2026-10-22 - Joint Campus Area Committee

Summary

Built from the draft minutes and the posted agenda. No video is posted, so there is no transcript or timing.

  • Held virtually; adjourned 6:07 PM. Twelve members present, including Verveer, Vidaver and Zhang; non-voting members Evers and Ochowicz.
  • Approved minutes of May 28 and September 24, 2026 (unanimous voice votes).
  • Approved the 2027 committee schedule and voted unanimously to hold the April and September 2027 meetings in person.
  • Approved the 2026-2027 work plan unanimously.
  • Mortenson Construction and the state Division of Facilities Development presented an overview of UW-Madison student housing at 919 W Dayton Street and 115 N Mills Street. No action taken.
  • UW-Madison project update questions covered the Biotron and Meat Muscle sites, Levy Hall, vacant homes near Levy Hall, the Dayton Street water line, the Framework Plan process and consultant, the Extension site music building, the Joint Officer Training Facility, University Bay Fields and Vilas Hall. No UW Health updates.

Agenda

  1. Public comment (none).
  2. 2027 committee schedule.
  3. 2026-2027 work plan (94782).
  4. UW-Madison student housing development, 919 W Dayton Street and 115 N Mills Street (95260).
  5. UW-Madison project updates (51256).
  6. UW Health project updates (66581).

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