City of Milwaukee - File #: 150662

• File #: 150662
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/1/2015
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/22/2015
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Department of City Development to donate Milwaukee neighborhood posters, and license the rights to reproduce the poster images and poster text, to Historic Milwaukee, Inc. for the purpose of promoting the historic nature of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods.
• Sponsors: ALD. KOVAC, ALD. WADE
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, ART AND CULTURE, NEIGHBORHOODS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/29/2015	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/22/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
9/14/2015	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Ald. Nik Kovac Sally Witte - Dept. of City Development Stacy Swadish - Exective Director, Historic Milwaukee, Inc. Dan - Historic Milwaukee, Inc. Ald. Wade asked to be added as a co-sponsor. There were no objections. Ald. Davis would like to have a time limit on the agreement. He asked that this be amended on the Council floor.	Pass	5:0
9/1/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
150662
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. KOVAC and WADE
Title
Resolution authorizing the Department of City Development to donate Milwaukee neighborhood posters, and license the rights to reproduce the poster images and poster text, to Historic Milwaukee, Inc. for the purpose of promoting the historic nature of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of City Development to promote the historic nature of Milwaukee neighborhoods by (1) donating its current inventory of Milwaukee neighborhood posters to Historic Milwaukee, Inc., (2) providing Historic Milwaukee Inc. with royalty-free, non-transferable, non-exclusive licenses to reproduce the poster artwork and poster text on new posters and other products that Historic Milwaukee, Inc. may wish to market, and (3) authorizing the Department of City Development to accept yearly donations of products bearing the poster artwork from Historic Milwaukee, Inc. for the City’s use.

Body
Whereas, Beginning in 1983 the Department of City Development (“DCD”), in conjunction with its employee, graphic artist Jan Kotowicz, and local historian and author John Gurda, produced a series of posters featuring Milwaukee’s historic neighborhoods; and

Whereas, DCD still maintains a substantial inventory of unsold neighborhood posters; and

Whereas, The City wishes to promote the historic nature of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods by widely circulating the artwork featured on the neighborhood posters; and

Whereas, Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (“HMI”) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of and commitment to Milwaukee’s history, architecture and the preservation of the built environment, and

Whereas, HMI has successfully brought public attention to Milwaukee’s assets through activities such as walking tours and Doors Open Milwaukee, and

Whereas, HMI has commissioned a book about Milwaukee neighborhoods by John Gurda and Jan Kotowicz that will feature t...