City of Milwaukee - File #: 030765

• File #: 030765
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/23/2003
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/14/2003
• Title: Substitute resolution granting permission to Milwaukee County to install a granite monument sign, to be placed on City public right-of-way above North 9th Street, adjacent to the east elevation of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, in the 4th Aldermanic District of the City of Milwaukee.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: MILWAUKEE COUNTY, MONUMENTS AND STATUES, PERMITS APPROVAL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/23/2003	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/14/2003	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	16:0
10/1/2003	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
9/29/2003	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/25/2003	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/25/2003	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/24/2003		PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
9/23/2003	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
030765
Version
SUBSTITUTE
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution granting permission to Milwaukee County to install a granite monument sign, to be placed on City public right-of-way above North 9th Street, adjacent to the east elevation of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, in the 4th Aldermanic District of the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution grants authority to the Commissioner of Public Works to issue a permit to install a granite monument sign, to be placed on City public right-of-way above North 9th Street, near the east elevation of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The sign will serve to identify a portion of the lands adjacent to the Courthouse as India-America Friendship Park.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors adopted resolution number 01-531 on November 1, 2001, accepting a donation of a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi from the Wisconsin Coalition of Asian Indian Organizations; and

Whereas, The statue has subsequently been erected on Milwaukee County Property; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors adopted resolution number 03-232 on April 17, 2003, designating a portion of the Courthouse plaza surrounding the statue as the India-America Friendship Park; and

Whereas, Milwaukee County has agreed to accept from the Wisconsin Coalition of Asian Indian Organizations a granite monument sign identifying the lands surrounding the statue as Indian-America Friendship Park; and

Whereas, Milwaukee County wishes to install the sign on the Courthouse plaza within the North 9th Street right-of-way; and

Whereas, The sign can only be permitted to occupy the public right-of-way, as proposed, by permission of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of Public Works of the City of Milwaukee is hereby authorized and directed to issue a permit to Milwaukee Cou...