Meeting MOVED: Mayor re: James Madison Park Buildings

The meeting with the Mayor regarding the homes in James Madison Park has been moved . . .if you think of someone who needs a call - please let Jeanne know . . . .

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As you know, tomorrow at 6:30pm the mayor and representatives from the Capital Neighborhood and Tenny Lapham will be meeting at Collins House to further discuss improvement to James Madison park and possibly moving of the two house/selling of land and homes, etc.

The mayor feels that the meeting will be much more productive if we are at the site. That way we can walk around and get a much better idea of what is proposed and how it could work.

I understand that concerns were raised about moving the meeting. I would be happy to have my assistant personally call people who are coming to the meeting to make sure they know about the change of location. Please forward names to me.

Thank you.


Jeanne Hoffman
Assistant to the Mayor
CCB Rm. 403
210 MLK Jr. Blvd.
Madison, WI 53703
608/266-4611
608/266-8671
jhoffman@cityofmadison.com

Letter from Madison Trust for Historic Preservation re: Houses in James Madison Park

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
City-CountyBuilding, Room 403
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Madison WI 53703

Re: James Madison Park houses

August 25, 2006

Dear Mayor Cieslewicz:

The members of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation appreciate your commitment to a healthy and vibrant city for all our current and future residents. We feel strongly that one of the contributing factors to Madison’s unique appeal is the irreplaceable aesthetic and sense of place provided by our historic architecture.

The James Madison Park houses, at 640, 646, and 704 East Gorham Street, are individual city landmarks and along with the Lincoln School building make an important historic grouping. Protecting landmarks on site is a fundamental principle of historic preservation.

Moving the structures would reduce their status and provide a grim precedent for the treatment of other landmarked structures in our community. For this reason we cannot support moving these houses from their original sites. The Trust would appreciate being part of the continuing dialogue on the topic.

Respectfully,
James Westring
President
Madison Trust for Historic Preservation

Meeting with Mayor regarding Houses in James Madison Park

The mayor will be holding a joint meeting of the Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association and Capitol Neighborhoods to present his ideas about how to deal with the Lincoln School and three houses in James Madison Park. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 on Wednesday August 30 in Room 300 in the Madison Municipal Building. Please come if you can.

Various ideas have arisen recently regarding the homes and Lincoln School Apartments located in James Madison Park. One idea is to sell the homes with a long term lease on the land. Both land and homes are currently owned by the city and managed by the Parks Department. The mayor has floated the idea of moving the homes. The Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association (the part of James Madison Park in which the houses are located is within the Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association boundaries) and the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation have both taken the position that the houses should not be moved, largely because the are local Madison Landmarks. The CNI Executive Council, at its August 10 meeting took the following preliminary position with respect to the three houses in James Madison Park:

The houses should not be moved because of the historic significance of their location. The city should retain ownership of the land underneath the houses and sell the houses while providing a land lease agreement. Fifty percent of the proceeds from these properties (resulting from sales, leases, rent, property taxes, etc.) should be earmarked directly for James Madison Park.

Please join us for this discussion.

Voting News

From the Clerk's office:

Open Registration closes tomorrow, one week earlier than it had closed before the enactment of 2005 Wisconsin Act 451 (which went into effect on July 1). After 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, the only place voters can register to vote is in the City Clerk's Office, or at the polls on Election Day. The new deadlines are posted on our website; it appears that the City of Madison is the only Dane County municipality that updated its website to reflect the changes in Act 451.

8/29 Amplified Sound at Tenney Park

On Tuesday, August 29, Anya Christianson will have a party at Tenney Park, with amplified sound from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

City Budget Hearing

From the Mayor's Office:

Save the date:

Mayor Cieslewicz will hold a public meeting on the 2007 City of Madison budget on Tuesday, August 22 at 6pm, at the Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St.

The mayor initiated these annual meeting to enable members of the public to provide input on his proposed capital and operating budgets prior to their introduction. The mayor will kick the meeting off with a presentation on the 2007 budget picture, after which members of the public will have an opportunity to talk about their priorities for the City budget.

In addition, we will once again be holding three "Build Your Own Budget" interactive workshops. These will be held in September, details TBA soon.

