City of Milwaukee - File #: 080357

• File #: 080357
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/1/2008
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/16/2008
• Title: Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name, “Pastor J Ellwanger,” to West Walnut Street from North 16th to North 17th Streets in the 15th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: PUBLIC HOUSING, STREET NAMES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/26/2008	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/16/2008	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:1
9/4/2008	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:1
9/3/2008	1	CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE NAMING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND STREETS	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: Appearances by: Ms. Pearline Johnson, Vice President, Ezekiel Community Development Corporation Ms. Marcia Lindholm, Department of Public Works Ms. Lindholm said that two signs will be needed for this request and the cost for the City to fabricate each sign is $100.00. She said if the requestor wants the City to fabricate the signs, the requestor will need to submit a check in the amount of $200 to the Department of Public Works prior to the file being heard by the Public Works Committee. A motion was made by Mr. Benson and seconded by Mr. Cimpl that this file be recommended for approval. There were no objections.	Pass	4:0
8/29/2008	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
8/27/2008	1	CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE NAMING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND STREETS	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/8/2008	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/2/2008	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
7/2/2008	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
7/2/2008	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
7/1/2008	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
080357
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR

Title
Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name, “Pastor J Ellwanger,” to West Walnut Street from North 16th to North 17th Streets in the 15th Aldermanic District.

Analysis
This resolution assigns the honorary street name, “Pastor J Ellwanger,” to West Walnut Street from North 16th to North 17th Streets in the 15th Aldermanic District.

Body
Whereas, Joseph W. Ellwanger, as pastor of the St’ Paul Lutheran Church, an African American congregation in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1958-67, was a leader in the fight for human rights before he moved to Milwaukee, serving as President of Birmingham Council on Human Relations, the only bi-racial community organization in Birmingham during the 1960’s; and

Whereas, Pastor Ellwanger was active in the struggle for civil rights, participating in demonstrations led by the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Birmingham in 1963 and in Selma, Alabama in 1965: and

Whereas, Pastor Ellwanger played a significant national role in the civil rights movement, selected by Dr. King to be one of the 13 pastors demonstrating in 1965 to meet with then Alabama Governor George Wallace, and chosen to be part of the delegation of 17 religious leaders who met with President Lyndon Johnson in May, 1965, to urge passage of the Voting Rights Act; and

Whereas, Pastor Ellwanger became pastor of Cross Lutheran Church in Milwaukee in 1967 and was pastor for 35 years until his retirement in 2002, an inspiring spiritual leader to his congregation and a indefatigable advocate for social justice in his community; and

Whereas, Pastor Ellwanger initiated and organized Cross Lutheran Church’s Concerned Citizens for Central City School Breakfast program in the 1970’s which grew over 30 years under the guidance of Pastor Ellwanger and others into the Hunger Task Force food bank which provides 7-10 million pounds of foodstuffs annually to Milwaukee’s hungry; and ...