City of Milwaukee - File #: 191435

• File #: 191435
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to develop a strategy to clean up areas adjacent to highways.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. JOHNSON
• Indexes: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, HIGHWAYS, LITTER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/19/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
1/29/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs	Pass	5:0
1/8/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191435

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, STAMPER, AND JOHNSON

Title
Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to develop a strategy to clean up areas adjacent to highways.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Commissioner of Public Works to develop a strategy to clean up areas adjacent to highways.

Body
Whereas, The 2020 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 190001 on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, Amendment 64 placed a footnote in the Budget stating, “The Commissioner of Public Works shall establish a strategy for cleaning areas adjacent to highways”; and

Whereas, Many highways that pass through Milwaukee, including Interstate 43 and Interstate 94, have an abundance of litter adjacent to them; and

Whereas, Picking up trash from the ground is an inexpensive task that offers many health and aesthetic benefits; and

Whereas, Excessive litter in public spaces poses a health risk to humans, animals and other creatures by polluting water and soil; and

Whereas, Litter along the side of the highway represents a significant eyesore and detracts from the hard work of many organizations to clean up Milwaukee and improve its public image; and

Whereas, There is significant interest from the business community in the beautification of many areas along and near the freeway system; and

Whereas, A Litter Control Task Force previously operated within the City but was dissolved in 2004; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Common Council passed a resolution in May, 2017, that requested the Wisconsin Secretary of Transportation to increase the frequency of highway litter abatement in counties containing cities of the 1st class, namely Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee executed a Memorandum of Understanding in May, 2019, with the Milwaukee County Highway Department and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation regarding litter pick up of areas within the highway right-of-way of the Milwaukee County freeway s...