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April 9, 2024 ·9:00 AM Final

Common Council Chamber

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Agenda — 119 items

  1. 1 PAGE BREAK
  2. 1 The meeting was called to order at 9:32 a.m.
  3. 2 COMMENDATORY AND CONDOLATORY RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2 The Pledge of Allegiance was said followed by silent meditation.
  5. 1. Communication from the City Clerk relating to various commendatory/condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the Common Council. 231884 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  6. 3 The question was put: Are there any corrections to the Common Council Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting of March 19, 2024? There being none, the minutes of the meetings were approved without objection.
  7. 4 Ald. Coggs moved that the Common Council resolved itself into Committee of the Whole for hearing presentations. There was no objection. Ald. Rainey, Ald. Borkowski, and Ald. Murphy were recognized and made departing remarks from office. Ms. Vi Hawkins, community organizer/activist and constituent, recognized Ald. Murphy for his service. Ald. Murphy moved that the Common Council rise from Committee of the Whole. There was no objection.
  8. 5 THE LICENSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  9. 6 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  10. 2. Substitute resolution directing the Office of the City Clerk - License Division to develop legislation under which concentrated poverty may be considered as a criterion in certain licensing deliberations. 231860 ADOPTED Pass
  11. 8 APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING:
  12. 3. Motion relating to the revocation of the loading zone permit for the location at 3536 N. 93rd Street. 231827 APPROVED Pass
  13. 4. Motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relating to licenses. 231837 APPROVED Pass
  14. 11 PAGE BREAK
  15. 12 THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  16. 13 APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING:
  17. 5. Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses. 231881 APPROVED Pass
  18. 15 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  19. 6. Substitute resolution authorizing City execution of an Amendment to the Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District regarding the District’s Western Milwaukee Phase 2B Flood Management Project along the Menomonee River located in the City of Milwaukee. 231811 ADOPTED Pass
  20. 7. Resolution relating to authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “2nd Revision State/Municipal Agreement for a State-Let STP-U Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the railroad crossing work related to West Hampton Avenue from North 60th Street to North Teutonia Avenue, with total estimated cost increase for the projects of $4,400,134, with an estimated Grantor share of $395,920, and an estimated City share of $4,004,214. 231813 ADOPTED Pass
  21. 8. Resolution relating to application, acceptance, and funding of a Green Solutions grant from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the installation of four green alleys to be constructed as part of the City’s 2024 alley reconstruction program in the 8th, 11th, 13th and 14th Aldermanic Districts. 231814 ADOPTED Pass
  22. 9. Resolution relating to application, acceptance and funding of a Green Solutions grant from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the installation of five green alleys to be constructed as part of the City’s 2024 alley reconstruction program in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 10th Aldermanic Districts. 231819 ADOPTED Pass
  23. 10. Substitute resolution approving levying of assessments and construction of assessable public improvement projects at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City cost of these projects approved by this resolution is estimated to be $1,242,385 for a total estimated cost of $1,410,000. 231825 ADOPTED Pass
  24. 11. Resolution determining it necessary to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $4,015 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $305,000. 231826 ADOPTED Pass
  25. 12. Substitute resolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $1,824,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $15,617,000. 231828 ADOPTED Pass
  26. 13. Substitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $1,970,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,363,000. 231829 ADOPTED Pass
  27. 14. Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement titled “Cost Sharing Memo of Understanding Between the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa” for the cost sharing of resurfacing W. Sarasota Pl. and N. Colonial Dr. in the 5th Aldermanic District with a City of Milwaukee share of $880,000. 231830 ADOPTED Pass
  28. 15. Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement titled “Cost Sharing Memo of Understanding Between the City of Milwaukee and the City of Greenfield” for the cost sharing of construction for the asphalt overlay on W. Howard Ave. with portions in the City of Greenfield. 231831 ADOPTED Pass
  29. 16. Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement titled “Cost Sharing Memo of Understanding Between the City of Milwaukee and the Village of Whitefish Bay” for the cost sharing of construction for the asphalt overlay on N. Santa Monica Blvd. in the 6th Aldermanic District with a City share of $25,000. 231832 ADOPTED Pass
  30. 17. Resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of a grant from EMPLOY MILWAUKEE to reimburse the City of Milwaukee for eligible costs associated with on-the-job training of certain employees. 231833 ADOPTED Pass
  31. 18. Substitute resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “Grant Agreement Under the Fiscal Year 2022 Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program” and associated documents required for the agreement with the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration for the programming, design and construction of Pedestrian Accessibility and Safety Improvements at up to 26 intersections City Wide on West Capitol Drive, West Atkinson Avenue, South Cesar Chavez Drive, West Greenfield Avenue and West Forest Home Avenue and to setup funds for design, environmental review, and data collection and analysis at an estimated total cost of $675,000 with an estimated City share of $135,000 and a grantor share of $540,000. 231838 ADOPTED Pass
