City of Milwaukee - File #: 180527

• File #: 180527
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/31/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/25/2018
• Title: Substitute resolution expressing support for the City of Milwaukee’s Framework for Green Infrastructure Plan.
• Sponsors: ALD. KOVAC, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. WITKOWSKI
• Indexes: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/4/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/25/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
9/12/2018	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Erick Shambarger - ECO Nader Jaber - DPW Karen Dettmer - DPW Justin Haggerty - Reflo	Pass	4:0
7/31/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
180527
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
171053
Sponsor
ALD. KOVAC, JOHNSON, WITKOWSKI
Title
Substitute resolution expressing support for the City of Milwaukee’s Framework for Green Infrastructure Plan.
Analysis
This resolution expresses support for the City of Milwaukee’s Framework for Green Infrastructure Plan, including support for the adoption of higher regional thresholds for the use of green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff.
Body
Whereas, During wet-weather events, large volumes of stormwater enter the local sewerage system, increasing the volume of wastewater that the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) must convey and treat; and

Whereas, During wet-weather events, stormwater can overwhelm the local sewerage system, causing combined sanitary and stormwater flows to back up through floor drains and flood basements of homes and businesses; and

Whereas, Green infrastructure, which refers to any combination of landscaping, facilities or equipment that captures rain, at or near the site where it falls, by infiltration into the soil, evapotranspiration by plants, or storage for beneficial re-use, reduces the volume of stormwater in the sewerage system, thereby reducing water treatment needs, improving water quality, reducing grey (artificial) stormwater infrastructure needs and reducing flooding; and

Whereas, Green infrastructure may include rain gardens, constructed wetlands, green and blue roofs, bioswales, landscaping with deeply rooted plants, rain barrels and cisterns, trees, soil amendments, permeable surfacing and the removal of water-infiltration impeding structures or pavements; and

Whereas, Beyond reducing stormwater runoff, utilization of green infrastructure confers a host of co-benefits, including:

1. Increasing available water supplies.
2. Increasing groundwater recharge.
3. Reducing salt use.
4. Reducing energy use.
5. Improving air quality.
6. Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
7. Reducing urban heat is...