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| | | | The Pledge of Allegiance was said followed by an invocation offered by the Reverend Canon Olivier Meney, administrator and rector of Saint Stanislaus’ Parish and Oratory. | | | |
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| | | | The question was put: Are there any corrections to the Common Council Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting of March 1 2011?
There being none, the minutes of this meeting were approved. | | | |
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| | | | Commendatory and condolatory resolutions were read and approved without objection. | | | |
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101409
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance amending liability insurance requirements of home improvement contractors. | PASSED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101007
| 0 | 2. | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relative to licenses.
Minutes note: The court reporter was sworn in.
The question was put: Have the members of the Common Council read the Report and Recommendations of the Licenses Committee and the exceptions filed in these matters?
All members present indicated they had done so.
The question was put: Are any of the following or their counsels present and, if so, do they wish to address the Common Council?
Samer L. Asad was present by counsel David Halbrooks
Robert F. Cesarz was present by counsel Andrew Arenas.
Ald. Bohl moved that the Common Council resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to hear oral argument on behalf of the licensee in opposition to the Report and Recommendations and a statement presented by the City Attorney.
There was no objection.
Attorney David Halbrooks appeared and addressed the Common Council.
Asst. City Attorney Adam Stephens appeared and addressed the Common Council.
Attorney Andrew Arenas appeared and addressed the Common Council.
Asst. City Attorney Adam Stephens appeared and addressed the Common Council.
Ald. Bohl moved that the Committee of the Whole rise.
There was no objection.
Ald. Witkowiak moved for non-renewal of Club Envy, notwthstanding the recommendation of the Committee.
| AMENDED | Pass | 10:5 |
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101007
| 0 | | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relative to licenses.
Minutes note: Ald. Coggs asked to be recorded in opposition to the Committee's recommendation with respect to Club Bari. | APPROVED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101365
| 0 | 1. | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Safety Committee relative to licenses. | APPROVED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101413
| 1 | 2. | Motion | Substitute motion relating to the public safety committee's investigation of the OpenSky project.
Minutes note: Ald. Witkowski moved that this matter be AMENDED to indicate that the Public Safety Committee's investigation of the OpenSky project be halted.
Ald. Kovac moved that this item be HELD.
This motion was subsequently withdrawn.
Ald. Hamilton called for the previous question.
On the motion: FAIL: Hamilton, Donovan, Puente, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski, Hines AYE
Ald. Bohl moved to HOLD this matter in Council.
Ald. Bohl called for the previous question.
There was no objection.
| HELD IN COUNCIL | Pass | 11:4 |
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070628
| 2 | 3. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance amending the definition of executive sedan for permitting and regulating limousines.
Minutes note: Labelled item #1. | AMENDED | Pass | 15:0 |
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070628
| 3 | | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance amending the definition of executive sedan for permitting and regulating limousines. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101330
| 1 | 4. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls in various Aldermanic Districts. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101331
| 1 | 5. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101244
| 0 | 6. | Communication-Report | Communication from the Milwaukee Health Department relating to its 2010 Fetal Infant Mortality Rate Report. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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101132
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to the reporting of emerging business enterprise participation in city contracts. | PASSED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101210
| 2 | 2. | Charter Ordinance | A substitute charter ordinance relating to reverse auction purchasing of goods and services. | PASSED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101278
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2011 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service. | PASSED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101363
| 1 | 4. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2011 offices and positions in the City Service. | PASSED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101377
| 1 | 5. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance amending the accrued time-off donor program. | PASSED | Pass | 14:0 |
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100482
| 1 | 6. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to expenditure of funds to be reimbursed by greater than anticipated revenue (Department of Neighborhood Services). | ADOPTED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101253
| 1 | 7. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to the expenditure of funds to be reimbursed by greater than anticipated revenue. | ADOPTED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101255
| 1 | 8. | Resolution | Substitute resolution appropriating funds from the 2010 Common Council Contingent Fund for the purpose of closing the 2010 financial books due to unanticipated shortfalls in current-year operating expenses. | ADOPTED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101332
| 0 | 9. | Resolution | Resolution authorizing $95,000,000 of contingent borrowing for the purpose of financing the operating budget of the Milwaukee Public Schools on an interim basis. | ADOPTED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101344
| 1 | 10. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending Common Council File #100984 relative to the application, acceptance and funding of the 2011 HIV Risk Reduction Grant from the Medical College of Wisconsin. | ADOPTED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101275
| 0 | 11. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 14:0 |
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101364
| 0 | 12. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for Fire and Police Commission action. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 14:0 |
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101415
| 0 | 13. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Analysis Division regarding vacancy requests, fund transfers and equipment requests. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 14:0 |
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101310
| 1 | 1. | Resolution | Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for maintaining local control over residency rules.
Minutes note: Ald. Hamilton asked that this matter be held until a later point in the meeting.
