City of Milwaukee - File #: 081213

• File #: 081213
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/16/2008
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 1/16/2009
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division - Department of Administration to lobby the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to locate the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and future student residence halls, within downtown Milwaukee.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. BOHL
• Indexes: CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DIVISION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/28/2009	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/16/2009	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:1
1/12/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Bohl added as sponsor on 1/12/09 - LME
1/12/2009	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
1/12/2009	2	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:1
1/12/2009	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Bohl added as a co-sponsor. Proposed Substitute A accepted.
12/26/2008	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/18/2008	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
12/16/2008	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
081213
Version
Substitute 2
Reference
071708
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, KOVAC and BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division - Department of Administration to lobby the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to locate the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and future student residence halls, within downtown Milwaukee.
Analysis
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) began a process on April 4, 2008 to develop a master plan for growth that includes, among other initiatives, the creation of a School of Public Health, relocation and expansion of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and the development and expansion of other academic research programs and institutions such as the Great Lakes Research Foundation (GLRF) and the Great Lakes WATER Institute.

In addition to the creation, expansion and relocation of various schools and colleges of UWM, dormitory residences have been constructed and are either under construction or planned for future development by either UWM or the UWM Real Estate Foundation whose mission includes partnering with the public and private sectors to develop and hold real estate for the benefit of UWM and holding properties that may include residence halls, research and academic space, and facilities to promote economic development.

One fundamental consideration in this planning process is the need to find additional space outside the confines of the University’s East Side campus. The University is currently engaged in negotiations with Milwaukee County that could lead to acquiring 83 acres of County land in the suburb of Wauwatosa, more than 10 miles from the present campus.

This resolution, in conjunction with the Common Council’s past action in File # 071708, supports the expansion of UWM in the downtown Milwaukee area and further directs the Intergovernmental Relations Division - Department of Administration t...