George Twigg
Communications Director
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
(608) 266-4611

Well Three Manganese Update

from the Water Utility

Manganese Sampling Update
August 11, 2006

Summary

The Water Utility has now collected and analyzed 1241 household samples for manganese in the Well 3, Well 8, Well 10, and Well 29 flushing areas, which are the four wells producing the highest levels of manganese in our water system. This number is about 85% of the total number of household samples we expect to collect during the flushing program in these areas. The results continue to show low levels of manganese at household taps (taken at outside hose-bib spigots). 88% of all samples were below the EPA aesthetic recommendation for drinking water of 50 parts per billion (ppb). 12% of the samples were above 50 ppb. 12 of the 1241 samples (1%) were above the EPA lifetime health advisory level of 300 ppb.

The 12 samples containing more than 300 ppb manganese were collected at 8 sites. None of these 8 sites was found to have water consistently above 300 ppb manganese. Further details about these samples can be found in the table included below.

Based on these results, Dr. Thomas Schlenker, Director of Public Health for Madison and Dane County rescinded the limited health advisory for infants and persons with liver disease in the Well 3 and Well 10 areas on July 17. Dr. Schlenker said, “levels of manganese that have been and are being measured indicate that tap water is acceptable for daily consumption for the entire population.”

Well 3 Flushing Area

The Utility has completed flushing in the Well 3 service area. In addition, we have received the lab results of all 394 samples from our post-flushing sampling in the area. All samples were taken at randomly selected sites in the area from hose-bib spigots.

326 out of 394 samples (83%) were below 50 parts per billion (ppb), the EPA aesthetic guideline for drinking water. 62 out of the 394 samples (16%) were between 50 and 300 ppb. Six samples (1.5%) were above the 300 ppb EPA Lifetime Health Advisory Level for drinking water.

The six samples containing more than 300 ppb manganese were collected at 4 sites. None of these 4 sites was found to have water consistently above 300 ppb manganese. Further details about these samples can be found in the table included below.

Fall Neighborhood Conference: Save the Date!

From Jule Stroick, City Planning Department

Save the Date!

2006 Neighborhood Conference:
Building Strong Neighborhoods. Learning from the Past. Looking into the Future.

Mark your calendar! The City of Madison’s citywide neighborhood conference is planned for Saturday, November 11, 2006 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (1 John Nolen Drive). Neighborhood residents and people who care about neighborhoods are invited to attend to build their skills and knowledge in such important areas as organizational development, neighborhood improvement projects, and working with city officials, developers and landlords. There will be over 30 workshops to choose from during the all-day (8:00am – 4:00pm) event.

All are welcome! For more information, contact Linda Horvath of the City of Madison Department of Planning and Development, at 267-1131, ext. 119. Check the Neighborhood website, www.cityofmadison.com/neighborhoods/, the first week of September for general conference information and registration materials. Special thanks to MGE for their continued support of this neighborhood-based event.

Please pass this message to interested
individuals, businesses, and organizations.

Safety Tips for Returning Students

From UW-Madison

August 11, 2006

As a result of a series of recent downtown Madison crime incidents, students are encouraged to maintain a heightened awareness of their own personal safety, especially if walking late at night.

Please keep in mind the following safety tips from the University of Wisconsin Police Department:

• Carry a cell phone
• Walk with a friend whenever possible.
• If you intend to consume alcohol, do so in moderation so as not to put yourself in a position of increased risk.
• Report any crime or suspicion of a crime immediately. If police are contacted within the first five minutes, they has a better chance of finding a suspect. Dial 911 for help.
• Take advantage of SAFEwalk and SAFEride programs available on campus. Call 262-5000 for detailed information or visit http://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/trans/Safe/
• Keep our head up. Do not look down or away. Make brief eye contact with all people you meet.
• Use public walkways and avoid shortcuts, especially at night.
• Be aware of places along your path of travel that could conceal a criminal (shrubbery, buildings recesses, etc). Avoid or keep a distance from these areas whenever possible.
• Make sure someone knows when you leave and when to expect you back.
• If you think someone is following you, cross the street. Head for a well-populated and well-lit area at night.
• Wear clothing that will allow you maximum mobility if it is necessary to run. Be prepared to drop your valuables (heavy books, packages, etc.), since these can slow you down.
• For women, take a self-defense course like Chimera. For further information call 263-5702 or visit http://www.danecountyrcc.com/chimera/
• Carry a whistle or personal panic alarm with you.

For more information, call (608) 264-COPS or the Offices of the Dean of Students at (608) 263-5700. Or visit http://www.uwpd.wisc.edu/Crime%20Prevention.html

Streetcars . . .