There was no objection. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101310
| 1 | | Resolution | Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for maintaining local control over residency rules. | | | |
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101398
| 0 | 2. | Appointment | Appointment of Shirley Krug to the Community Relations-Social Development Commission by the Mayor. | CONFIRMED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101313
| 0 | a. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of the Joyce Olden for personal injuries. (7th Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101320
| 0 | b. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of the Atty. James Gende on behalf of Nancy Markowski for personal injuries. (3rd Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101324
| 0 | c. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of the Tyrone Diggs for property damage. (6th Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101325
| 0 | d. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of the Nastassia Putz for personal injuries. | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101329
| 0 | e. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of the Cruz Maria Martinez for personal injuries. (12th Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101356
| 0 | f. | Resolution | Resolution relating to an appeal from Danny Miller for property damage. (4th Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101359
| 0 | g. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of the Joel Bojarski, manager for Midwest Fiber Networks for property damage. (8th Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101371
| 0 | h. | Resolution | Resolution relating to an appeal from Luis Giraldez Pizarro for property damage. | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 14:0 |
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101322
| 1 | 4. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 2507 N. 60th Street, in the 10th Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Flagstar Bank FSB C/o Perla L Cardenas and Jason Shumpert) | ASSIGNED TO | Pass | 14:0 |
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101401
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | An ordinance relating to a compliance grace period for the city’s vacant building registration program. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101260
| 1 | 2. | Resolution | Substitute resolution approving a final plat known as Westlawn East, located on the south side of West Silver Spring Drive, between North 60th Street and North 64th Street, for the redevelopment of the eastern portion of Westlawn, in the 2nd and 9th Aldermanic Districts. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101342
| 1 | 3. | Resolution | Substitute resolution permitting a minor modification to a Detailed Planned Development known as Pick N' Save, f/k/a Home Depot, to allow for a second drive-through, on land located on the south side of West Good Hope Road and east of North 76th Street, in the 9th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101345
| 0 | 4. | Resolution | Resolution accepting an unsolicited offer to purchase from Garfield Park, LLC to purchase and develop the property at 2154 North 31st Street as surface parking for its adjacent housing development, in the 15th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101384
| 0 | 5. | Appointment | Appointment of Ralph Hollmon to the Bronzeville Advisory Committee by the Mayor. (6th Aldermanic District) | CONFIRMED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101385
| 0 | 6. | Appointment | Appointment of Rhonda Manuel to the Bronzeville Advisory Committee by the Mayor. | CONFIRMED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101295
| 1 | 1. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing additional funding for the City of Milwaukee’s Citywide Facade Grant Program. | ADOPTED | Pass | 14:1 |
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101296
| 1 | 2. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing an expenditure from the Development Fund for economic development purposes, in the 13th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101336
| 1 | 3. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing the submittal, acceptance and funding of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3 under the Dodd-Frank Act from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Division of Housing and Community Development through the Community Development Grants Administration (CDGA). | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101337
| 1 | 4. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing the transfer of HOME funds from the United Community Center to the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101381
| 1 | 5. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing the transfer of CDBG NIP Supplemental funds from the YMCA CDC to the Social Development Commission. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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100370
| 0 | 6. | Appointment | Reappointment of Milton Pivar to the Business Improvement District Board #4 (Mitchell Street) by the Mayor. (12th Aldermanic District) | CONFIRMED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101227
| 0 | 7. | Appointment | Appointment of Tammy Babisch to the Business Improvement District Board #21 (Downtown Management District) by the Mayor. (4th Aldermanic District) | CONFIRMED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101391
| 0 | 8. | Appointment | Appointment of Thomas Frenn to the Business Improvement District Board #4 (Historic Mitchell Street) by the Mayor. (4th Aldermanic District) | CONFIRMED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101397
| 0 | 9. | Appointment | Appointment of John Rossetto to the Business Improvement District Board #41 (Downer Avenue) by the Mayor. (3rd Aldermanic District) | CONFIRMED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101352
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to multiunit solid waste collection late charges. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101354
| 0 | 2. | Ordinance | An ordinance relating to the collection of bulky waste. | PASSED | Pass | 14:1 |
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101186
| 1 | 3. | Resolution | Substitute resolution to vacate all rights-of-way located on the eastern portion of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee's Westlawn site, bounded by West Silver Spring Drive, North 60th Street, West Custer Avenue and North 64th Street, in the 9th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101317
| 0 | 4. | Resolution | Resolution approving a Three-Year Harbor Statement of Intentions for the Port of Milwaukee. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101348
| 0 | 5. | Resolution | 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 $70,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,072,000. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101349
| 1 | 6. | Resolution | 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 $1,432,600 for a total estimated cost of $1,565,100. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101350
| 0 | 7. | Resolution | 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 $126,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,084,000. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101351
| 0 | 8. | Resolution | Resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $4,185,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $4,470,000. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101353
| 1 | 9. | Resolution | Substitute resolution approving 2011 monthly solid waste collection charges for multiunit dwellings with 5 or more units. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101412
| 1 | 10. | Resolution | Substitute resolution approving the transfer of a river skimmer from the City of Milwaukee to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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| 0 | 11. | Resolution | Resolution directing the Department of Public Works to commence compliance with new Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards for street signs on various city street construction projects. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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101179
| 1 | 12. | Resolution | Resolution authorizing and directing the property City of Milwaukee officials to execute a Special Permission Agreement with the Urban Ecology Center, allowing it to take ownership of an existing retaining wall which is partially located in the public right-of-way, adjacent to the premises at 3638-3700 West Pierce Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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101411
| 0 | 13. | Communication | Communication by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation relating to an update on the Zoo Interchange reconstruction project. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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101436
| 0 | 1. | Resolution-Immediate Adoption | Substitute resolution approving final certified survey maps.
Minutes note: Ald. ZIelinski moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of offering an amendment not in writing.
There was no objection.
Delete item 2852.
| AMENDED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101436
| 0 | | Resolution-Immediate Adoption | Substitute resolution approving final certified survey maps. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101454
| 0 | 2. | Resolution-Immediate Adoption | Resolution removing a deed restriction from a former tax-deed vacant lot at 1802-04 North Warren Avenue, in the 3rd Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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101457
| 0 | 3. | Resolution-Immediate Adoption | A resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s opposition to Governor Scott Walker’s 2011-13 budget proposal to cut the annual state funding to the Wisconsin Arts Board, to eliminate the Wisconsin Arts Board as an independent agency, and to eliminate the Percent for Art program. | ADOPTED | Pass | 13:1 |
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| | | | There being no further business to come before the Common Council, the meeting was adjourned at 1:11 P.M. | | | |
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