At the May 10 meeting, the Commission acted on the following items:

• It received the 2nd of three scheduled reports from Professor Kurt Paulsen, entitled “Evaluation of CARPC’s Polices on Housing Prices in Dane County”, and agreed to amend the contract with Professor Paulsen by revoking the requirement for the 3rd report and reducing the payment amount.
• It referred without adoption a USA fee structure to the Budget & Personnel Panel.
• It amended the 2012 Budget by increasing the “Commissioner Per Diem & Travel” expenditure line item from $0 to $2,000.
• It approved payment of its May expenses totaling $109,085.45.

Jason Granburg gave the Commission an update on the habitat connectivity mapping project.
See sample maps and background information

Regional View Newsletter, Edition #2
The May 14, 2012, Edition #2 report of the activities of the CARPC is available to view online here.

View past editons

Arbitration panel ruling
The arbitration panel has ruled on the County’s challenge to the CARPC 2012 budget certification. Please see the media release here and the award here.

Update:
April 19, 2012
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approves the proposed amendment to the Dane County Areawide Water Quality Management Plan.
See WDNR letter here

In response to a request by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), CARPC reconsidered the Southwest Verona USA amendment request at the Dec. 8 meeting. The request failed to be approved.

See the CARPC Meeting Notice here

See Verona Map A West here
See Verona Map B East here

See WDNR Letter requesting reconsideration
See original staff analysis of the request
Further information is available on pages 13 – 29 of the April 2010 packet
Pertinent meeting minutes:
August 13, 2009 (public hearing) meeting minutes
October 8, 2009 (referral to TAC) meeting minutes
April 8, 2010 (first consideration) meeting minutes
May 13, 2010 (re-consideration) meeting minutes

Comments received on the proposal are here

Montgomery Report:
The summary of the analysis conducted by Montgomery Associates may be viewed here
and the full report may be viewed here

The CARPC generally meets the second Thursday of the month.

A printable calendar of 2012 Commission meetings is available here

An archive of past meeting materials is available here

May 17, 2012

Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission
7:00 p.m
Rm 351, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison WI
View Agenda here

No Public Hearing Notices at this time.