City of Milwaukee - File #: 210475

• File #: 210475
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/7/2021
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/27/2021
• Title: Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Wisconsin Coastal Management Program grant for a study that will lead to the development of replicable outreach plans to address stormwater pollution in three diverse neighborhoods in collaboration with the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: GRANTS, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/5/2021	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/27/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
7/16/2021	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Kurt Sprangers - DPW	Pass	5:0
7/7/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
210475

Version
ORIGINAL

Sponsor
THE CHAIR

Title
Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Wisconsin Coastal Management Program grant for a study that will lead to the development of replicable outreach plans to address stormwater pollution in three diverse neighborhoods in collaboration with the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works, Infrastructure Services Division, to accept and fund a Wisconsin Coastal Management Program grant for the development of a replicable framework that will lead to the development of strategic neighborhood outreach plans for three neighborhoods in collaboration with the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. The total project amount is $57,166 of which $28,583 is reimbursable and the remaining $28,583 is the responsibility of the City of Milwaukee.

Body

Whereas, Stormwater pollution is an issue that cannot effectively be addressed via regulation alone; and;

Whereas, Behavioral change is an integral part and starts with individual and public awareness and a collaborative approach by multiple and diverse stakeholders.

Whereas, This project will be used to directly engage residents, business owners, homeowner associations, and other private landowners in three diverse neighborhoods to understand their views and to encourage stormwater pollution prevention; and

Whereas, These three communities will be chosen based on an analysis of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods to identify underrepresented communities in stormwater pollution prevention education efforts; and

Whereas, Once the communities are chosen, the City, in collaboration with the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. (SWWT) will seek to understand if residents and business owners know where stormwater goes in their neighborhood, understand if they know what the major impairments in their local waterways are and if they know how to prevent those pollutants from...