Number
151428
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
081715
Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ
Title
Resolution approving the Walker Square Strategic Action Plan and amending the Near South Side Area Comprehensive Plan to include the Strategic Action Plan as part of Milwaukee's Overall Comprehensive Plan, in the 12th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution approves the Walker Square Strategic Action Plan, amends the Near South Side Area Comprehensive Plan to include the Strategic Action Plan as part of the City's Overall Comprehensive Plan and directs City departments and agencies to work toward implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
Body
Whereas, A detailed strategic action plan has been prepared, which is titled the Walker Square Strategic Action Plan, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File; and
Whereas, Recent development trends in nearby Walker’s Point and the Menomonee Valley and shifting market conditions have necessitated a more refined analysis and updated strategy to further the goals of the Near South Side Area Comprehensive Plan and related projects in the Walker Square neighborhood; and
Whereas, The Walker Square Strategic Action Plan was created to supplement the City of Milwaukee's (“City’s”) existing Comprehensive Plan, which contains the Walker Square neighborhood, to identify strategies to support neighborhood commercial corridors, improve housing market conditions, determine infrastructure needs and establish an implementation framework to best achieve neighborhood and economic success in Walker Square; and
Whereas, The creation of the Walker Square Strategic Action Plan involved extensive public outreach, input and cooperation with the public and neighborhood stakeholders similar to the public process followed in the development of the City's thirteen Area Comprehensive Plans; and
Whereas, On September 21, 2004, the Common Council adopted File No. 040565, setting forth an Evaluation, Update and Amendment Procedure for a...
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