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COMMITTEES

Statement of Vision, Mission and Committees in PDF format

 

Program
Membership/Media
Development
Finance
Garden
Physical Linkages
Development Proposal Review Oversight
Education and City Issues Monitoring
Alcohol
Homelessness
Archives




Program Committee

Mission : Serve members of CNI, downtown residents, friends of downtown, entities with a vested interest in downtown and elected officials who represent downtown political districts by providing opportunities for learning, networking, socializing, and advocacy.

Our goal is to provide options for themes, venues, and times that meet the needs of our various constituents and to continually improve all aspects of our offerings so that our constituents are drawn to participate because of the high quality of the programs.

Members:
Michael Bridgeman, Chair: mkbridgeman@tds.net, 663-4729
Geri Schneider
Ellis Bauman
Carol Crossan
Bill Patterson
Bert Stitt
Ann Cardinale
Kathleen Holt
Ledell Zellers
Jim Steakley
Angie Brown
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Membership/Media Committee

Mission: To retain and increase membership of CNI. Maintain and improve the CNI Newsletter (Downtown Dialogue) and the CNI website (www.capitolneighborhoods.org), to provide outlets for information of interest to residents of downtown Madison, and to recognize and seize on opportunities to promote the CNI area as a place to live, work and recreate. An additional mission is to publicize programs and to increase the visibility of CNI throughout the City of Madison.

Members:
Gordon Lodahl, Chair: gpl44@charter.net, 692-0490
Carry Scherpelz
Jon Heinrich
Lynn Phelps
Monica Harkey
Bill Patterson
Jim Skrentny
Dory Christensen
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Development Committee

Mission: To insure the financial viability and sustainability of CNI.

Members:
Lynn Phelps, Chair: lphelps@wisc.edu 251-4834
Megan Christiansen
Pat Marsden
Bert Stitt
Ledell Zellers
Griffin Klema
Cliff Fisher
Bob Holloway
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Garden Committee

Mission: To serve members of CNI, downtown residents, visitors, and friends and users of downtown by identifying public gardens in the CNI area, determine current resources and needs for maintaining them, and developing plans so that volunteers can assist in all aspects of beautification. Our goals are to inventory our assets in trees and interstitial green spaces, as well as to reduce problems of litter and under-maintained property.

Members:
Carol Crossan, Chair, cac@chorus.net 251-0823
Albert Trull
Carol Poors
Nancy Finley
Monica Harkey
Amy Axt
Rachel Visow
Joe Bonardi
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Finance

Mission: Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc., Finance Committee shall endeavor to further the mission of CNI through prudent, effective, employment of funds raised by CNI Development Committee, and other ongoing and intermittent capitol raising campaigns.

Members:
Megan Christiansen, Chair: madknitter@earthlink.net 255-3606
Lynn Phelps
Ledell Zellers
Pat Marsden
Bob Holloway
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Physical Linkages

Mission : Support the efforts of the districts to develop and maintain adherence to neighborhood plans; advocate for improved traffic management, transportation options and the development of more walkable neighborhoods; and promote appropriate ornamental lighting and streetscape improvements.

Members:
Davy Mayer, Chair: davy@mayer.net
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Development Proposal Review Oversight

Minutes of the May 15, 2007 meeting

Mission: Maintain a uniform protocol for the Districts to use, establish the role of CNI and the Districts when proposals have overlapping impacts, assess broader neighborhood impacts of proposals, and provide training and support for District reviews and steering committees.
Take the lead when District lacks capacity Take the lead in those cases where the District, lacking sufficient community involvement to take on such a task, requests the assistance of CNI. CNI may also assume responsibility for the development proposal review where leadership in a District does not exist and the developer/City/community expectations of this protocol are in jeopardy.
In cases where a proposal comes forward in a non-performing District and as CNI moves to assume protocol responsibilities it may happen, simultaneously, that the District residents begin to ‘engage’ and when that happens CNI will work to support that engagement rather than assume ‘control.’

Oversight Committee lead in cases with broad neighborhood issues

In situations where CNI feels a broader issue requires it, the Oversight Committee may take the lead in consultation with all the Districts and with particular consideration for the interests of the District within which such a ‘broader issue’ situation exists.

In all cases we will strive for a mutual consideration between the CNI Executive Council and the District Steering Committees.

Members:
Peter Ostlind, Chair: postlind@chartermi.net 444-9079
Tom Geier
Bert Stitt
Bill Patterson
Steve Pudloski
Fred Mohs
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Education and City Issues Monitoring

Mission: Develop and maintain a means to inform CNI-EC and other members, as appropriate, about City meetings (e.g. Plan Commission, Landmarks Commission, Downtown Coordinating Committee, Urban Design Commission, etc.) that impact the livability of the CNI districts. Develop and maintain a system for educating CNI-EC members about current architecture, development, preservation and other urban living issues in the press (primarily but not exclusively local) in order to provide them with knowledge that will assist them in responding to issues that arise within our downtown and will better prepare them to contribute effectively to solving problems.

Members:
Bill Patterson, Chair: patterson.william@gmail.com 263-4458
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Alcohol Issues

Mission: Develop working relationships with community partners to identify and enact a set of environmental strategies that will minimize the impact of alcohol abuse on our neighborhoods and re-establish a sense of accountability in the alcohol purveying and using community for the safety and well-being of our residents. For further information,. Click here.

Members:

Jamie McCarville, Chair: mccarjm@charter.net 287-0666
Cliff Fisher
Richard L. Brown M.D., MPH
Stan Kaufman
Fred Mohs
Stefanie Moritz
Bert Stitt
Chet Gerlach
John Scherpelz
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Ad hoc Committee on Homelessness

Mission: From the premise that the status quo is unacceptable, the Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc. Homelessness Committee seeks to:
a. Study the complex issues of homelessness and their impact.
b. Identify and implement strategies for meaningful community dialogue, outreach and education.
c. Build capacity for coalition, collaboration and change.

 The Committee will be formed ad hoc with the expectation that it may become permanent after 18 months.Members:

Donna Asif, Chair: dasif@wisc.edu 251-6610
Bill Patterson
Fred Mohs
John Wilson
Kathleen Holt
Ilse Hecht
Eleanor Odden
Erika Schneider
Charles Tucker
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Ad hoc Archives committee

Mission: To accumulate information regarding Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc. and catalogue such information in a manner in which details can be easily obtained.

Members:

Jaime Healy-Plotkin, Chair: healyplotkin@gmail.com 235-0745
Lynn Phelps
Carol Crossan
Bert Stitt
Jonathan Cooper

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