City of Madison - File #: 77210

• File #: 77210
• Version: 1
• Name: Commending and thanking Alder Grant Foster for his dedicated service to the constituents in District 15 and to the City of Madison.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/11/2023
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 4/18/2023
• Final action: 4/18/2023
• Enactment date: 4/19/2023
• Enactment #: RES-23-00280
• Title: Commending and thanking Alder Grant Foster for his dedicated service to the constituents in District 15 and to the City of Madison.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Keith Furman, Jael Currie, Brian Benford, Juliana R. Bennett, Sheri Carter, Nikki Conklin, Tag Evers, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Patrick W. Heck, Sabrina V. Madison, Charles Myadze, Erik Paulson, Matthew J. Phair, Bill Tishler, Barbara Vedder, Michael E. Verveer, Regina M. Vidaver, Nasra Wehelie

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/18/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
4/11/2023	1	Council Office	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT

Fiscal Note
No fiscal impact.
Title
Commending and thanking Alder Grant Foster for his dedicated service to the constituents in District 15 and to the City of Madison.
Body
WHEREAS, Alder Grant Foster was elected to the Madison Common Council on April 2, 2019; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster served on the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (MPO); Transportation Commission; Transportation Policy & Planning Board; Common Council Executive Committee; President’s Work Group to Review Council Communication Tools & Processes; Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC); Ad Hoc Task Force on the Structure of City Government (TFOGS) Final Report Implementation Work Group; Board of Public Works; President’s Work Group to Review and Revise the Chief of Staff Position Description; President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice; Sustainable Madison Committee; and Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster put forward successful budget amendments in his first year as alder that initiated the Network Redesign, Complete & Green Streets, and Vision Zero initiatives, and expanded snow plowing on shared use paths on weekends and holidays; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster helped lead the overhaul of Madison’s traffic calming program into the Safe Streets Madison program; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster led a comprehensive overhaul to Madison’s streets assessment policy; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster pushed for Innovative Street design on several street projects, including Atwood Avenue; Dean Avenue; Dempsey Road/Davies Street; Starkweather Drive/Garver Path; Wilson Street/Broom Street/Bassett Street; and path crossings at Ohio Avenue and Jackson Street; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster sponsored the elimination of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, the Committee on the Environment, and the Transportation Policy and Planning Board; and ?

WHEREAS, Alder Foster updated the ordinance to prohibit excessive salting of sidewalks?; and

WHEREAS, Alder Foster helped lead...