City of Milwaukee - File #: 230906

• File #: 230906
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 10/10/2023
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to deconstruction requirements for City-owned properties.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/24/2023	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearing: Erica Roberts, Dept. of Neighborhood Services Kristin Reed, Dept. of Neighborhood Services Jumaane Cheatham, Dept. of Neighborhood Services Jerrell Kruschke, Dept. of Public Works Bernadette Karanja, Office of Equity & Inclusion Ald. Milele Coggs, 6th Ald. Dist. Andrea Pratt, 1st Ald. Dist. Chris Kraco, Dept. of Public Works Tony Kearney, Northcott Neighborhood House Nik Kovac, Budget Office	Pass	4:0
10/17/2023	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/10/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230906
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
170188, 181331, 191344, 201127, 211531, 221733
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to deconstruction requirements for City-owned properties.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Public Works to use all available funding for the removal of City-owned, one- to 4-family residential structures for deconstruction.
Body
Whereas, Construction and demolition waste represent the single largest waste stream in the United States; and

Whereas, In 2018, the United State produced 188.8 million tons of construction and demolition waste from buildings, 90% of which was produced through demolition; and

Whereas, National and international authorities have identified the need to reduce construction and demolition waste as critical to meeting climate goals; and

Whereas, Reducing the amount of demolition waste disposed of in landfills will extend the lives of existing landfills and reduce the need to create new landfills; and

Whereas, Maximizing the salvage of valuable building materials, especially old-growth structural lumber, for reuse will support the City’s goal of being a sustainable community; and

Whereas, Many historic architectural features and building materials have already been lost to demolition; and

Whereas, Most cost estimates for demolition do not include externalities such as landfilling, embodied carbon, new extraction costs, community erasure, the erosion of affordable housing stock, the loss of heritage materials, and public health endangerment; and

Whereas, Deconstruction reduces the release of dust and other hazardous, or potentially hazardous, airborne substances associated with the mechanical demolition of structures; and

Whereas, Deconstruction minimizes the adverse impacts associated with building removal by increasing the likelihood of discovering materials containing lead and asbestos for safe removal and disposal; and

Whereas, The deconstruction of b...