City of Milwaukee - File #: 121026

• File #: 121026
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/8/2012
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/15/2013
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to the naming of the Media Garden of the Marsupial Bridge beneath the Holton Street Viaduct.
• Sponsors: ALD. KOVAC
• Indexes: BRIDGES, GARDENS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/24/2013	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/15/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
1/9/2013	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Ald. Nik Kovac, 3rd District Mike Loughran, Department of Public Works	Pass	5:0
1/3/2013	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/3/2013	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/8/2012	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
121026

Version
Substitute 1

Reference

Sponsor
Ald. Kovac

Title
Substitute resolution relating to the naming of the Media Garden of the Marsupial Bridge beneath the Holton Street Viaduct.

Analysis
This resolution renames the gathering place at the south terminus of the Marsupial Bridge beneath the Holton Street Viaduct, currently known as the Marsupial Bridge Media Garden, Marsupial MaTIREal Garden. MaTIREal, pronounced “material”, is a term coined by Keith Hayes, co-founder of beintween.org, to draw attention to the use of recycled vehicles tires in some of the park’s recreational equipment.

Body
Whereas, Beintween.org participated in a neighborhood cleanup project along the abandoned rail corridor between East Townsend Street and Capitol Drive, in Milwaukee’s Harambee neighborhood where illegal dumping is common; and

Whereas, This cleanup project collected a significant number of illegally-dumped vehicle tires; and

Whereas, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates 290 million tires are scraped each year, and the nationwide stockpile of scrap tires in the U.S. at any given time is 265 million; and

Whereas, The scrap tires illegally dumped along this abandoned rail corridor represent part of Milwaukee’s share of this nationwide problem of disposing of scrap vehicle tires; and

Whereas, Keith Hayes, co-founder of beintween.org, coined the term “maTIREal”, pronounced “material”, to describe an innovative lattice-work of discarded vehicle tires beintween.org proposes to use as the key component of a new, ecologically-friendly building material to pave a walking/jogging/cycling trail connecting Capital Drive to the Beerline Trail, and ultimately the Marsupial Bridge and Brady Street; and

Whereas, The term “maTIREal” emphasizes the creative reuse of discarded vehicle “TIRES” as a ecologically-friendly building material, demonstrates Milwaukee’s commitment to the environment and reminds the community that waste, whether it b...