I know this is a little off topic, but I thought some people might want an opportunity to sign on to the letter below . . . if so, send your name and address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by July 13th. Also, feel free to get organizations you're involved with to sign on or pass it along to other friends. Brenda Konkel
June 26, 2003 Common Council City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Room 417 Madison, WI 53703 Dear Common Council: We write to you today as members of your various constituencies, seeking your support on one of the most urgent issues facing our community�affordable housing. Because most everyone is familiar by now, there is little need to discuss the dire state of the housing crisis in our community; we must instead focus on strong, long-term solutions like uniform Inclusionary Zoning. As you know, Inclusionary Zoning is a program that has been successful in over 200 communities throughout this country in meeting its two goals: first, creating affordable housing and second, ensuring that it is evenly distributed throughout communities. While the policy has functioned well in many places for many years, there certainly are variations that have been more and less successful. Today, as Madison ponders its own Inclusionary Zoning ordinance, there are critical aspects of the policy being debated and decided, and we urge you to support the comprehensive proposal being brought forth by the office of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. It is rare to see an elected official so quickly and passionately follow-up on a campaign promise for serious change. We appreciate his leadership, and we hope you will share his vision for addressing the housing needs of Madison�s elderly, disabled, and working poor. Specifically, we support an Inclusionary Zoning ordinance that meets the following guidelines: ? It is REQUIRED for ALL developments, whether they be geared toward renters or homeowners. ? It requires that at least 15% of all units in a rental development are affordable to people at 50% of the County Median Income or lower. Of these affordable rental units, at least 25% must also be affordable to those at 40% County Median Income or lower. ? It requires that at least 15% of all units in a home-ownership development are affordable to people at 80% of the County Median Income or lower. Of these affordable owner-occupied units, at least 25% must also be affordable to those at 70% County Median Income or lower. ? That there is no buy-out provision for a developer who would prefer to pay a fee in lieu of creating affordable units in the development. ? To eliminate concentration of poverty, we do not support a proposal that allows developers to build the affordable housing on a site separate from the market-rate housing. ? It requires permanent affordability for all housing built under these projects. We hope we can count on you to join the Mayor in pushing for a strong, effective Inclusionary Zoning policy. Sincerely, Affordable Housing Action Alliance Forrest Aguirre 1718 Weber Dr. Madison, WI 53713 Saima Akhtar 7 High Point Woods Dr #204, 53719 Barbara M. Alvarado 120 S. Mills St. Madison, WI 53715 Michael Basford 734 E Johnson St., Madison, WI 53703 Adam Benedetto 29 E. Wilson St 505 Madison, wi 53703 Rita Cairns 1622 Lake View Avenue, Madison 53704 Yogesh Chawla 832 E. Johnson #1 Madison, WI 53701 Nan Cheney 404 S. Blount #203 Madison, WI 53703 Richard Marie Commander 102 E. Gorham St. #2 Connie Deer 4821 Schneider Drive, Oregon, 53575 Michael Dinan 3146 Thorp St. Madison, 53714 Rick Fairchild 1706 Sachtjen Street Madison, WI 53704 Laurie Frank 1337 Jenifer Street Madison, WI 53703 Dr. Jay Gold and Sabrina Harmon 3100 Lake Mendota Dr. #705 53705 Dr. Adrian Hegeman 5746 Bittersweet Place, Madison, 53705 Andy Heidt and Nancy Bradley 108 S. Mills Street Madion, WI 53715 Michele L Heyman 2317 Cypress Way #15 Madison, WI 53713 Megin Hicks 111 W Gilman Street #6, Madison, 53703 Marilyn Holford 1008 Jenifer St #2 Madison, WI 53703 Michael B Jacob 410 Russell St, 53704 Peter E. Johnson 325 South Hamilton St #303 53703-4016 Ald. Austin King 661 Mendota Court #404, Madison, 53703 Ald. Brenda Konkel 511 E Mifflin Street, Madison, 53703 Torrie Kopp 115 N. Hancock St. #2, Madison, WI 53703 Michael LaForest 100 Lakewood Gardens Ln Madison 53704 Joe Lindstrom Madison Dean Loumos 701 Pinehurst Dr. 53714 Eric and Kassandra Lyons Benedict 1934 Kropf Ave, Madison Andrew Kraiss, 1713 Blossom Ln #3, Madison 53716 Brian Lutenegger 140 Iota Court Apt 606 Madison, WI 53703 Jeanne Moe, Sherman Neighborhood Association 1521 Loftsgordon Ave, MSN, 53704 Leslie McAllister 3030 Atwood Avenue, Madison, 53704 Steve Meili 2306 West Lawn Ave. Madison, WI 53711 Libbey & Marcos Ortiz Meister 5576 Guilford Rd #4 Madison, WI 53711 Rita Meuer 153 Dunning Street, Madison, 53704 Marc Mouchon 102 N. Franklin St. #303 53703 Nancy Nelson 215 Schley Pass, Madiso, 53704 Jena Olson 22 Langdon St. Madison, WI 53703 Dan Rodman, 812 Jenifer St., Madison, WI 53703 Nancy Rost 25 Sherman Terrace #5 Madison WI 53704 Steve Roffler 4111 Veith Ave. Madison, WI. 53704 Monica A. SanMiguel 427 W. Doty Madison, WI 53703 Elizabeth Scully 319 N Pinckney apt#2 Vicky Selkowe 2218 Winnebago Street, Madison 53704 Kathy Schroeder 2306 Hoard Street #1, Madison, WI 53704 Matt Shroyer 535 W. Johnson #902, Madison, 53703 Lisa Subeck 818 S Gammon Road #4, Madison, 53719 Mark Swartz, 415 N. Paterson, Madison, 53703 Cynthia Travis 3022 Worthington Avenue #4, Madison -14 Barbara Vedder, 2314 East Dayton St., Madison, WI 53704 Sup. Echnaton Vedder 625 N. Frances, Madison, WI 53703 Dorothy Wheeler 1639 Haas Street, Madison, 53704 Sup. Judy Wilcox 620 East Dayton Street Madison 53703 Kevin Williams 699 W. Mifflin St. Madison, WI 53703 Rev. Charles A. Wolfe, Plymouth UCC 2401 Atwood Ave. Madison Alexandra Wright 1010 Rutledge Ct. Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
