City of Milwaukee - File #: 990270

• File #: 990270
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 6/2/1999
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 8/2/2001
• Title: Substitute resolution designating two portions of the City's downtown as a Theater District, one portion to be named "Downtown North" the other to be named "Downtown South"; adding the District to the City's Downtown Plan and requiring that District representatives be notified of any proposed development within the District's boundaries.
• Sponsors: ALD. HENNINGSEN
• Indexes: CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, PLANNING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/2/2001	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
7/31/2001	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	4:0
6/15/1999	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/15/1999	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
6/7/1999	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/2/1999	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

NUMB:
990270
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:

XXBY:
ALD. HENNINGSEN
TITL:
Substitute resolution designating two portions of the City's downtown as a Theater District, one portion to be named "Downtown North" the other to be named "Downtown South"; adding the District to the City's Downtown Plan and requiring that District representatives be notified of any proposed development within the District's boundaries.


ANLS:


- Analysis -

This resolution designates the area bounded by Highland Avenue on the north; Water Street on the east; Wisconsin Avenue on the south; and Plankinton Avenue, Old World 3rd Street and Edison Street on the west; as the City's Theater District - Downtown North. It designates the area bounded by Saint Paul Avenue on the north; Ferry Street and North Water Street on the west; Pittsburgh Street, South Water Street and Corcoran Avenue on the south; and Jackson and Van Buren Streets on the east as the City's Theater District - Downtown South. It appends this District to the existing Downtown Plan designed by the Department of City Development. It requires that District representatives receive notice of any proposed development within the District's boundaries.


BODY:
Whereas, On May 1, 1999, the City's Department of City Development unveiled its Downtown Plan, intended to serve as a blueprint for downtown development over the next 2 decades; and

Whereas, The Downtown Plan states that its second goal is "to expand the number and variety of destination entertainment venues in the downtown"; and

Whereas, The Plan also states that its sixth goal is "to take maximum advantage of the special features found downtown"; and

Whereas, Arts and culture will continue to play a significant role in making Milwaukee's downtown a major destination; and

Whereas, The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the Pabst Theater, and the Riverside Theater have collectively stood for many years as t...