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Meeting Name: COMMON COUNCIL Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/20/2012 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Common Council Chambers, 3rd Fl., City Hall
Amended 3/19/12
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: Report of Matters Introduced (New Business)
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     The meeting was called to order at 9:12 a.m.    Not available
     The roll was called.    Roll call Not available
     The Pledge of Allegiance was said followed by an invocation offered by Theresa Utschig, hospital chaplain at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare as well as Froedtert Hospital.    Not available
     The question was put: Are there any corrections to the Common Council Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting of February 28, 2012? There being none, the minutes of this meeting were approved without objection.    Not available
     Commendatory and condolatory resolutions were read and approved without objection.    Not available
     THE LICENSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111480 01.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to the effective date of the suspension of a license or permit.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111269 02.MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relative to licenses.

Minutes note: The question was put: Have the members of the Common Council read the Report and Recommendations of the Licenses Committee? All members present indicated they had done so, Ald. Davis EXCUSED.
APPROVEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111407 01.MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Public Safety Committee relative to licenses.APPROVEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111460 12.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to parking controls.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111461 13.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111313 04.ResolutionResolution authorizing application, acceptance and expenditure of a 2011 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111437 05.ResolutionResolution approving the 2011 Update of the All Hazards Mitigation Plan for the City of Milwaukee.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111446 06.ResolutionResolution approving a continuation of the Grant/Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Milwaukee Board of School Directors for Police Services.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111447 07.ResolutionResolution approving the 2011/12 Intergovernmental Agreement for School Security Program between the City and the Milwaukee Board of School Directors.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111448 08.ResolutionResolution approving a continuation of the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative between the City and the Milwaukee Board of School Directors.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111459 09.AppointmentAppointment of Assistant District Attorney Patrick Kenney to the Milwaukee Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault by the Milwaukee County District Attorney.CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
100923 010.Communication-ReportCommunication from the Police Department relating to the 2011 crime statistics and other public safety issues.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
111470 011.CommunicationCommunication from the Commissioner of Neighborhood Services relating to the effectiveness of the ordinance on keeping chickens in the city.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
     THE FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111464 11.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance to further amend the 2012 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111465 22.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance to further amend the 2012 offices and positions in the City Service.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111491 13.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance revising provisions of the code relating to employee regulations and benefits for purposes of correcting errors, clarifying language and eliminating obsolete provisions.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111504 14.Charter OrdinanceA substitute charter ordinance relating to the selection of a retirement option in the employes’ retirement system.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111506 15.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to an expansion of the donor leave program.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111385 16.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relative to the application, acceptance and funding of the 2012 Dual Protection Partnership Initiative from the State of Wisconsin Division of Public Health-Family Planning Program (DPH-FP) and the Family Planning Health Services, Inc. (FPHS, Inc.)ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111490 17.ResolutionSubstitute resolution amending agreements with the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation relating to energy efficiency grants.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111458 08.AppointmentAppointment of Margaret Daun to the Deferred Compensation Board by the Common Council President. (3rd Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111484 09.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of City Development relating to amending the Positions Ordinance.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
111515 010.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to the 2012 Salary Ordinance.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
111545 011.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
     THE JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
110912 11.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relative to legislative bills.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111427 12.ResolutionSubstitute Resolution relating to an appeal from Viletta Redmond for personal injuries. (5th Aldermanic District)ADOPTEDPass13:1 Action details Not available
111449 13.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 3870 N. 24th St., in the 6th Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Funta Watson)ASSIGNED TOPass14:0 Action details Not available