Here's the website.

http://www.cityofmadison.com/streetcar/

Yahara River Closures

From City Engineering . . .

August 8, 2006

For immediate release

For more information, contact:

Christy Bachmann, City of Madison, 608/266-4095

Curt Neuhauser, WisDOT Project Manager 608/245-2676

Yahara River to be closed at East Washington Ave on August 10^th and August 14^th thru the 17^th

The City of Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation have determined that the Yahara River will need to be closed at East Washington Avenue to facilitate the reconstruction of the roadway and bridge. The closure is required because of the possibility that pieces of concrete or debris may fall from the bridge during the removal of the bridge and roadway. For safety, the river will be closed to boat traffic at the following times:

Thursday August 10th – 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Monday August 14th thru Thursday August 17th

Plant Graffiti

OK - this isn't really news, but its too odd not to share.

Last night, at the James Madison Park Neighborhood Association we were talking about graffiti and how quick removal is the key . . . but how do you remove this graffiti found recently in the Tenney Lapham Neighborhood?


Thanks to Bob Shaw for the photo (taken in Reynolds Park) and for the continued work he does to maintain plantings in and around Reynolds Park.

Gorman Project Update

From Gorman & Company

Dear neighbors,
Some of you may have heard that Gorman & Company has withdrawn its request for TIF from the City. This is true. Gary Gorman last week sent a letter to Mayor Cieslewicz confirming this. We've made a tough business decision not to proceed with the project. Though recent conversations with staff have been positive and to a certain extent productive, ultimately it became clear that although our request fell in line with City policy and some recent interpretations of its practices, our gap number of just under $4 million was too great to be bridged by political and financial limitations.

When our firm explored the possibilities of what this development could be -- with efforts starting nearly two years ago -- we agreed that it had to make a statement, to send a message. Although the recent plan softened this to some extent, we were still comfortable that the product retained the spirit and marketability of what we'd hoped to create. Unfortunately the financial package we we able to put together -- relying ultimately on City TIF support to hedge the risks inherant in this major undertaking -- fell far short of anything approaching that of our normal business practice.

At the end of the day, I'm comfortable that we established new friends in the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, gave your alder insight into the way we do business, and preserved a positive relationship with hardworking staff that will lend itself well to continuing our efforts to continuing to work together to craft a stronger Madison.

Huge thanks to the A800 steering group and Alder Konkel for their passion and efforts. I hope our paths will cross again soon.

Best,
Chris Laurent
Gorman & Company

Downtown Liquor License Density Plan

The ALRC subcommittee on process will be discussing this today . . . at noon in Room 103A of the City-County Building. This is the same time as the Plan Commission subcommittee on demlitions will be meeting in room LL-110 across the street in the Municipal Building.

Proposed Alcohol License Density Plan

The density of alcohol-licensed establishments has been shown to directly affect the volume and severity of alcohol-related problems within a specific area. The following license density plan is aimed at reducing both the number of alcohol licenses and the overall capacity of alcohol-licensed establishments within certain areas of Madison. The specific intent of this density plan is threefold: 1) decrease the strain on public resources caused by alcohol-related problems by decreasing the frequency and severity of these problems; (2) provide opportunities for additional business in the downtown area not associated with the sale or service of alcohol; and 3) serve as a model for future alcohol license density planning in other areas of the city.

Reductions in both the number of alcohol licenses and the overall capacity of alcohol-licensed establishments will be achieved through voluntary and involuntary attrition. Voluntary attrition involves a license holder surrendering their alcohol license. Involuntary attrition involves an alcohol license being revoked or non-renewed by the Common Council.

The targeted area for this alcohol license density plan includes police sectors 403, 404, 405, and 406 in the Central Policing District. The area included in these sectors is bordered approximately by Blair Street, Lake Street, Lake Monona, and Lake Mendota. Approximately one-third of the alcohol licenses in the City of Madison are currently located in this area. It is expected that this density plan will remain in effect for a minimum of five years in order to obtain the desired results. Regular evaluation and analysis will be conducted by city agencies for the duration.

