City of Milwaukee - File #: 180244

• File #: 180244
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/8/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/10/2018
• Title: Substitute resolution approving a 2018 Neighborhood Beautification Plan.
• Sponsors: ALD. STAMPER
• Indexes: NEIGHBORHOODS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/19/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/10/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
6/27/2018	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Tim McCollow - Dept. of Administration, Environmental Collaboration Office Ald. Coggs Deshae Agee - King Dr. Historic BID	Pass	4:0
5/8/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
180244
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER
Title
Substitute resolution approving a 2018 Neighborhood Beautification Plan.
Analysis
This resolution approves a 2018 Neighborhood Beautification Plan. The Plan will be administered by the Department of Administration - Environmental Collaboration Office. The Common Council allocated $165,000 to the Department of Administration for this purpose in the 2018 City Budget. The Neighborhood Beautification Plan includes a project list, depicts sample projects, and outlines principles for projects in Milwaukee’s commercial corridors.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council appropriated a $165,000 Neighborhood Investment Beautification Program Special Fund in the 2018 Budget to the Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office; and

Whereas, The Common Council’s objective in appropriating these funds is to improve the appearance of the City of Milwaukee, with a specific focus on the City’s most challenged neighborhoods; and

Whereas, The Environmental Collaboration Office’s HOME GR/OWN initiative has a five-year history of creating public/private partnerships to catalyze neighborhood redevelopment and beautification; and

Whereas, The Environmental Collaboration Office has an award-winning history of beautification projects that promote Milwaukee’s sustainability through the implementation of commercial corridor improvements, vacant lot improvements, stormwater management features and the creation of new public spaces for Milwaukee residents; and

Whereas, The Environmental Collaboration Office and its neighborhood beautification partners want to beautify Milwaukee’s neighborhoods while simultaneously promoting sustainability, commercial corridor economic development and resident quality of life; and

Whereas, The Environmental Collaboration Office will expend this appropriation by contracting with neighborhood nonprofits, business improvement dis...