NUMB:
970493
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. SCHERBERT
TITL:
Resolution directing the Department of Public Works- Forestry Division to prepare a report for the Common Council on the City's boulevard maintenance practices and budget.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution authorizes and directs the Department of Public Works-Forestry Division to prepare a written report on the City's past, current and future boulevard maintenance practices and expenditures and to submit such report to the Common Council no later than 45 days from adoption of the resolution.
BODY:
Whereas, Milwaukee's landscaped boulevards, which contain ornamental trees and shrubs and colorful flower beds, have long been a source of pride for city residents and have left a positive impression on countless visitors to the city; and
Whereas, Any significant reduction in maintenance of the City's boulevards will have a negative impact on the quality of life for Milwaukee residents; and
Whereas, The City Forester has indicated that, over the next 30 years and in an effort to cut costs, turf irrigation systems will be eliminated on boulevards throughout the city and beds of annual flowers will gradually be replaced with perennial beds; and
Whereas, The City Forester has also indicated that, along some boulevards where watering systems are eliminated, flower beds will completely disappear and be replaced by trees and shrubs; and
Whereas, These reductions in boulevard maintenance are not reflected in the City's 1996-2001 Capital Improvements Program, which budgets $200,000 for "Concealed Irrigation & Landscaping City Boulevards" each year; and
Whereas, In the 1995 City budget, as presented by the Mayor to the Common Council, the Department of Public Works-Forestry Division was directed to prepare a comprehensive plan for maintenance of landscaped areas under its jurisdiction, the most significant of which are the approximately 120 miles of landscaped bo...
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