Business Improvement District Board #5 (westown Area) - Regular Meeting

Alderman Deandre Jackson on the big board. We have Alderman Mark Chambers, Alderman Moore should be joining us shortly. We're gonna get started. It's May 20 and item number one is two six zero one two one and this is a substitute resolution declaring the MKE Love Summer Kickoff to be an official city event and reallocating fund from the MKE Community Excellence Fund that purpose sponsored by the president. President, you have some comments?

Yes, sir. I appreciate the opportunity to hear this. As through the emerging youth achievement committee, Project Kindred not only came to present but through their civic engagement program that they're doing, we want this to be a kind of a long term relationship with the organization as they're working on youth led initiatives and issues. And in the future, they'll be coming down the city hall for not only a scavenger hunt and getting the Knoll City departments and working on the issues. But the summer kickoff, want it's going to happen at Casiasco Park, we wanted to make it an official city event in order to put our money where our mouth is and support young people.

The entire kickoff is led by young people for young people, bought young people and so we wanted that to be a safe space that we're invested in and that's why we want to make it a citywide event for it to happen, not only happen every year, the kickoff and but we wanted to support it the best we can. We know we have to raise the matching funds that will happen and just look forward to the support and the kickoff and invite everyone to participate on June 13.

Excellent. This is a awesome endeavor. Please add me as a cosponsor. I have the pleasure of sitting on the Emergency Youth Advisory Council. I'm very familiar with this group and they're doing wonderful things for young people. Older woman?

Thank you so much, mister chairman. I'd also like to be his co sponsor, and I'd like to move adoption.

Also, so Jarevich moves for adoption. Yes, sir. Mark, are you in on the co sponsorship? I know Alderman Moore maybe. That's fine. I know Alderman Moore will be but you may wanna ask her. Otherwise, we will unite. Oh, there she is. Audeman Moore, we are talking about your favorite subject. We're talking about your favorite subject. Yes. Young people. Uh-huh. And we're gonna, allocate some funds to the MKE Love Summer Kickback Program so young people can come down here and experience politics and government. And this is just the first of many. We plan on funding in the four, but we're my point is we're doing a unanimous consent and sponsorship. Would you like to

be a sponsor? So thank you so much. And so president Perez, what are you the or your group is the one that I had some questions about it, so I'm glad I and forgive me for my tardiness. I just had some questions about it because we were taking funds from LIT, Leaders Igniting Transformation. And so I don't know if it was something that previously, was a project that they put in, and we were then transferring funds to this. So I was just that was one of my biggest concerns that what was LIT doing and why are we transferring the money into This

this isn't lit's transfer. This is from remember the money we had put up for the Caesar Chavez event? Mhmm. That money was not used because we canceled the event. So we're we allocate reallocated the funds. And this is one of the allocations.

Gotcha.

Yes.

Okay.

Yeah. This is reconstituting what was already earmarked for these annual events.

Still a city event but we just changed the event.

Becoming a city event, then we can pursue the $3,600

Yeah. As a match.

Okay. No. Yeah. Please. Please. Yeah. I I read a bun about it. So yeah.

Alright. Well, you have mister Siro.

He's at me.

Yes. Auto auto woman Demetriovich, news for adoption with unanimous consent here. No objection So ordered. Thank you so much. Thank you. So you're gonna promote? You're gonna let us know. Yeah. She's the she's executive director right here. Okay. Okay. Okay. Alright. Thank you.

Thank you.

Alright. Number 2260048. Communication from the Department of City relating to the Milwaukee Arts Board annual report. Hello. Hello. Welcome.

Chair, my name is Sally Spetic. I am a neighborhood business development specialist, on the commercial corridor team with the Department of City Development. And I also, have the honor of staffing the Milwaukee Arts Board along with my colleague Luke Olson who is here, for support today. And this is the Arts Board annual report, that I bring each year. So we will get right into it with, a screen with a lot of text on it.