Specific points of the plan include:

1. New alcohol licenses are only available in the targeted area for bona fide restaurants. Being classified as a restaurant does not guarantee the granting of an alcohol license in these sectors or anywhere throughout the city. In determining whether an establishment is a bona fide restaurant, the Alcohol License Review Committee and Common Council will evaluate all of the circumstances relevant to the license. Some of the factors to be considered include, but are not limited to: alcohol and food sales revenue percentages; hours of operation; hours of food service; types of food offered; frequency, duration, and timing of entertainment; seating arrangement for patrons; use of security staff; advertisement; and perceptions of patrons, citizens, and enforcement officers.
2. The application process for transferring an alcohol license is not affected by this density plan (i.e., an existing tavern or liquor store owner retains his or her opportunity to transfer his or her alcohol license to a new owner).
3. If an existing alcohol license in the targeted area is surrendered, it is not available for transfer within the targeted area.
4. Requests for an increased capacity for an existing alcohol-licensed establishment in the targeted area will only be entertained if the establishment is a bona fide restaurant.

More Tenney Locks Lighting Info

June 13, 2006


Donald Sanford
Midwest Outdoor Lighting Solutions
1211 Garfield Street
Madison, WI 53711

RE: Tenney Park project letter to Jerry Mandli dated May 30, 2006

Dear Mr. Sanford:

We have reviewed your letter and thank you for the compliments on the restoration project. Although the majority of the work is not readily visible and of a mechanical nature, it does greatly enhance the facility. We also agree it was badly needed.

Some of the lighting issues you had concerns with may be better understood if we give you more of the background on why it was done this way:

• The poles and fixtures style were to be consistent with the original 1936 locks at Babcock and LaFollette.

• We needed a directional clear lumen of sufficient capacity to make the locks safe and functional. We are dealing with a potentially dangerous situation in the locks as well as paper work involved with issuing permits, giving instructions, etc.

• Neighbors and park area were a major consideration. This is why the total foot candles were reduced and fixtures were made much more directional to avoid stray lighting.

Another issue you should be aware of is that the lighting contractor is not finished. They will have to do testing and adjusting once they complete their installation. This may also improved the conditions you have pointed out.

Thank you for your comments with regard to this project. It looks like you did quite an analysis. It is public input like yours that we better understand what is wanted or preferred in the field. Let us know if you have any additional concerns or questions and we will be glad to address them.

Sincerely,

DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION



John Schraufnagel
Assistant Director of Public Works

JR/hr

Tenney Locks Lighting Info

July 31, 2006



Donald Sanford
Midwest Outdoor Lighting Solutions
1211 Garfield Street
Madison, WI 53711

Dear Mr. Sanford:

Enclosed is a response to your letters of June 18th and July 5th from our Tenney Park Lock consultant.

As you can see he has addressed your concerns. The lighting requirements, aesthetics, costs, boater safety and neighborhood issues were all seriously considered before selections were made.

Although we did not find any major changes that should be implemented, there is some additional information that will clear up any of the outstanding issues:

• Lumen output from the new fixture lamps will diminish over time. This isn’t a straight-line graph. The system is designed to provide the desired illumination at 70% of the lamps initial output and may reach that within a few years. The metal halide lamps should last for about ten-thousand hours at which time the lumens will be at about one half of their original intensity.

• It was discovered after an early morning (12:10 AM) inspection that the light timing was not working properly. The electrician/consultant is notified and this will be corrected as soon as possible. The intention is to only leave the lights on for one half hour after the locks are closed. This would be adjusted seasonally.

• The fixtures are classified as semi-cutoff which brings most of the light to the areas needed. To further reduce lateral glare directional shields will be added to deflect the light away from the road and the neighborhood to the north.

This will conclude our review of lighting at Tenney Park Locks. We again want to thank you for your input. We are always open to such recommendations and considered them as we reviewed this project and will keep them in mind as we develop future plans.

Sincerely,

DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION



John Schraufnagel
Assistant Director of Public Works

Enclosure

Breese Stevens Info . . .

From Parks Department Staff:

The Breese project is scheduled to go out for bid in Dec-Jan. The money is availble in this year's budget. The current proposal is to transfer some of the money from Breese this year and replace it in the 07 budget, when we will actually spend it. The transfer is to the Goodman park maintnenance facility, not the pool. Goodman Maintenance, like Breese is one of those facilities that has been neglected for decades and desperately needs to be rebuilt. The Mayor and the Parks staff are still very committed doing the Brees project in 2007.

Encroachment issue in Tenney Park

The City's response to on-going concerns about encroachments on Tenney Park . . .

