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Summary: District Reports brings you conversations with Alders and City staff on a current issue facing the Council and previews of other issues you can expect to hear discussed on the council floor.

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 District Reports: Rapid Response? Metro’s Plans for Bus Rapid Transit | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:29:14

Madison Metro General Manager, Chuck Kemp, and host Eve Galanter discuss the City’s new study of bringing Bus Rapid Transit to the City.

 District Reports: Incremental Changes? A Look at the City’s Tax Incremental Financing Policy | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:29:44

Host, former Alder Eve Galanter, and her guests, 19th District Alder Mark Clear and Aaron Olver, Director of the Division of Economic Development, discuss the Mayor's recent call to review and revise the City’s Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) policy. Can Madison use TIF more aggressively as a tool for economic development?

 District Reports: Where the Action Is? The City’s New Downtown Plan | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:28:14

Host, former Alder Eve Galanter, and her guests, Fourth District Alder Mike Verveer, and Bill Fruhling, Principal Planner with the Department of Planning and Development, discuss the long-in-the-works (since 2008) Downtown Plan. They discuss the definition and boundaries of Downtown, why the process has taken four years, and what is included in the new plan.

 District Reports: Fire When Ready: A Conversation with Madison Fire Chief Davis | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:28:29

Host, former Alder Susan Hamblin, and her guests, Ninth District Alder Paul Skidmore (a member of the Public Safety Review Board) and new Fire Chief Steven David discuss Chief Davis’ 23 years with the Madison Fire Department and his plans for the future of the Department.

 District Reports: Changing of the Guard? A Conversation with the New - and the Old - Council Leadership | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:27:59

Host, former Alder Susan Hamblin, and her guests, Third District Alder and outgoing Council President Lauren Cnare, and Fifth District Alder and newly elected Council President Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, discuss the role of Council leadership. Ald. Cnare discusses the accomplishments of her term, and Ald. Bidar-Sielaff discusses her plans for the coming year.

 District Reports: A New Look for the Gateway to the City? Redevelopment Plans for East Washington Avenue | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:27:29

Host Eve Galanter talks with Second District Alderperson Bridget Maniaci, and City Director of Economic Development, Aaron Olver about redevelopment plans for East Washington Avenue.

 District Reports: Water, Water Everywhere? The Madison Water Utility’s “Project H2O” | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:28:59

Host Eve Galanter welcomes guests Third District Alderperson Lauren Cnare, and Tom Heikkinen, Manager, Madison Water Utlity.

 District Reports: From the Drawing Board to Reality? An Update on Madison's "Central Park" | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:28:59

Host Eve Galanter welcomes Sixth District Alderperson Marsha Rummel, and Kevin Briski, Madison Parks Superintendent.

 District Reports: Five Hundred Episodes In - a Look Back at “District Reports” | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:27:59

Host Susan Hamblin welcomes former District Reports Host Ron Trachtenburg.

 District Reports: The Magic Bus? An Update on Madison Metro | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:29:59

Host Eve Galanter welcomes Lisa Subeck, First District Alderperson, and Chuck Kamp, General Manager, Madison Metro.

 District Reports: Hail and Farewell to the Chief? An ‘Exit Interview’ with Madison Fire Chief Debra Amesqua | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:28:44

Host Susan Hamblin welcomes Madison's exiting Fire Chief, Debra Amesqua, and 16th District Alderpeson, Jill Johnson.

 District Reports: Do the Numbers Add Up? The 2012 City of Madison Budget | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:29:14

Host, former Alder Susan Hamblin, and her guests, 3rd Dist Alder Lauren Cnare (Common Council President) and 5th Dist Alder Shiva Bidar-Sielaff (Council President Pro-Tem) discuss the 2012 City of Madison budget. They look at the impact of cuts in State aid to the City and various agencies, and discuss several likely amendments to the Mayor's proposed Executive Budget.

 District Reports: The Man Who Holds the Purse Strings - The City’s New Finance Director | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:24:44

Host, former Alder Eve Galanter, and her guests, 12th District Alder Satya Rhodes-Conway (a member of the Board of Estimates) and Dave Schmiedicke, the City’s new Finance Director, discussed Dave’s role with the City. The panel discussed Dave’s background and talked about his role as advisor to the elected officials of the City (the Mayor and the Common Council).

 District Reports: Is Overture Ready to Fly? An Update on the Overture Center | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:28:59

An update on the Overture Center, with guests Fourth District Alderperson Mike Verveer, and Eighth District Alderperson Scott Resnick.

 District Reports: A New “Czar” of Planning for Madison? A Conversation with Steven Cover | File Type: video/vnd.sonicfoundry.composite.mp4 | Duration: 00:29:14

Host Eve Galanter talks with Mark Clear, Nineteenth District Alderperson and Steven Cover, Director of The Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development

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