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The chair said the city is “under contract with Nehemiah, the Nehemiah Center,” and that alder members participated in a training session as part of implementation planning for the committee’s DEIB report. The report’s top recommendations include improvements to public transit, the chair said, and the city’s transit commission has been discussing a redesign proposal presented by Madison Metro.

The chair said the transit commission plans to send a survey to every Monona household to collect travel interests and habits; the chair said the survey will be distributed after the first of the year and is likely to go out in February. The chair described the survey as part of a larger regional transit redesign recently approved by Madison and under ongoing discussion locally.

On public works, the chair reported staff have completed SaltWise training, a program focused on reducing road salt use during snow and ice events to limit chloride runoff to local lakes. The chair said crews were careful in recent winter operations and praised the public works department for applying the SaltWise practices.

Board members did not take formal action on these items at the meeting; the statements were provided as updates. No decisions or funding actions were announced.
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Board members said the request matters because the parcel’s street-yard setbacks — 30 feet for street yards under the city zoning code — and the lot’s angled frontage reduce the buildable envelope. Doug, a staff member who presented the case, said the lot “faces both Court and Sylvan Lane” so both sides are treated as street yards and the required street-yard setback is 30 feet; side yards are governed by a 7-foot standard.

The Jacobsons told the board their upstairs has one bathroom and the main-level bath is small; they said a dedicated office and a second full or three-quarter bath are needed so Mary Jacobson, who works for the county, can work from home. Jeff Jacobson described three unsuccessful plans and said the addition “is the only thing that we potentially could do” short of moving. He said the house was built in the mid-1950s and is already outside the current setback requirements.

The applicants said privacy plantings and a fence screen the rear yard. They also provided written neighbor support: Jesse and Cassie Sweet, Mike and Jessica Walsh, and Bill and Stacy Moyer submitted statements in favor. An architect’s letter submitted with the application noted the modest addition would change lot coverage from 33% to 36% — under the 40% maximum allowed in the single-family district.

Board discussion focused on the statutory hardship standard and whether the constraints were specific to the parcel. Board member Diane moved to approve, saying the unnecessary hardship included being forced to find alternative workspace outside the home. Beth seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote; the chair declared “motion carries.”

This action resolves case Z-011-2022, allowing the Jacobsons to proceed with the west-side addition within the approved variance parameters. The board did not attach additional conditions beyond those in the file, and no follow-up report was requested at the meeting.

Notes: the applicants said the house dates to about 1954–55; the proposed addition footprint is 12 by 18 feet; lot frontage measurements cited by staff were roughly 100 feet on Stephanie Court and about 85–86 feet on Sylvan, which contributed to the constrained buildable area.
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Board hears DEI and transit update; staff notes SaltWise training for winter operations

Zoning board approves variance for Sylvan Lane home so owners can add small office