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Common Council

Milwaukee Streetcar Passes Common Council, Proceeds to Final Engineering

Jul 26th, 2011 | By | Category: Common Council, Feature, Milwaukee Streetcar

The Milwaukee Common Council voted to approved the Milwaukee Streetcar today, moving it forward to Final Engineering.



Marriott Approved. Greenwich Park Apartments Approved

Jan 20th, 2011 | By | Category: Common Council, East Side, East Town, Feature

Two controversial development projects received key approvals at the January 19th, 2011 meeting of the Common Council.



Milwaukee to Contract Nationally Recognized Transit Expert

May 5th, 2010 | By | Category: City of Milwaukee, Common Council, East Town, Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee Streetcar

At the May 4th, 2010 meeting of the Common Council, Alderman Bauman brought forward an item that would allow the City of Milwaukee to enter into a contract with an expert consultant, Jeffery Boothe, for the purpose of facilitating the next steps of the Milwaukee Streetcar project.



The Bookends Development is Sent Back to Committee

Dec 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: 700 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Common Council

At the December 1st, 2009 meeting of the Milwaukee Common Council the Cooperation and Development Agreement for the Bookends development was sent back to the Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee. The agreement would of authorized a $3.45 million loan guarantee from the City of Milwaukee to the development team, of New Land Enterprises and Weichman Enterprises, for the Bookends apartment development.



The Moderne Gains Common Council Approval for City Loans

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: Common Council, The Moderne

The Moderne development received approval for $9.3 millions in loans from the City of Milwaukee that led developer Rick Barrett had been seeking. At last week’s Zoning, Neighborhood & Development Committee three significant concerns were expressed by committee members, all of which were worked out prior to today’s Common Council meeting.



Common Council June 16th, 2009 Meetings Notes

Jun 18th, 2009 | By | Category: Common Council

The proposed snow and ice fee increase, the furloughs, the possible use of eminent domain for economic development, and the formation of a streetcar committee were topics of interest at this Common Council meeting.



S. 2nd Street Redesign Concept is a Pretty GOOD One

May 20th, 2009 | By | Category: Common Council, Fifth Ward, S. 2nd Street, Walker's Point

Recently, with the encouragement and support of our readers, the help of graphic artist Kieran Sweeney, and the drive of Juli Kaufmann a conceptual idea for the redevelopment of S. 2nd Street, in Walker’s Point, was created and entered in to GOOD Magazine’s livable streets contest. Although it didn’t win, it did come in a strong second, validating the importance of a complete street redesign for S. 2nd Street.



M.O.R.E. – Common Council March 25th, 2009 Meeting Notes

Mar 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Common Council

The M.O.R.E ordinance was the most widely debated action taken at this Common Council meeting.  This ordinance lays out resident preference program requirements, emerging business requirements, and prevailing wage requirements for both public projects and private projects receiving over $1 million in direct financial assistance.  It is important to note the definition of direct financial [...]



M.O.R.E – Common Council March 3rd, 2009 Meeting Notes

Mar 4th, 2009 | By | Category: Common Council

The controversial M.O.R.E ordinance was the primary item of discussion at this meeting of the Common Council.  This ordinance proposed new requirements related to hiring City of Milwaukee residents, the utilization of emerging small businesses, and the paying of prevailing wages for all City of Milwaukee projects and private developments that receive $1 million or [...]



UWM Downtown – Common Council January 16th, 2009 Meeting Notes

Jan 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Common Council, Downtown, UWM

In April 2008 Alderman D’Amato, as one of his last acts in office, brought forward a resolution that stated the City of Milwaukee’s position that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee should locate its College of Engineering and Applied Science, as well asUWM’s other satellite campuses, within the City of Milwaukee. This resolution received unanimous support and was signed by Mayor Barrett, but this didn’t sway or slow the efforts of UWM to expand inWauwatosa.