July 26, 2006

Michael P. Druhan
1252 Sherman Avenue
Madison, WI 53703-1722

re: Encroachment in Tenney Park

Dear Mr. Druhan:

I apologize for a delayed response to your letter of May 15, 2006. I have recently been urged by the Council of the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association to deal with this matter, which concerns them greatly. On July 5, they passed a resolution asking the Parks Division “to pursue all avenues in reclaiming the appropriated land including the removal of all hardscape and plants that the owners of 1252 put on park property” .

Thank you for your letter explaining your background knowledge of this issue. I will respond to several of the points that you raised. It seems clear that you have known from the time of your survey in 2004 (and possibly when you purchased the property earlier in 2004) exactly where the legal property line was. You removed the fence from City property in 2004, without asking us for permission. After receiving a variance from the Board of Review to build in your sideyard setback, you proceeded to install pavers, flagstones and landscaping on City property, and allowed your landscaper to store items on city property.

Sometime in 2005, your landscaper asked one of my staff landscape architects for permission (which was granted) to get access to your back yard across City property from the Tenney Beach parking lot. This did not allow material storage or any permission for improvements on park property.

You proceeded to landscape onto City property (with plants not on the historic Tenney Park Landscape Plan) without asking City permission. However, you now you think the City should have asked the Neighborhood Association, the DNR, the State Historical Society, and you as abutting landowner, for prior approval before planting on our own City property. We have a very good working relationship with the neighborhood and the Friends of the Yahara River Parkway, and we understand them quite well. They are being neighborly to you and they love the work you’ve done in restoring the house, but we have heard nothing but objection to your encroachment.

On April 19, 2006, I met with you to view the situation and explained that we would not allow any encroachments onto City property other than possibly the rain garden or other landscaping that might be compatible with plans for Tenney Park. Later it was reported by a neighbor that your landscaper was digging some kind of a utility pit in the park near the rain garden. The boat dock materials that you had stored on City property were quickly removed, but the encroaching flagstones in the driveway and walkway were not.

I visited the property again (May 8, I believe) and discussed the encroachment with your landscaper, who still had apparently not received any word about the encroachments being a problem. With his help, we easily located the property line shown on the survey. You were not home at the time, but the discussion with the landscaper did not lead to any removal of encroachments nor were any plantings.

I understand that your concerns are mainly about landscaping and the landscape interface and maintenance with the park. You are right to be concerned about the city’s ability to do maintenance. It is not difficult to observe the budget difficulties that we currently have. Certainly when you purchased the property it was obvious what level of maintenance we had provided. However, we are experiencing a rebirth of interest in our city parks, and more landscape and natural area maintenance has been done in Tenney in the last five years than in the previous 30. Much of this has been accomplished by the dedicated volunteers of the Friends of the Yahara River. We are also agreeable to volunteer maintenance by our abutting neighbors, as long as they do not claim our land or give the appearance that the land is private.

We have no desire to invite the public to your property line, but we also do not want it to be, or appear to be, private property. The historic landscape concept for Tenney Park is a natural landscape with primarily native plant materials. The maintenance that you propose would make it look more like private property. If you do not wish to view the park landscape, or the park level of maintenance, or the public park use, you are free to install a fence and landscaping of your choice on your property.

Regarding plan approvals, it is neither required nor common practice to have the extensive multi-agency review of the landscape plan that you have suggested. In retrospect, it would have been a good neighborly idea for us to involve you in our landscape planning for our city property adjacent to yours. Perhaps it also would have been appropriate for you to ask our approval for your landscape design before you installed it on our city property?

We are still open to your suggestions on how our plan can be more compatible and not interfere with your use and enjoyment of your property. Perhaps our park does need better drainage, and perhaps I should be insisting that you not direct your drainage into a rain garden that you have constructed on city property, and which I did not object to after the fact. We too want the bats to return, and we are confident that our natural landscaping plan for Tenney Park will benefit them and other wildlife.

At this point the cleanest and most permanent resolution of this issue would be to require you to remove all of your encroachment and reinstall the chain link fence that you removed from City property. Of course it should be installed correctly, on the property line. If it appears too time consuming to argue about who should pay for a fence, we may install it at City expense. A second alternative would be for you to install the fence of your choice on the property line. Installing a fence that encroaches on City property is not an option.

