City of Milwaukee - File #: 181911

• File #: 181911
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/26/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/9/2019
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to the creation of a 53206 Task Force.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. ZIELINSKI
• Indexes: 53206 TASK FORCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/19/2019	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/9/2019	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
6/26/2019	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs at the table Jasmine Tyler - point person for the community outreach for this project Bernadette Karanja - City Clerk's Office - workforce development Ald. Johnson, Perez and Zielinski added as co-sponsors.	Pass	5:0
3/26/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
181911
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, STAMPER, RAINEY, HAMILTON, JOHNSON, PEREZ and ZIELINSKI
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the creation of a 53206 Task Force.
Analysis
This resolution creates a 53206 Task Force to assess media and academic reports singling out the 53206 ZIP code area (“53206”) in a negative light, identify barriers to economic, health and social equity for residents of 53206, and make recommendations for targeting City funding, programming, policies and legislation to exert a meaningful, concentrated impact on the lives of residents of 53206.

The 53206 Task Force shall be comprised of the following 11 members:

1. Three residents of the 53206 ZIP code area (“53206”), one each to be appointed by the council members representing the 6th, 7th and 15th aldermanic districts.
2. One member appointed by the Mayor.
3. The Health Commissioner, or his or her designee.
4. One Youth Council member appointed by the Common Council President.
5. One member with experience in supporting re-entry of individuals upon release from incarceration, to be appointed by the Common Council President.
6. One member with experience in public education, to be appointed by the Common Council President.
7. One member with experience in workforce development, to be appointed by the Common Council President.
8. One member with research and academic experience and credentials relevant to the tasks of the 53206 Task Force, to be appointed by the Common Council President.
9. The director of a community organization with activities in 53206, or his or her designee, to be appointed by the Common Council President.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee’s African-American residents encounter higher rates of poverty, incarceration, unemployment and lack of access to healthcare, education and transportation, than Milwaukee’s non-African-American residents; and

Whereas, While these disparities exist throughout Milwaukee, they are particularly pronounc...