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CAPITOL NEIGHBORHOODS, INC. Building Boom? CAPITOL NEIGHBORHOODS, INC. Building Boom? You know about the bad economy. You’ve heard it the other proposals that have, and are, keeping neigh- said, “Madison can’t put two bricks together”, and that borhood steering committees very busy. Some of these neighborhoods are obstructionist when it comes to de- proposals are shown here, on the rear cover, and on page velopment. Well, forget all that. In fact, the downtown 10. Th ese are just the current crop. Th e Alexander seems to be in something of a building boom, driven Company has announced that they want to complete mainly by the demand for workforce apartments. You their Capitol West project and there is the proposed probably have been following the high visibility propos- state museum complex. Finally, when the zoning codes als such as the central library, the 100 block of State are rewritten based on the recently adopted Downtown Street, the Judge Doyle Square proposal, and the East Plan, this trend may only accelerate. Wash proposals. You may not have been aware of all West Johnson and North Bassett, construction starting soon, 194 room Hampton Inn hotel 24 North Webster, rises from the ashes Lorrilard Ct and Proudfi t, near approval, 116 apartments 125 North Bedford, proposed, four unit August - September, 2012, Volume 18, Number 4 August - September, 2012 Volume 18, Number 4 Mayor’s Neighborhood County’s Clear Lakes Conference, 2012 Initiatives Underway By Mayor Paul R. Soglin By Supervisor Scott McDonell, Dane County Board Chair ngaging neighborhood leaders to connect and work ork to implement the County Board’s multi-mil- Etogether to invest in people and places is essential Wlion dollar, multi-faceted Clear Lakes Initiative is for the health of our city. Th e 2012 Mayor’s Neighbor- underway. Th e 2012 budget includes $5.7 million to hood Conference will be a dynamic event for commu- begin work to remove carp and prevent new infestations nity leaders to share, network, and take steps to ignite in Cherokee Marsh and Mud Lake, clean up beaches, ideas within our extensive networks of neighborhoods. reduce phosphorus, form a new Lake Preservation and Renewal fund, and upgrade storm sewers to keep sedi- Fred Kent, President, Project for Public Places, will be ment out of the lakes. Here is a snapshot of progress the keynote speaker and workshop made to date: presenter at the conference due to the generous contribution from Carp Removal and Madison Gas & Electric Com- Sediment Reduction pany. Fred studied with Margaret Th e county is working with the Mead and worked with William H. DNR this summer to study the Whyte on the Street Life Project, carp populations in both Chero- founded the Academy for Black and kee Marsh and Mud Lake (Rox- Latin Education (ABLE), a street bury Township) in preparation academy for high school dropouts, for possible removal in the win- and has taken over half a million photographs of public ter months; is working with the spaces and their users, which have appeared in exhibits, UW Civil Engineering Department regarding sediment publications and articles. reduction and, in early May, installed fl oating bog inter- Fred will talk about the “Power of 10” in Placemaking. ceptors to monitor the ability to capture sediment and At the core of this concept is the idea that any great protect the Cherokee Marsh shoreline. place itself needs to off er at least 10 things to do or 10 reasons to be there. Th ese could include a place to sit, Storm Sewer Upgrades playgrounds to enjoy, art to touch, music to hear, food Th e County budgeted $2 million in 2012 to improve to eat, history to experience, and people to meet. Th e storm sewer outfalls so rain runoff does not deposit sed- idea is that it’s not enough to have just one great place iment in the lakes. Th e Dane County Department of in a neighborhood- you need a number of them to cre- Land and Water Resources has solicited proposals and ate a truly lively city. It is not enough to have only one 10 projects have been submitted. Th e department will superior neighborhood in a city- you need to provide evaluate these projects for funding in the coming weeks. people all over town with close-to-home opportunities to take pleasure in public life. Madison neighborhoods Lake Preservation & Renewal Fund already off er unique experiences but this is a forum at Th e Lake Preservation and Renewal Fund allocates $3.4 which we can learn about other placemaking opportu- million in 2012 specifi cally for land acquisitions that nities involved in the Power of 10. will improve the quality of our lakes and waterways. At its meeting on May 17th, the County Board approved Join us on