Number
240407
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
001699, 010631, 180339, 181772
Sponsor
ALD. BURGELIS, CHAMBERS, STAMPER, MOORE, COGGS, PEREZ, WESTMORELAND, ZAMARRIPA, DIMITRIJEVIC, BAUMAN, TAYLOR, AND BROWER
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the adoption of a new City flag.
Analysis
This resolution creates a 9-member Milwaukee City Flag Task Force for the purpose of managing a campaign to solicit designs for a new official City of Milwaukee flag and providing a ranked list of potential flag designs to the City Clerk.
The Task Force shall consist of:
1. Three members appointed by the Mayor.
2. Three members appointed by the Common Council President.
3. Three members appointed by the Chair of the Milwaukee Arts Board.
Body
Whereas, In 2001, Common Council Files 001699 and 010631 established and amended a flag design competition which did not result in the selection of a winning design; and
Whereas, Common Council File 180339, adopted July 31, 2018, directed the Milwaukee Arts Board to develop a process to determine whether a new flag is necessary, establish and implement a process for the development and adoption or a new official flag, and develop an estimate of the cost of adopting a new official flag; and
Whereas, On September 25, 2018, the Milwaukee Arts Board determined that a new flag was necessary; and
Whereas, On November 13, 2018, the Milwaukee Arts Board determined that the process for considering, reviewing and recommending design for a new official City flag should be to issue a Request for Qualifications or a Request for Proposals; and
Whereas, Common Council File Number 181772, a resolution directing the City Clerk to issue a Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals for designing and adopting a new official City flag, was adopted on May 7, 2019; and
Whereas, The City received no responses to the 2019 RFP; and
Whereas, In 2024, the Common Council considered Robert Lenz’s winning design from the 2016 People’s Flag...
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