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Meeting Name: Parks, Energy and Environment Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/12/2019 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Room 201-B
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19-87 11Appointment Mr. Jason Rae to the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board for an indefinite term.AppointmentFrom the County Executive, appointing Mr. Jason R. Rae to the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board for an indefinite term. (02/07/19 County Board Meeting: Referred to Parks, Energy, and Environment, and Corporation Counsel for Legal Opinion)   Not available Video Video
18-921 12Appointment of Guy Johnson to serve on the Milwaukee County Federated Library System Board of Trustees. Guy Johnson’s term will expire on November 21, 2020.AppointmentFrom the County Executive, appointing Mr. Guy Johnson to the Milwaukee County Federated Library System Board of Trustees for a term expiring November 21, 2020. (01/29/19: Laid Over to the Call of the Chairperson)   Not available Video Video
19-244 132020 DATCP Staffing Grant for Land Conservation DepartmentAction ReportFrom the Director, Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Services Section, Facilities Management Division, Department of Administrative Services, requesting authorization to apply for and accept 2020 Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection support grants, in the approximate amount of $75,000, to partially offset the salaries, training, travel, and office expenses of the Land Conservation Department.   Not available Video Video
19-18 142019 Milwaukee Public Musuem Financial UpdatesReference FileFrom the President and Chief Executive Officer, Milwaukee Public Museum, providing an informational report regarding financial statements. (Considered by the Committees on Parks, Energy, and Environment, and Finance and Audit) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)   Not available Video Video
19-224 15MPM/Domes Taskforce UpdateInformational Report2019 Adopted Budget Amendment 1A003: From the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, providing an informational update regarding the status and progress of the Milwaukee Public Museum Task Force. (Considered by the Committees on Parks, Energy, and Environment, and Finance and Audit) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)   Not available Video Video
19-55 16National Trust for Historic Preservation / DomesInformational ReportFrom the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, requesting a written informational report from the National Trust for Historic Preservation regarding historic tax credits and potential applicability to the Milwaukee County Domes. (Considered by the Milwaukee County Task Force on the Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes, the Committee on Parks, Energy, and Environment, and the Milwaukee Public Museum Task Force) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) (01/29/19: Laid Over for One Meeting)   Not available Video Video
19-223 17MMSD @ Jackson ParkInformational ReportFrom the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, providing an informational report regarding the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s draft concepts for large-scale, floodwater management in Jackson Park, and policies relating to the use of parkland in cooperation with other governmental units. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)   Not available Video Video
19-227 18Urban Ecology Center (UEC) Option and Lease AgreementsAction ReportFrom the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, requesting authorization to execute a Ground Lease Agreement with the Urban Ecology Center in the amount of $1 per year for certain land within Washington Park for an initial 25-year term with two 25-year extension options, and an Option to Purchase Agreement in the amount of $1 for the existing boat house structure in Washington Park.   Not available Video Video
19-222 19Nature in the Parks (Contract for Wehr) UWExtensionAction ReportFrom the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, requesting retroactive authorization to extend the existing Interagency Agreement between Milwaukee County and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, in the amount of $235,000, to fund professional staffing services and various programs at Wehr Nature Center in Whitnall Park for the period effective January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, and requesting a waiver of Section 56.30(9) of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances, to pay for services rendered prior to execution of the contract.   Not available Video Video
19-226 110"Camp Wil-O-Way Easement for Forest Exploration Center "Action ReportFrom the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, requesting authorization to grant a Trail Right of Way Easement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to allow for the construction, operation, and maintenance of trail connections to the WDNR Forestry Exploration Center from the Wil-O-Way parking lot located in Underwood Creek Parkway.   Not available Video Video
19-221 111Rainbow Aero Modelers LeaseAction ReportFrom the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, requesting authorization to execute a Lease Agreement with Rainbow Aero Modelers Society, with total expected revenue in the amount of $550, for use of 18 acres of designated parkland on the Root River Parkway in Franklin, Wisconsin, for its radio-controlled model flying activities for a five-year term beginning April 1, 2019.   Not available Video Video
19-238 112Hales Corners Park has Benefited from the Support of its Friends Group; however, a Formal Agreement with the Organization is Needed to Achieve Adherence to Chapter 13 of the Milwaukee County OrdinancesAction ReportFrom the Director of Audits, Audit Services Division, Office of the Comptroller, providing an audit report titled “Hales Corners Park has Benefited from the Support of its Friends Group; however, a Formal Agreement with the Organization is Needed to Achieve Adherence to Chapter 13 of the Milwaukee County Ordinances,” and requesting approval of the audit recommendations provided therein. (Referred to the Committees on Parks, Energy, and Environment, and Finance and Audit)   Not available Video Video
19-101 113A resolution authorizing and directing the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture to change the name of Columbus Park to Indigenous Peoples’ Park to align with the values of Milwaukee County and to honor local indigenous groupsResolutionA resolution authorizing and directing the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture (DPRC) to change the name of Columbus Park to Indigenous Peoples’ Park to align with the values of Milwaukee County and to honor local indigenous groups, and authorizing an appropriation transfer in the amount of $9,700 from Org. Unit 1800-1945 Appropriation for Contingencies to Org. Unit 9000 DPRC.   Not available Video Video
19-274 114A resolution recognizing May 11, 2019, as World Migratory Bird Day in Milwaukee CountyResolutionA resolution recognizing May 11, 2019, as World Migratory Bird Day in Milwaukee County.   Not available Video Video