COMMON COUNCIL - 2026-05-12
Approves $317,214.37 ARPA allocation to Eviction Free Milwaukee (Substitute A part 2), 15-0
What happened
This Milwaukee Common Council meeting focused largely on appropriating $617,215 in remaining ARPA funds; the council adopted Substitute A (file 252047) allocating $300,000 to the Bridge Project (9-6) and $317,214.37 to Legal Aid Society/Eviction Free Milwaukee (15-0), then approv…
- Jurisdiction
- Milwaukee, WI
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 12, 2026
- Decisions
- 20 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 15-0
Projects in this meeting (1)
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ApprovedMeeting Summary
This Milwaukee Common Council meeting focused largely on appropriating $617,215 in remaining ARPA funds; the council adopted Substitute A (file 252047) allocating $300,000 to the Bridge Project (9-6) and $317,214.37 to Legal Aid Society/Eviction Free Milwaukee (15-0), then approv…
Key Decisions (20)
$300,000 ARPA allocation to Bridge Project (Substitute A part 1)
$317,214.37 ARPA allocation to Eviction Free Milwaukee (Substitute A part 2)
Dimitrievich amendment to file 252047 reallocating ARPA funds
Adoption of file 252047 as amended
Adoption of License Committee report (file 252234)
Development Activity (4)
Multifamily residential development at 11919 West Bradley Road
Residential
Arbor Ridge Apartments and St. James Place acquisition (affordable housing conversion)
Residential
TID No. 133 at 2711 West Wells
Commercial
RACM lease to ABM Industry Groups at 634 North 5th Street
Commercial
Market Signals (4)
Housing Demand
Council members repeatedly cited a worsening housing affordability crisis and…
Infrastructure
We Energies is seeking a 10.28% residential rate increase in…
Commercial Demand
Future large data centers will be required to pay 100%…
Sentiment
Council expressed concern about anticipated youth-related disturbances ('teen takeovers') this…
Who Spoke (16)
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
728 East Pleasant Street site plan
2156 South 4th Street rezone
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