Number
170808
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER AND MURPHY
Title
Resolution approving the WIS 175 Visioning Study and amending the Washington Park Comprehensive Area Plan to include the Visioning Study as part of Milwaukee’s Overall Comprehensive Plan, in the 10th and 15th Aldermanic Districts.
Analysis
This resolution approves the WIS 175 Visioning Study, amends the Washington Park Comprehensive Area Plan to include the Visioning Study as part of the City's Overall Comprehensive Plan and directs City departments and agencies to work toward implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
Body
Whereas, On June 20, 2010, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee adopted the Washington Park Comprehensive Area Plan; and
Whereas, A visioning study has been prepared, which is titled the WIS 175 Visioning Study, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File; and
Whereas, The partial interchange where the Stadium Freeway intersects with Lisbon Avenue (WIS 175) is the result of a freeway system that was never fully built, resulting in a freeway stub that cuts through a residential area, disrupts access to Washington Park and abruptly ends in the middle of the Uptown Crossing commercial corridor; and
Whereas, The WIS 175 Visioning Study was created to supplement the City of Milwaukee’s (“City’s”) existing Comprehensive Area Plans to identify interim and long-term strategies to improve neighborhood cohesion, improve commercial vitality, support business attraction efforts along Lisbon and North Avenues, improve safety for all users and maintain acceptable traffic operations; and
Whereas, The Department of City Development has worked collaboratively with the Department of Public Works and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, who has jurisdiction over WIS 175, to develop conceptual alternatives to the existing partial interchange; and
Whereas, The creation of the WIS 175 Visioning Study involved extensive public outreach, input and cooperation with the public and neighborhood stakeholders; and
Whereas, On December 13, 2016, the Common Council adopted File No. 161076, setting forth the Update and Amendment Procedure for Comprehensive Planning; and
Whereas, That procedure, including a properly noticed public hearing, has been followed; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, approves the WIS 175 Visioning Study, as recommended by the City Plan Commission, and amends the Washington Park Comprehensive Area Plan, with the inclusion of the Visioning Study as an element of the City’s Overall Comprehensive Plan; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the amended Comprehensive Area Plan, as approved, shall include, as an appendix, a text reference to consult the Visioning Study as a supplement to provide further guidance and serve as the basis for decision-making by the Common Council in its consideration of matters related to and located within the study area; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Department of City Development, the Department of Public Works and other appropriate City departments and agencies are directed to work toward implementation of the WIS 175 Visioning Study; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Department of City Development is authorized to send copies of the WIS 175 Visioning Study to the parties identified as having responsibility for implementation of said Visioning Study for their reference and use.
Drafter
DCD:Monica.Wauck:mw
09/06/17/A