Title
Supporting adoption and implementation of the Milwaukee River Greenway Master Plan for approximately 878 acres along the Milwaukee River from the former North Avenue Dam on the south end to Silver Spring Drive on the north end.
Body
by recommending adoption of the following:
A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Milwaukee River Greenway is a seven-mile section of the Milwaukee River that cuts through the northeast side of the City of Milwaukee forming a wide and expansive landscape that provides for a unique natural setting surrounded by compact urban neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, a master plan for the Milwaukee River Greenway was developed by the Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition, which included representatives from the River Revitalization Foundation, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Urban Ecology Center, the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, City of Shorewood, City of Glendale, City of Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Parks Department and the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the master plan sets out a structure for the creation of a corridor-focused coalition that will oversee a variety of improvements including public access acquisition, habitat restoration, environmental protection and recreation as well as priorities and a direction for achieving the improvements; and
WHEREAS, the master plan also includes habitat, recreation and action plans for achieving its goals; and
WHEREAS, in May 2010, the City of Milwaukee’s Common Council adopted an ordinance creating a Milwaukee River Greenway site plan review overlay zone and design standards to accompany the overlay zone as it impacts the first, third and sixth aldermanic districts; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors hereby supports adoption and implementation of the Milwaukee River Greenway Master Plan as developed by the Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition and in accordance with legislation as adopted by the City of Milwaukee Common Council...
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