Number
250728
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
051680, 161076, 210846
Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of City Development to prepare a Corridor Plan for Lisbon Avenue that will amend both the Washington Park Area Plan and the Fond du Lac and North Area Plan, parts of the City of Milwaukee’s Overall Comprehensive Plan, in the 15th Aldermanic District, and authorizing a transfer of funds from the Capital Improvements Advance Planning Fund to a subaccount for the Lisbon Avenue Design Charrette and Corridor Plan.
Body
Whereas, Section 66.1001, Wisconsin Statutes, requires that all cities adopt a comprehensive plan and specifies that comprehensive plans shall be updated no less than once every 10 years; and
Whereas, On June 20, 2006 the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) adopted Common Council File No. 051680, approving the Washington Park Area Comprehensive Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, On November 2, 2021 the Common Council adopted Common Council File No. 210846, approving the Fond du Lac and North Area Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, The City’s procedures for comprehensive planning call for the creation of plan updates based on emerging land use issues, encourage common understanding and coordination among levels of government and private interests, and facilitate implementation of the Plan with multiple opportunities for resident and stakeholder input; and
Whereas, Rooted & Rising, a community organization based in Washington Park, is facilitating a design charrette, focusing on high-priority commercial corridor redevelopment sites, which will be incorporated into the Lisbon Avenue Corridor Plan; and
Whereas, The Lisbon Avenue Corridor Plan will include recommendations related to land use, redevelopment opportunities, multimodal transportation investments, improvements to public s...
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