  32. 19. Substitute resolution relating to acceptance and funding of an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant in the amount of up to $522,370 from the United States Department of Energy. 231839 ADOPTED Pass
  33. 20. Substitute resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to enter into a Master Services Agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc. to develop an Energy Saving Performance Contract for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure at various City-owned buildings and to encumber up to $95,000 for these purposes. 231872 ADOPTED Pass
  34. 31 PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:
  35. 21. Communication from the Department of Public Works relating to the status of MKE Plays. 231779 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  36. 33 PAGE BREAK
  37. 34 THE FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  38. 35 PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  39. 22. A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2024 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service. 231856 PASSED Pass
  40. 23. A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2024 offices and positions in the City Service. 231857 PASSED Pass
  41. 38 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  42. 24. Substitute resolution authorizing carryover of certain fund balances from 2023 to 2024 in accordance with Section 65.07(1)(p), Wisconsin Statutes. 231547 ADOPTED Pass
  43. 25. Substitute Resolution Rescinding Reserved Commitments and Appropriating Remaining Funds from the 2023 Common Council Contingent Fund for the Purpose of Closing the 2023 Financial Books Due to Unanticipated Shortfalls in Current Year Operating Expenses. 231548 ADOPTED Pass
  44. 26. Substitute resolution authorizing attendance at conventions, seminars and other travel. 231618 ADOPTED Pass
  45. 27. Resolution amending Common Council File Number 221114 relating to acceptance and funding of the 2022-27 Public Health Infrastructure grant from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. 231804 ADOPTED Pass
  46. 28. Resolution authorizing the appropriate City officials to execute a contract for electronic heath records software for the Health Department. 231807 ADOPTED Pass
  47. 29. Resolution increasing the capital appropriation for the 2024 Developer-financed Tax Incremental District program. 231818 ADOPTED Pass
  48. 30. Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Cooperative Agreement through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Compost and Food Waste Recovery program in support of the Environmental Collaboration Office’s FEED MKE Pilot Project. 231821 ADOPTED Pass
  49. 46 PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:
  50. 31. Communication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for Fire and Police Commission action. 231750 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  51. 32. Communication from the City Comptroller regarding the Audit of the Department of Public Works Infrastructure and Milwaukee Water Works Inventory. 231772 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  52. 33. Communication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action. 231854 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  53. 34. Communication from the Department of Employee Relations amending the Salary and Positions Ordinances relating to clerical or administrative corrections. 231855 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  54. 51 PAGE BREAK
  55. 52 THE JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  56. 53 PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  57. 35. A substitute ordinance relating to the election wards comprising the city’s aldermanic districts. 231867 PASSED Pass
  58. 55 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  59. 36. Substitute resolution relating to the appeal of Brittany N. Gayden for property damage. ADOPTED Pass
  60. 37. Substitute resolution relating to the appeal of William Pietsch for property damage. ADOPTED Pass
  61. 38. Substitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 2808-2810 N 48th Street, in the 7th Aldermanic District to its former owner Tyler M. Brown, application made by Columbia Savings & Loan. 231434 ADOPTED Pass
  62. 39. Resolution authorizing settlement of claims in the lawsuit entitled 833 Buena Vista Tierra Investors, LLC v. City of Milwaukee 231775 ADOPTED Pass
  63. 40. Substitute resolution relating to the appeal of Attilio and Janice Contardi for property damage. 231784 ADOPTED Pass
  64. 41. Resolution appropriating funds from the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund to the City Attorney's Office for the purpose of retaining an expert witness in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Case No. 2023CV5474, Robert Kohlhoff et al v. City of Milwaukee, et al. 231848 ADOPTED Pass
  65. 42. Substitute resolution authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to hire RWH Myers to provide forensic accounting related to a fire insurance claim at the City’s Material Recovery Facility. 231849 ADOPTED Pass
  66. 43. Substitute resolution amending the election ward lines in the City of Milwaukee. 231866 ADOPTED Pass
  67. 64 DISALLOWANCE AND INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING:
  68. 44. Resolution relating to the appeal of Clearrissia Conner for property damage. DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED Pass
  69. 45. Resolution relating to the appeal of Keith Ligler for property damage. DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED Pass
  70. 46. Resolution relating to the appeal of Juanita Russell for property damage. 231372 DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED Pass
  71. 68 PAGE BREAK
  72. 69 THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  73. 70 PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  74. 47. An ordinance relating to parking controls. 231822 PASSED Pass