Saturday, October 13 at the Monona Ter- the acquisition of 40 acres of land on the south shore race Community & Convention Center from 8:00 am of Lake Waubesa that will open 1,400 feet of lakefront – 4:00 pm. Th is full-day event will off er a host of work- shoreline to the public in the South Waubesa Marsh shops. Information will be available later this summer Natural Resource Area. Th e county used funds from at www.cityofmadison.com/neighborhoods/. the 2012 Lake Preservation Fund, and partnered with PAGE 2CAPITOL NEIGHBORHOODS, INC. August - September, 2012 Volume 18, Number 4 the Natural Heritage Land Trust and the Town of Dunn lake enjoyment. Th e ultimate goal of this eff ort is to to acquire lands within the Marsh. Th e purchase of improve the quality of life and economy of the entire 40 acres is believed to be the largest remaining stretch county. of undeveloped, privately owned shoreline along the Yahara Chain of Lakes, and the acquisition will be the Dane County and its partners celebrated 25 years of County’s fi rst acquisition in the South Waubesa Marsh lakes and watershed improvement from June 1-June 17. Natural Resource Area. Visit www.takeastakeinthelakes.com to learn more. Yahara CLEAN Implementation Strand and Associates, funded by the Clean Lakes Al- liance, Dane County, the City of Madison, the Madi- son Community Foundation, and the Madison Met- ropolitan Sewage District is developing a detailed plan to implement the September 2010 Yahara CLEAN rec- ommendations (www.yaharawatershed.org) to reduce phosphorus, sediment loadings, and beach pollutants. Th e Strand report will not be offi cially released until November. Th e 2012 county budget includes $250,000 for implementation activities, and $1 million annually for the subsequent four years. Potential projects include a winter cover crop demonstration and a demonstra- tion of using an Alum treatment to remove phosphorus from tributary streams to the Yahara lakes. Clean Beaches Th e Clear Lakes Initiative provides funds to partner with municipalities to install defl ectors to keep algae off beaches. Th is builds on a program that was begun with booms at Bernie’s Beach and Olin Beach in the last couple of years. In the next few weeks the Department of Land and Water Resourc- es will be installing booms at Bernie’s Beach, BB Clark Beach, Olin Park and Warner Park. Th e Department of Public Health for Madison and Dane County will conduct beach assessments this sum- mer at both Goodland and Mendota County Parks to identify practices that could benefi t beach water quality there. Only fi ve months into the year, many of the components of the Clear Lakes Ini- tiative are underway. Th e initiative is a 5-year, $27 million dollar, eff ort. Th e implementation of the initiative dem- onstrates the county’s on-going commit- ment to lake health, recreational oppor- tunities, and the economic benefi ts of www.capitolneighborhoods.org PAGE 3 August - September, 2012 Volume 18, Number 4 week, intangibles earlier in the route may impact how Clean Streets, Clean Lakes late they drive past your home, such as fi lling up neces- By Davy Mayer, President, CNI sitating extra drop-off s at the Tenney Park station. Living on a narrow isthmus, Th e Streets Department has also been steadily installing the reality of storm water catch basins in storm sewers. Th ese act as another line drainage is that everything of defense, collecting particulate material and allowing eventually goes to the lakes. water to pass through. Th ey require more work, need- And one of the big reasons ing to be cleaned out routinely, but are aided by street we get so much algae and sweeping. Sweeping keeps out bigger material that can overgrowth is what storm impede catch basins’ eff ectiveness. water takes with it on its way out. So is this really all worth it? Th is program is only one tool of many we’ll need to improve our lakes’ quality. George Dreckmann and But the Streets Department reports that they collect Chris Kelly of Madison’s Streets Department were 40% more debris under routine sweeping than before. guests at a recent Bassett Neighborhood meeting. Th ey And that is debris that would otherwise fl ow right into gave a presentation on how the department has expand- our lakes. ed its “Clean Streets, Clean Lakes” program into most of Capitol Neighborhoods’ area in an eff ort to reduce the amount of debris that fl ows into our lakes via storm sewers. Instead of the old sporadic schedule, street sweepers are now out on the isthmus every week, pick- ing up dirt and organic material as well as oil, asbestos and other debris from vehicles. Clean Streets, Clean Lakes isn’t only active in the warm- er months.
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