The UniverCity of Monona

University of Wisconsin Madison & City of Monona, Wisconsin

EPIC-N Conference Madison, WI April 10, 2018

Presented by Sonja Kruesel

Parks and Recreation Active Transportation Connected MononaHousing and Economic

Development

URPL — Independent professional projectWisconsin Open Education Community Fellowship

— Active Transportation Summer Outreach Project

Public Affairs 881 — Cost-Benefit AnalysisPopulation Health 740 — Health Impact

Assessment of Global Environmental Change

Landscape Architecture 610 — Landscape Architecture Seminar

Geography 370 — Introduction to Cartography Marketing 355 — Marketing in a Digital AgeReal Estate & Urban Land Economics 365-765 —

Residential Health

Civil Engineering 578 — Senior Capstone Design Geography 578 — GIS ApplicationsLife Science Communication 360 — Information

RadioUrban and Regional Planning 912 — Planning

Workshop (Housing)

Soil Science 332 — Turfgrass Nutrient and Water Management

Population Health 740 — Health Impact Assessment of Global Environmental Change

Agricultural & Applied Economics 323 —Cooperatives

Urban and Regional Planning 844 — Housing & Public Policy

Population Health 740 — Health Impact Assessment of Global Environmental Change

Urban and Regional Planning 912 — Planning Workshop (Transportation)

Library and Information Studies 351 —Introduction to Digital Information

Real Estate 651 — Green and Sustainable Development

Landscape Architecture 451 — Open Space Planning and Design

Urban and Regional Planning 590 — Bicycles, Pedestrians and the City

Real Estate 611 — Residential Property Development

Landscape Architecture 365 — Planting Design 1Life Science Communication 515 — Public

Information Campaigns and ProgramsReal Estate 611 — Residential Property

Development

Environmental Studies 600 — Environmental Studies Capstone

Civil Engineering 578 — Senior Capstone Design

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• Enthusiastic leadership• Smaller town / accessible government• Close proximity to campus• Priority projects primed for students• Willing staff• 2015 – Intro through approved budgets• 2016 – Prepare and kick-off• 2017 – Courses and wrap-up• 2018 – ongoing partnership

How it Began…

Step One: Identify Champions

• City Staff: Must have a single city staff contact to manage timelines, communication, and encourage enthusiasm and optimism.

• Elected Official: Helpful to have a public-facing champion to talk about project at community events.

• University: University contact must be laying groundwork early; hold faculty accountable

Step Two: Identify Topic Areas

Step Three: Expand Topics into Courses

Step Four: Develop Course Specific Scope of Work

• Communication and connections between City Staff and Faculty are critical.

– Meet early and often.

– Align goals.

– Agree on specifics (deliverables, presentations, etc.)

• Formal Scope of Work highly recommended

- Consistent for all courses

5 Examples of Student Products & Project

Outcomes

Landscape Architecture 451 –Reimagining Winnequah Park

Example 1

Example 1

Example 1

Urban Planning 912 – Towards a Safe Routes to School Plan in

Monona

Example 2

Example 2

Example 2

Public Affairs 881 – Cost Benefit Analysis: Municipal WiFi Cost Benefit

Analysis for the City of Monona

Example 3

Life Science Communication 360 Information Radio – Public Service

Announcements for WVMO

Example 4

Urban and Regional Planning 912 –Strategic Housing Plan

Example 5

Initial Speed Bumps (Lessons Learned)

• City and University are often operating in different worlds. Communication is KEY.

• Course faculty could over promise and under deliver.– Early communication & scope of work important.

• Scopes of work may be scaled back.• Presentation and deliverable timelines need to be

planned well ahead of time.• Established capstone, graduate level, or existing

service learning classes may be a best fit for pilot communities.

Recommendations for Pilot Partner

• Include ample prep time ahead of the academic year

• Stress the use of formal scopes of work

• Must manage & understand expectations for community

• Establish check-ins with faculty directly or through your University Contact

• City Staff need to work with the University Lead to balance communication.

Soft Benefits• Conversation catalyst

• Breadth of ideas

• More mileage on the dollar

• Coordinated and concentrated year-long work

– Economies of scale

– Marketing

• Removing transaction costs at university

• Issues are unstuck and now city staff can run with them

• Valuable partnerships established for the future

Hard Benefits

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• Tangible Professional Reports– 10-15% Project

Completion

• Data Inventory and Analysis

• Surveys and Public Interviews

• Presentations to City Committees