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Committee on Transportation and Transit

January 21, 2026 ·9:30 AM Final ·This meeting was held in Room 203-R, and was live-streamed on the County Legislative Information Center: https://milwaukeecounty.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

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Agenda — 31 items

  1. 1 This meeting will occur in Room 203-R of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. For convenience, and in accordance with Section 1.01(d) of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances, this meeting will also be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams and may be accessed on the County Legislative Information Center: https://milwaukeecounty.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. If during this meeting, the live-stream becomes unavailable, please know that this meeting will continue in person through the conclusion of the Committee’s business as noticed in this agenda so long as a quorum of the Committee remains. A recording of the meeting will be posted after its conclusion. Any members of the public wishing to address the Committee may provide public comment by either: ○ Filling out a Public Comment Card in Room 203-R, or ○ Visiting: milwaukee.gov/PublicComment and following the instructions provided to participate via Microsoft Teams. Please know that your ability to participate in this meeting via Microsoft Teams may be limited should the live-stream become unavailable at any time during this meeting. To this end, members of the public are encouraged to attend and to participate in meetings of any Milwaukee County body in person whenever possible. Members of the public may also submit a written eComment via the County Legislative Information Center (CLIC) at: https://milwaukeecounty.legistar.com, upon publication of the Committee’s agenda. The Office of the County Clerk collects eComments via CLIC and will append these official public records to Reference File No. 26-21 at the conclusion of each meeting.
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  3. 3 Public Notice
  4. 3 Supervisors Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones and Jack Eckblad were not present at the time the roll was called, but appeared virtually shortly thereafter. Supervisors Juan Miguel Martinez, Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones, Justin Bielinski, and Jack Eckblad appeared virtually for today's meeting.
  5. 4 In accordance with Section 1.13(f) of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances, items may be taken out of order.
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  7. 5 Call To Order
  8. 6 Roll Call at 9:30 a.m. ▶ jump to 0:08
  9. 7 APPOINTMENT - 1
  10. 1 [From the County Executive, appointing Joe Lamers to the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation for a four year term.] 26-236 RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION Pass ▶ jump to 0:51
  11. 9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) - 3
  12. 2 From the Acting Director, Department of Transportation, providing an Informational Report Regarding the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT) I-794 Lake Interchange Study. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 26-222 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN. ▶ jump to 32:51
  13. 3 From the Acting Director, Department of Transportation, providing an Informational Report Regarding the Completion of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT) Reimagining WIS-175 Feasibility Study. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 26-221 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN. ▶ jump to 63:13
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  15. 4 From the Acting Director, Department of Transportation providing an Informational Report on a rail with trails shared bicycle and pedestrian feasibility study in the 30th Street Corridor from the Hank Aaron Trail to Havenwoods State Forest. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 26-220 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN. ▶ jump to 77:57
  16. 13 DOT / MILWAUKEE COUNTY TRANSIT SYSTEM - 1
  17. 14 CLOSED SESSION: ITEM 5 ADJOURNED INTO CLOSED SESSION Pass
  18. 5 From the Acting Director, Department of Transportation and the President and Chief Executive Officer, Milwaukee County Transit System, providing an Information Report regarding the Transit Plus Program including the Same Day Pilot. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 26-223 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN. ▶ jump to 11:47
  19. 15 The Committee was in Closed Session from 9:46 a.m. to 10:42 a.m. The Committee reconvened in Open Session at 10:42 a.m. RECONVENED Pass
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  21. 16 Upon reconvening in Open Session, the roll was taken and five members were present. Roll Call at 10:42 a.m.
  22. 17 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - 1
  23. 17 Supervisors Juan Miguel Martinez, Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones, Justin Bielinski, and Jack Eckblad appeared virtually for today's meeting.
  24. 6 From the Director, Office of Economic Inclusion, Department of Administrative Services, providing an informational report regarding participation and departmental waivers of Milwaukee County’s Targeted Business Enterprise Program, and Federally-funded projects relative to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. (Considered by the Committees on Transportation and Transit; and Community, Environment, and Economic Development) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 26-22 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ▶ jump to 82:11
  25. 19 E-COMMENTS - 1
  26. 7 eComments submitted to the Committee on Transportation and Transit via the County Legislative Information Center (CLIC). *The Office of the County Clerk collects eComments submitted via CLIC, and appends these official public records to Reference File No. 26-21 at the conclusion of each meeting. 26-21 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ▶ jump to 85:48
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  28. 21 Length of Meeting: 9:30 a.m. to 11:47 a.m. Adjourned, Ethan T. Masarik Committee Coordinator Legislative Services, Office of the County Clerk Committee on Transportation and Transit
  29. 22 Deadline for the next meeting: The next regular meeting for the Committee on Transportation and Transit is Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Approval Tracking System review must be completed in Legistar on or before Friday, February 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., for the March meeting cycle.
  30. 23 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation requests:
  31. 23 The foregoing items were not considered in agenda order.