Number
080165
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
031155
Sponsor
ALD. DAVIS and WADE
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to enter into an agreement with Milwaukee’s Local Initiatives Support Corporation for continued administration of the Main Street Milwaukee Program.
Analysis
This substitute resolution authorizes the City of Milwaukee to enter into an agreement with Milwaukee LISC for continued administration of the Main Street Milwaukee Program for revitalizing Milwaukee's neighborhood commercial districts and directs the Department of City Development to carry out the initiative on behalf of the City. In addition, the agreement contemplates that the City will provide future financial support by way of annual appropriations of CDBG funds, based upon funding availability, for operating support for the designated districts, and City or CDBG funds for the continued administration of this effort. Funds raised by LISC will be used to provide supplemental technical assistance, consulting services and capacity-building trainings to designated areas.
Body
Whereas, The Department of City Development (“DCD”) and Milwaukee's Local Initiatives Support Corporation (“LISC”) have previously entered into an Agreement, as authorized by Common Council File No. 031155, to create the Main Street Milwaukee Program; and
Whereas, DCD and LISC have proven their success in partnering since 2005 in providing resources and services to Milwaukee’s designated Main Street commercial districts throughout the City of Milwaukee (“City”), and both entities seek to enter into a new Main Street Milwaukee Program Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File, which essentially describes in detail each parties' responsibilities in the administration of the Main Street Milwaukee Program for 2007 and beyond; and
Whereas, The National Trust for Historic Preservation created in 1980, the Main Street 4-point approach to commercial district revitali...
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