Natural Resources Planning

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Contact Staff

City County Building
Room 362
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Madison WI 53703
Directions to office

Phone: 608-266-4137
Fax: 608-266-9117
Main office e-mail

Kamran Mesbah
Deputy Director and Director of Environmental Resources Planning
608-266-9283 e-mail
Mike Kakuska
Senior Environmental Planner
608-266-9111 e-mail
Mike Rupiper
Environmental Engineer
608-261-1573 e-mail
Chris Gjestson
Administrative Services Manager
608-266-4138 e-mail
Barbara Weber
Senior Community Planner
608-266-9113 e-mail
Steve Steinhoff
Senior Community Planner
608-266-4593 e-mail
Bridgit Van Belleghem
Junior Planner
608-266-4637 e-mail
Aaron Krebs
GIS Specialist
266-9002 e-mail
Steve Wagner
Graphic Designer
266-9108 e-mail

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May 13, 2010
Public hearing on CARPC Environmental Resources Technical Advisory Committee regarding stormwater runoff volume control recommendations.
See Public hearing notice
See more information about the Technical Advisory Committee

MMSD 50 year Master Planning Report
The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District's 50 year Master Planning Report and associated technical memorandum are now available electronically on the District's website, and can be accessed via this link.

New Rule Now in Place for Use of Sediment from Storm Water Management Structures.
In response to an increasing number of storm water management structures and lack of an established process to regulate sediment removal and use, the DNR has developed an innovative rule, NR 528. This rule uses a cost-effective approach to help those responsible for the maintenance of storm water ponds manage the sediment accumulated in these ponds.

See DNR notice
More info about this at the WI DNR website

The following are a sample of plans and projects developed by the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission and its predecessor agencies.

Future Urban Development Areas
The CARPC in cooperation with area communities will be developing a 25-year Future Urban Development Area. The process will identify environmental issues including the impacts on natural and built systems, the efficient use of land, the ability to efficiently provide services to support the development, and farmland preservation planning. View resolution summary; More Info
Dane County Wetlands Resource Management Guide
The Dane County Wetlands Resource Management Guide is intended to support and encourage landowner and community-based wetland improvement projects the Guideprovides the overall framework and various options for land acquisition, conservation easements, cooperative agreements, and management projects by individuals and groups in the community. More Info
Infiltration Map Project
Maps developed to be used as a screening tool early in the planning/design/development process to identify relatively high infiltration areas, as well as areas with potential for enhanced infiltration through engineering techniques. More Info
Water Body Classification Study Phase 1
Water body classification involves grouping water bodies based on their physical vulnerability to human impacts and on the extent of development in their watershed. Classification systems are used to identify and target management strategies and techniques where they are needed most and have the greatest beneficial effect. View Study
Water Quality Plan
The Dane County Water Quality Plan is the official areawide water quality management plan for Dane County, Wisconsin. The purpose of the plan is to provide a policy framework and guidance for federal, state, and local water quality protection programs in Dane County. More info
Dane County Water Quality: Conditions and Problems
Environmental Corridors
Environmental corridors are continuous systems of open space in urban and urbanizing areas, that include environmentally sensitive lands and natural resources requiring protection from disturbance and development, and lands needed for open space and recreational use. They are based mainly on drainage-ways and stream channels, floodplains, wetlands, steep slopes, and other resource features, and are part of a countywide system of continuous open space corridors. View Fact Sheet
MMSD Collection System Study 2008
The Collection System Evaluation Study, provides analysis and plans for future wastewater collection capacity needed to serve the official 2030 population and employment projections and an estimated 2060 population.