participants to log a green trip in April will receive a free slice from Ian’s Pizza and two free rides with Metro Transit! The Spring Roll Challenge is open to everyone ages 18+ in Dane County and encourages walking/rolling, bicycling, riding the bus, and carpooling for everyday trips. Go green, save money, and feel great!

To try it out, register with RoundTrip and log your green trips for work, school, errands, and entertainment throughout April for chances to win weekly and grand prize drawings. Six winners will be drawn each week along with four grand prize winners. Prizes include gift cards for CommuteRewards, Willy Street Co-op, and Barriques, along with monthly and annual Madison BCycle memberships. Every car-free and car-light trip you take gets you closer to a drawing, and you’ll feel great seeing your stats add up in dollars saved, CO2 emissions avoided, and calories burned.

For more information and to participate in the challenge, visit: https://bit.ly/spring-roll-25 (link is external).

About the Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): The Greater Madison MPO leads a cooperative, comprehensive regional transportation planning and decision-making process for the greater Madison area and allocates millions of dollars of federal funding to local transportation projects, including District 3’s recent Autumn Ridge Path/Bridge project.

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