City of Milwaukee - File #: 191603

• File #: 191603
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/21/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: Resolution relating to acceptance and expenditure of up to $50,000 in contributions by the Department of Administration - Environmental Collaboration Office from donors for the Water Centric City Design project.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ
• Indexes: ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATION OFFICE

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: Erick Shambarger - ECO Ald. Perez	Pass	4:0
1/21/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

191603

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

131035

Sponsor

ALD. PEREZ

Title

Resolution relating to acceptance and expenditure of up to $50,000 in contributions by the Department of Administration - Environmental Collaboration Office from donors for the Water Centric City Design project.

Analysis

This resolution authorizes the Department of Administration - Environmental Collaboration Office to accept and expend up to $50,000 in contributions from donors to support signage, streetscaping improvements, exhibits and maps that showcase Milwaukee as a Water Centric City.

Body

Whereas, Section 304-24 of the City of Milwaukee Code of Ordinances regulates the receipt, appropriation and expenditure of contributions received by the City; and

Whereas, The ReFresh Milwaukee sustainability plan (Common Council File Number 131035) calls for establishing “Milwaukee as America’s Water-Centric City”; and

Whereas, the Environmental Collaboration Office developed the Water Centric City initiative to showcase Milwaukee’s leadership in managing our water resources in a sustainable and resilient way; and

Whereas, in preparation for major conferences and events that are coming to Milwaukee, the Environmental Collaboration Office held stakeholder events and a public design charrette to generate ideas for streetscape improvements, primarily on S 2^nd Street and E Greenfield Avenue between the Global Water Center and UWM-School of Freshwater Sciences, known as the Water Centric City Design project; and

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office is authorized to accept and expend up to $50,000 in contributions from donors for projects identified in the Water Centric City Design project; and, be it

Further Resolved, That upon the receipt and deposit of these funds, the City Comptroller is directed to establish a special purpose account within the Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office budget for the expenditure of the contributions; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is directed to transfer appropriations and estimated revenue from the Contribution Fund-General, account number 0001-2110-0001-D001-006300, and the Estimated Revenue Account for Contributions, account number 0001-2110-0001-009850 to the Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office Special Account 0001-1510-0001-DXXX-006300, and the Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office Estimated Revenue account 0001-1510-0001-009850 for the purposes set forth in this resolution in the amount of $50,000.

Requestor

Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office

Drafter

Erick Shambarger

January 21, 2020