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File #: 191355    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/17/2019 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/11/2020
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution directing the Commissioners of the Department of Public Works and the Department of City Development to develop a plan for minimizing disruptions to local businesses during street construction.
Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. STAMPER
Indexes: BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, STREET IMPROVEMENTS

Number

191355

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

 

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS AND STAMPER

Title

Resolution directing the Commissioners of the Department of Public Works and the Department of City Development to develop a plan for minimizing disruptions to local businesses during street construction.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Commissioners of the Department of Public Works and the Department of City Development to develop a plan for minimizing disruptions to local businesses during street construction, and to present this plan to the Common Council by March 31, 2020.

 

Body

Whereas, The Common Council approved the inclusion of a footnote in the 2020 Adopted City Budget, directing the Commissioners of the Department of Public Works and the Department of City Development to develop a plan for minimizing disruptions to local businesses during street construction; and

 

Whereas, Street construction may jeopardize the continued viability of businesses along and adjacent to a street construction project by obstructing or totally blocking access to the businesses by customers and suppliers; and

 

Whereas, Measures need to be implemented to manage street construction to minimize disruptions to normal flow of commerce and the continuous operations businesses along and adjacent to the street construction; now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioners of the Department of Public Works and the Department of City Development are directed to develop a plan for minimizing disruptions to local businesses during street construction; and, be it

 

Further Resolved, This plan shall be presented to the Common Council by March 31, 2020.

 

Drafter

LRB 175644-1

Aaron Cadle

December 17, 2019