111451 14.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 3235 W. St. Paul Ave.,, in the 4th Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Jesse Lee, Agent for the Freewill Church of God in Christ)ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111452 15.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 2526 N. 19th st., in the 15 Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Andre Hopson)ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111453 16.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 1738-1738A N 33rd St, in the 15 Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Peter Butzer, Agent )ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111454 17.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 3601 W. Clarke St, in the 15th Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Peter Butzer, Agent)ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111455 18.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the return of real estate located at 3019 W. Lincoln Ave, in the 8th Aldermanic District to its former owner. (Amelia Avila)ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111471 09.ResolutionResolution authorizing settlement of the claims raised by plaintiff, Michael A. Ramos, in the lawsuit entitled Michael A. Ramos v. Roger T. Walker, Gregory A. Koestering and Pamela Holmes.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111501 010.ResolutionResolution authorizing payment of the claim of Dan and Deb Pollesch.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111502 011.ResolutionResolution authorizing payment of the claim of Gerald and Karen Holton.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111517 112.ResolutionSubstitute resolution urging Governor Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to use the foreclosure settlement funding for programs directly related to foreclosure issues.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
110033 013.Communication-ReportCommunication related to the 2011 annual report and activities of the Ethics Board.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
     DISALLOWANCE AND INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING:     Not available
   14. Claims against the city:    Not available
110996 0a.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to an appeal from Charles Kowalski for property damage.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111122 0b.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to an appeal from Mary Antoinette Robinson for property damage. (1st Aldermanic District)DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     THE ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111300 11.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to the Third Amendment to the Detailed Planned Development known as Southgate Marketplace, for commercial development, on land located on the west side of South 27th Street, north of West Morgan Avenue, in the 11th Aldermanic District.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111511 12.ResolutionSubstitute resolution directing the Department of City Development to create a plan for conveying City-owned housing to qualified existing tenants.ADOPTEDPass13:1 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111549 03.CommunicationCommunication relating to the taxation of billboards.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
     ---The following items may be referred from the SPECIAL Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee meeting held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 8:00 A.M.    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING: THE ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDS: PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111382 24.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance extending the expiration date of zoning code regulations relating to off-premise automatic changeable signs.PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111503 15.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to an open records request of both the Department of City Development and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee to disclose all records related to the Kohl's Corporation's possible relocation of its corporate headquarters to downtown Milwaukee.PLACED ON FILEPass14:0 Action details Not available
     THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111365 01.ResolutionResolution amending Common Council File Number 100113 relative to the acceptance and funding of the United States Department of Labor Pathways Out of Poverty Grant.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111366 12.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relative to changes in the 2012 HUD funding for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA).ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111487 03.ResolutionResolution relative to acceptance and funding of the Bridging the Summer Reading Gap Grant.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111488 04.ResolutionResolution relative to application for The Big Read Grant.ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111331 05.AppointmentReappointment of Brett Grasse to the Business Improvement District Board #41 (Downer Avenue) by the Mayor. (6th Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111526 06.AppointmentAppointment of Earl Wheatfall, Sr. to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111527 07.AppointmentAppointment of Walter Chessor to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111528 08.AppointmentReappointment of Tom Dienhart to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111529 09.AppointmentReappointment of Yvonne Ali to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111530 010.AppointmentReappointment of Rita Warford to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111531 011.AppointmentReappointment of Sandra Renfro to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111532 012.AppointmentReappointment of Charles Belin to the Business Improvement District Board #19 (Villard Avenue) by the Mayor. (1st Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
111537 013.AppointmentAppointment of Raul Gutierrez to the Business Improvement District Board #4 (Historic Mitchell Street) by the Mayor. (12th Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
     THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111198 11.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept a donation of solar-powered street signs and installation services to evaluate solar-powered signs as an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional street signage.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111392 12.ResolutionSubstitute resolution to vacate a portion of East Thomas Avenue, the south side, between North Cramer Street and North Murray Avenue, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111435 03.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the installation of a new traffic control signal on the connecting highway system on North Port Washington Avenue at the eastbound ramps on West Capitol Drive (STH 190).ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111441 04.ResolutionResolution approving a Third Amendment to an Easement and Lease Agreement with West Shore Pipeline Company.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111442 05.ResolutionResolution approving an Easement and Lease Agreement with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111443 06.ResolutionResolution approving a Lease Agreement with Discovery World.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111444 07.ResolutionResolution approving a Three-Year Harbor Statement of Intentions for the Port of Milwaukee.