A third alternative, which I approach cautiously given the history so far, is to allow you to clearly mark the property line (a row of posts 20 feet apart?), then plant and maintain a landscape that meets our criteria for Tenney Park and does not allow any other encroachment. This will require a landscape design, installation and maintenance plan approved and signed off by the Park Superintendent.

I have offered several alternatives to resolve the problem. Please let me know which solution you wish to pursue and I will work out the details with you. You have 60 days from receipt of this notice to remove all of the encroachments from park property. Failure to do so will result in referral to the City Attorney’s office for appropriate action. If you fail to correct these encroachments within 60 days as specified, the city shall perform the work and charge it to you as a special assessment on your taxes. If you wish to appeal this directive, you may appeal to the Park Commission, which meets the second Wednesday of every month. To be included on the agenda, we must receive a request from you ten days in advance of the meeting.


Sincerely,


Simon Widstrand
Parks Development Manager

cc: Ald. Brenda Konkel
Michael May, City Attorney
James P. Morgan, Park Superintendent

July Central District Police Newsletter

The Central District Police Newsletter is available online.

Sidewalk Repair Issues

If you have issues with the sidewalk replacements in District 2, you are urged to contact Economy Cement directly. Jeremy Hillebrand says contacting him will be "quick and efficient". His email is jhillebrand24@hotmail.com However, please feel free to cc: me so that I keep informed of the issues.

New Voter Terminals to Assist Various Persons

From the City Clerk:

Good morning.

As you know, every Madison Polling Place will have an AutoMark Voter Assist Terminal this fall. The AutoMarks do not record any votes; they literally mark the ballot you will put into the tabulator. These machines have a touch screen with large print and a Braille keypad with audio prompts through headphones. The AutoMarks will be programmed to translate instructions into Spanish and possibly Hmong. (For a more thorough description, see http://www.automarkts.com/)

If you would like to see the AutoMarks in use before the September Primary, there will be a public test of these machines when we are testing the tabulators:

August 28 – September 1

8 a.m. - Noon, and 2-4 p.m.

Room 104 of the City-County Building (formerly Family Court)

We will have an AutoMark set up for absentee voting in the City Clerk's Office as soon as the County Clerk programs and provides us with the memory cards that will allow the machines to read each ballot.

- Maribeth

Madison City Clerk's Office

Urging you to check the "Urban Forestry" Program

From Gary Tipler:

"Urban Forestry" on Madison City Channel 12 (see link below)

Sunday, August 6 at 8 pm
Wednesday, August 16 at 2 pm
Saturday, August 18 at 8 pm

Are you concerned about the impact that sidewalk replacement and other street right-of-way work may have on your street trees? If not, you should be. If you value the shade, air cooling, cleansing, and rainfall interception abilities of trees, you might want to view the program, Urban Forestry, on Madison Cable Channel 12, which airs tonight and can be viewed at anytime online (see link below).

Learn from the Milwaukee forestry inspector about the devastating loss of street trees that Milwaukee experienced almost 30 years ago as a result of then standard practices of sidewalk and street improvement. This lead to subsequent changes in procedures in the way the City contracts for these improvements, that have successfully protected the health of street trees
for 25 years.

Also, hear from Madison's City Forester and learn that the City of Madison has no such protections in its contracts.

The program begins with a presentation on tree diseases that are now affecting or may affect our trees by a Department of Natural Resources representative, and concludes with questions from the audience.

Is it too late to curb the potential damage to some of the street trees of the Marquette Neighborhood with sidewalk replacement work about to begin this week on Jenifer and other streets? Can we yet protect our trees from excessive root cutting? Can we demand that the City adopts procedures and contracts in future projects?

View the program, and let's consider our options.

- Gary



"Urban Forestry"

The impact of trees in the city was the focus of the program by Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. recorded July 27, 2006 at the Gates of Heaven Synagogue.

The program included Marla Eddy, city forester for Madison; Jim Kringer, Milwaukee forestry inspector; and Jeff Roe, DNR urban forestry coordinator. There were questions from the audience following the presentation.

View the program online, on the Madison City Channel 12 web site:

http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/mcc12/archive/ad/ad072706.ram

Order a tape or dvd: http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/mcc12/duplications.html

Madison City Channel 12: http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/mcc12/index.html

'Urban Forestry' was sponsored by Daffodil*Parker Florists, 502 W. Main, Madison's only downtown florists.