  75. 48. An ordinance relating to traffic controls. 231823 PASSED Pass
  76. 49. A substitute ordinance relating to the parking of food peddler vehicles on West Capitol Drive from North 76th Street west to the City limit. 231874 SUBSTITUTED Pass
  77. 74 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  78. 50. Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention grant from Michigan Public Health Institute. 231812 ADOPTED Pass
  79. 51. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a NACCHO-Trauma Proximity Data Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 231834 ADOPTED Pass
  80. 77 PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:
  81. 77 A substitute ordinance relating to the parking of food peddler vehicles on West Capitol Drive from North 76th Street west to the City limit. 231874 PASSED Pass
  82. 52. Communication relating to the 2022 activities of the City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force. PLACED ON FILE Pass
  83. 53. Communication relating to the 2023 activities of the City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force. PLACED ON FILE Pass
  84. 54. Communication from the Department of Public Works relating to the mailing of parking citations. 231824 PLACED ON FILE Pass
  85. 81 PAGE BREAK
  86. 82 THE ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  87. 83 PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  88. 55. A substitute ordinance relating to the conditions imposed on the sale of certain types of city real estate. SUBSTITUTED Pass
  89. 56. A substitute ordinance relating to the 1st Amendment to the Development Incentive Zone known as the Bronzeville Cultural and Entertainment District to make technical adjustments to the performance standards on land located generally on the north and south sides of West North Avenue, at and west of North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and east of Interstate 43, in the 6th Aldermanic District. 231709 PASSED Pass
  90. 86 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  91. 57. Substitute resolution authorizing the acceptance of an unsolicited offer to purchase from St. Bakhita Catholic Worker, Inc., or assignee, for the City-owned residential property located at 3144-46 North 2nd Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District. 231602 ADOPTED Pass
  92. 58. Substitute resolution relating to a Minor Modification to the Detailed Planned Development known as Honey Creek Corporate Center, Phase III, to allow additional wall signage on an existing building at 135 South 84th Street, located on the north side of Interstate 94, west of South 84th Street, in the 10th Aldermanic District. 231762 ADOPTED Pass
  93. 59. Resolution authorizing the sale of the City-owned tax deed property at 1107 West Oklahoma Avenue, in the 14th Aldermanic District. 231817 ADOPTED Pass
  94. 89 A substitute ordinance relating to the conditions imposed on the sale of certain types of city real estate. PASSED Pass
  95. 60. Resolution granting permanent historic designation to The Millerand apartment building at 3035 W. Wisconsin Avenue in the 4th aldermanic district upon recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission. 231835 ADOPTED Pass
  96. 61. Substitute resolution granting permanent historic designation to Grand Avenue Historic District on West Wisconsin Avenue in the 4th Aldermanic District upon recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission. 231836 HELD IN COUNCIL Pass
  97. 92 PAGE BREAK
  98. 93 THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:
  99. 94 ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  100. 62. Substitute resolution declaring the 9th District Business Summit to be an official City event. 231869 ADOPTED Pass
  101. 96 CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:
  102. 63. Reappointment of Susan Kissinger to the Business Improvement District #8 by the Mayor. (6th Aldermanic District) 231688 CONFIRMED Pass
  103. 64. Appointment of Tracy Wymelenberg to the Business Improvement District #20 by the Mayor. (3rd Aldermanic District) 231690 CONFIRMED Pass
  104. 65. Reappointment of Kevin Kennedy to the Business Improvement District #21 by the Mayor. 231693 CONFIRMED Pass
  105. 66. Reappointment of Alderwoman Coggs to the Vel R. Phillips Trailblazer Service Award Selection Committee by the Common Council President. 231780 CONFIRMED Pass
  106. 67. Reappointment of Michael Phillips to the Vel R. Phillips Trailblazer Service Award Selection Committee by the Common Council President. 231802 CONFIRMED Pass
  107. 68. Appointment of Lee Menefee to the Business Improvement District #39 by the Mayor. 231870 CONFIRMED Pass
  108. 69. Nomination of Owen K. Driscoll as the 10th District representative to the Milwaukee Youth Council. 231878 CONFIRMED Pass
  109. 70. Nomination of Lucca Ricco to be the 4th District representative to the Milwaukee Youth Council. 231879 CONFIRMED Pass
  110. 71. Nomination of Wy’yana Adams as a member at-large of the Milwaukee Youth Council. 231880 CONFIRMED Pass
  111. 106 PAGE BREAK
  112. 107 MATTERS FOR IMMEDIATE ADOPTION:
  113. 72. Resolution approving an agreement between the Milwaukee Police Department and Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., relating to extra-duty police services. 231914 ADOPTED Pass
  114. 73. Resolution approving final certified survey maps. 231916 ADOPTED Pass
  115. 74. Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to file a request to intervene in the Application of Wisconsin Electric Power Company for Approval of Deferral Accounting Treatment of Increased Forestry Activity in Response to Continued Severe Storms (PSC Docket 6630-AF-101). 231926 ADOPTED Pass
  116. 112 Communications from City officers were read and ordered on file without objection.
  117. 117 Announcements were made.
  118. 118 There being no further business to come before the Common Council, the meeting adjourned at 10:41 a.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant Council Records Section City Clerk's Office
  119. 119 This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.

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