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111462 08.ResolutionResolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Revised Project Agreement titled “State/Municipal Agreement for a State - Let Urbanized Area STP - Urban Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the improvement of West Lloyd Street between North 60th Street and West Lisbon Avenue at a revised estimated total cost of $3,652,000 at an 80 percent State and Federal Aid under the Surface Transportation Program with a City’s share of $826,400 which includes $120,000 of non participating items at 100 percent City’s cost and grantor’s share of $2,825,600 of which revised preliminary engineering cost is $207,000 with the city's share being $41,400 and the grantor's share being $165,600.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111472 09.ResolutionResolution determining it necessary to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $124,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $3,926,500.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111473 110.ResolutionSubstitute resolution approving levying of assessments and construction of assessable public improvement projects at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City cost of these projects approved by this resolution is estimated to be $1,556,400 for a total estimated cost of $1,797,700.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111474 011.ResolutionResolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $576,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $9,772,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111475 112.ResolutionSubstitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $7,333,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $8,499,593.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111476 113.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing city-wide sidewalk replacement at Scattered Sites and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city construction cost estimated to be $640,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $690,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111477 014.ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of funds from the Street Improvement-State and Federal Aid Program to the Street Reconstruct or Resurface Program - Regular City Program for funding of local street improvements under the Local Roads Improvement Program, with the City's cost being $1,192,699.48, and the grantor's cost being $982,300.52, for a total estimated cost of $2,175,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111478 015.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works and Comptroller to execute a Project Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the installation of monotube mast arm mounted traffic signals at ten intersections and to fund preliminary engineering for the project in the 2nd, 5th, and 9th Aldermanic Districts at an estimated cost of $225,000, with an estimated grantor share of $202,500, and an estimated City share of $22,500.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111479 016.ResolutionResolution relative to the cost participation and installation of street lighting facilities in conjunction with the State and Federal Aid paving of West Capitol Drive from North 60th Street to North 84th Street in the 2nd, 5th, and 10th Aldermanic Districts at a total estimated cost of $256,572.15, with 100 percent of the total cost funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111492 017.ResolutionResolution relative to the cost participation and installation of temporary and permanent traffic control devices in conjunction with Phase 1 Federal and State Aid mitigation construction of the Zoo Interchange Project in the 10th Aldermanic District at a total estimated cost of $120,000, with one hundred percent of the total cost funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111498 018.ResolutionResolution relative to the cost participation and installation of temporary and permanent street lighting facilities in conjunction with Phase 1 Federal and State Aid mitigation construction of the Zoo Interchange Project in the 10th Aldermanic District at a total estimated cost of $51,205.58, with one hundred percent of the total cost funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111499 019.ResolutionResolution authorizing City officials to enter into an Out-of-Program Agreement with Gorman and Company for the installation of a public alley, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111507 020.ResolutionResolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute project agreements titled “State Municipal Agreement for a Highway Improvement Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming, design and construction of various paving projects with 80 percent Federal and State aid under the Surface Transportation Program, and to set up funds for design engineering at a total estimated cost of $1,661,000 and an estimated City of Milwaukee share of $332,200, and a grantor share of $1,328,800.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111514 021.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Department of Public Works and the City Comptroller to execute an agreement between Milwaukee County, the City of Milwaukee and the City of Oak Creek for the installation, operation and maintenance of street lighting facilities on East College Avenue from South Howell Avenue to South Pennsylvania Avenue.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     ---The following item may be referred from the SPECIAL Public Works Committee meeting held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 8:30 A.M.    Not available
     THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDS: ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
111361 222.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to application, acceptance and funding of a USDA Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant (Department of Public Works) “Restoring Milwaukee’s Tree Canopy on Residential Property in Response to Emerald Ash Borer.”ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     Communications from City officers were read and ordered on file without objection.    Not available
     IMMEDIATE ADOPTIONS:    Not available
111558 01.Resolution-Immediate AdoptionA substitute resolution establishing a Minority, Woman and Small Business Enterprise Programs Advisory Committee.ASSIGNED TOFail7:8 Action details Not available
111558 0 Resolution-Immediate AdoptionA substitute resolution establishing a Minority, Woman and Small Business Enterprise Programs Advisory Committee.AMENDEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
111558 0 Resolution-Immediate AdoptionA substitute resolution establishing a Minority, Woman and Small Business Enterprise Programs Advisory Committee.ASSIGNED TOFail3:12 Action details Not available
111558 0 Resolution-Immediate AdoptionA substitute resolution establishing a Minority, Woman and Small Business Enterprise Programs Advisory Committee.ADOPTEDPass14:1 Action details Not available
     Announcements were made.    Not available
     There being no further business to come before the Common Council, the meeting was adjourned at 10:26 a.m. -- Jim Owczarski, Deputy City Clerk    Not available