NUMB:
980915
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. HENNINGSEN
TITL:
Resolution approving in principle the Marquette University Campus Identity and Beautification Plan. (DCD)
ANLS:
- Analysis -
Marquette University recently completed a new Master Plan for its campus. One part of that Plan is a Campus Identity and Beautification Plan which addresses the public appearance of the campus buildings and open spaces and how those buildings and spaces relate to the adjacent public streets. The Plan does not call for the closing of any public streets, but does recommend plantings, lighting, identifying monuments, and intersection modifications within existing public rights-of-way.
Because implementing these improvements will require cooperative action by the City of Milwaukee and the University, Marquette has submitted the Campus Identity and Beautification Plan for approval in principle by the City. This resolution grants approval in principle to the Plan while reserving to the City the right to request modifications, and directs the Department of City Development and the Department of Public Works to work with Marquette University on project development agreements to implement the Campus Identity and Beautification Plan.
BODY:
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee considers Marquette University an important community and educational asset to the residents of the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, Marquette University contributes $436 million annually to the economy of the City of Milwaukee, attracts thousands of visitors to its campus each year who spend an estimated $16.7 million in the Milwaukee area, and employs more than 2,000 Milwaukee-area residents; and
Whereas, Marquette University is a key institution in the Avenues West neighborhood and acts as one of the primary gateways to downtown Milwaukee; and
Whereas, Marquette University has invested greater than $50 million in the near-campus and Avenues West neighborhoods through the efforts of i...
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