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Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of December 2, 2024

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Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of December 2, 2024

Updates and Notices

Winter Parking Rules. Alternate side parking is in effect until March 15, 2025. Sign up for daily alternate side parking reminders by text.

Boards, Commissions, and Committee 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.

  • Finance Committee: The Finance Committee meeting will take place on Monday, December 2, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include removing the paid parking pilot program and an update on internal audit projects.
  • Plan Commission: The Plan Commission meeting will take place on Monday, December 2, at 5:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include implementing revisions to the Urban Design Commission ordinance and development-related requests in District 1,4, 7, 12, 14, and 17.
  • City-County Homeless Issues Committee: The City-County Homeless Issues Committee meeting will take place on Monday, December 2, at 5:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include presentations on evictions and eviction resources, as well as the implications of the Grant Pass v. Johnson SCOTUS ruling.
  • Committee on Aging: The Committee on Aging meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 4, at 2:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include approving funds to support older adult programming.

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

Public Information Meetings

  • Nakoma Road Sidewalk 2025, Monday, December 2: This project will install a sidewalk on the south side of Nakoma Road, closing a gap in the pedestrian network. This will involve bumping out the curb and removing most parking spots on the south side of Nakoma Road. There is no sanitary or water work anticipated, but storm sewer work will be necessary. No properties will be assessed for this project. There is a virtual public information meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Dec. 2, 2024, via Zoom. Registration prior is required.
  • Meyer Avenue Reconstruction, Tuesday, December 3: A public information meeting is scheduled for this project at 6 p.m., Dec. 3, 2024, via Zoom. Registration prior is required. Details on the project design, construction schedule, residential impacts, and special assessments will be discussed.  The presentation will be posted on this website for anyone unable to attend.
  • Playground Workshop, Thursday, December 5: Madison Parks will replace five existing playgrounds in 2025, and neighbors are invited to attend a virtual playground workshop!  Parks staff will present an overview of the playground replacement program and ask for input on design decisions. Join Parks staff at a virtual community meeting on Thursday, December 5 at 6:00pm via Zoom - REGISTER IN ADVANCE.

Announcements and News Releases

  • Hundreds of new affordable units get funding from City of Madison: Hundreds of proposed new income- and rent-restricted apartments will receive financial support from the City of Madison’s Community Development Division after another round of Affordable Housing Fund awards were approved by the Common Council. [posted November 27, 2024]
  • Update: Reconstruction to Pause Until Spring Due to Cold Weather: Due to cold weather the remaining work within the Doty St and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd intersection has been rescheduled for the Spring of 2025.  R.G. Huston will perform this work as temperatures allow in Spring of 2025.Learn more about the… [posted November 27, 2024]

Please visit the City news webpage to find additional news and announcements and to subscribe to receive notification of news releases as they are posted.

Events

  • Virtual Open House: Southwest Area Plan, Tuesday, December 3: If you are unable to join the in-person open house to kick off the Southwest Area Plan process, you can join Planning, Engineering, Transportation, Parks, and others in a virtual open house on December 3, 2024, from Noon to 1:00pm. There will be a brief presentation at the start, but feel free to drop in and stay for a few minutes or the entire time to ask questions about the process.
  • Virtual Open House: Southwest Area Plan, Tuesday, December 3: If you are unable to join the in-person open house to kick off the Southwest Area Plan process, you can join Planning, Engineering, Transportation, Parks, and others in a virtual open house on December 3, 2024, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. There will be a brief presentation at the start, but feel free to drop in and stay for a few minutes or the entire time to ask questions about the process.
  • In-Person Open House: Southeast Area Plan kickoff event, Wednesday, December 4: Join Planning, Engineering, Transportation, Parks, and others at an open house on December 4, 2024, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at LaFollette High School Cafeteria and Commons, 702 Pflaum Road. There will be a brief presentation at the start, but feel free to drop in and stay for a few minutes or the entire time to learn about the Southeast Area Plan and other upcoming projects in the Southeast Area.
  • Virtual Open House: Southeast Area Plan, Thursday, December 5: If you are unable to join the in-person open house to kick off the Southwest Area Plan process, you can join Planning, Engineering, Transportation, Parks, and others in a virtual open house on December 5, 2024 from Noon to 1:00pm. There will be a brief presentation at the start, but feel free to drop in and stay for a few minutes or the entire time to learn about the Southeast Area Plan and other upcoming projects in the Southeast Area.
  • HolidayFest Arts & Crafts Fair, Saturday, December 7: Join us for the 25th annual HolidayFest Arts & Crafts Fair held the first Saturday in December each year. Over 80 vendors from the Midwest will be selling their handmade goods. Shop for a variety of jewelry, baskets, garden art, cards, pottery, woodwork, baby gifts, soaps, balms, lotions, knitwear, paintings, home décor and more! It's the perfect place to find a unique gift for that special someone!
  • District 11 Book Club with Stu Levitan, December 11: For our next District 11 Book Club on December 11th, Stu Levitan will give an illustrated talk on Madison in the 1970s, adapted from his forthcoming book, Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Volume 2, 1932 to 1979.

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar.  

 

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