So, you know, no need to read all of this right now, but I, I like to put this in the file as a reminder of, the Arts Board purpose and, you know, sort of the creation, of it that the Arts Board is a 17 member board with members being appointed by the mayor for three year terms. But I think kind of most importantly and increasingly so to the arts board members are this duties and power section. More and more all of the arts board programming is being structured around these sections and arts board members have taken a lot of time and attention to make sure that this language matches, you know, how they want to see the arts board impacting Milwaukee. So I'll just read those three points. A, the arts board shall promote the development support and enjoyment of arts in this city.

B, promote cultural diversity in the artistic life of this city. And C, promote the formation and growth of artistic projects or programs that are administered by and responsive to the needs, cultural history, and experiences of all city residents and the city's artistic community. And so with that, I wanted to also share a photo with the mayor with some of the arts board members. This is from last year's arts celebration And you see the four awardees. So on the farthest left are the two, artists of the year from 2025, Erin Boyd and Amal Azam, with two arts board members, David Flores and Tim Murphy.

And then to, the right of the mayor, you have Symphony Swanzawati and, Natasha Roberts Washington who were the, friends of the arts. And then, Amy O'Neil on the far right, another arts board member.

Woo hoo. Good.

Yes. So, all smiling faces We'll get into more of the, awards information here. So, the Arts Board accepts public nominations for these awards. This is probably maybe the third or fourth year that those nominations have been submitted by the public. And each year we get more nominations and even more, you know, stronger, thorough nominations.

So, it was a tough choice for the Arts Board this year, but they have made a selection that, did go out in a press release for the twenty twenty six artist of the year in Friends of the Arts. And we'll we will be celebrating them at the annual art celebration on June 9, will be in the City Hall Rotunda. I've held off sending that invite. I'll send it right after this, but I wanted to mention it to you all and I hope that you guys can make it. Good.

It is right at the end of the day downstairs. So great. And then just to mention, Artists of the Year and Friends of the Arts should kind of promote those pieces of the code of ordinance that I mentioned earlier. And the Friends of the Arts specifically should demonstrate exemplary support of the Milwaukee Arts community through mentoring, teaching, philanthropy, advocacy, and or community building. And the photos here are in addition to honoring the awardees we also have different programming.

On the top is the Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate Alina Ahmed who was doing a poetry reading during last year's art celebration. And then Symphony Swanzawati and her son making visibility patches with, some Vision Zero staff, during the celebration last year as well.

Was it in June last year or so?

Yep. Yeah. June 8, I believe. Okay. Yeah. So like I said, you'll, you will all be invited, and I'll make sure to send that to, your representative agent

as well. Yeah. I think

we already were.

I have

it on my calendar. So I know I got it from someone.

I'm not sure where, but Awesome. Well, I

know I got

it from arts board chair, all the women cogs was circulating it. That that is very possible as So yeah, but you all get another reminder. Awesome. So moving on to one of the main programs that the arts board runs, the sustaining grant program. So the arts board since 2020, 2021, the Arts Board has operated this sustaining grant program which provides operating funds for local arts based nonprofits.

So they have to have an office in the city of Milwaukee and provide exclusively arts based programming for Milwaukee residents. So this year, actually just last week, the arts board approved the awards. So 49 organizations are, were awarded, a total of 267,600, and that funding does come from both the city budget as well as, Wisconsin Arts Board re granting, grants. So, we did receive 61 complete and eligible applications this year. Those are all reviewed and scored by a panel of, you know, artists, arts board members, arts administrators, and then those recommendations are approved by the Arts Board.

So I have some graphs on the next page but I did just want to mention we collect information about the programs that this fund goes towards in the final report. The report from last year's grants will be due at the end of June but I do have the numbers from the 2024 final report. And so with those arts board dollars, at least, you know, 3,100 artists were engaged. That includes student artists, musicians, actors, visual artists, educators. And then over 435,000 people were served.

So that's audience members, people who attended gallery shows. If it's a virtual event, you know, attendees there, listeners in the case of Radio Milwaukee, and there was over 7,800 sessions, of programming offered.

So,

yeah, so a lot of great work, being, you know, matched and incentivized by this program. So Alderman Moore you asked when I was here, I think that was last month, to provide these data points. I put together on the left you can see the dollar amount that was applied for versus awarded. The top line is what was applied for, from those eligible complete applications and then the bottom line is what was awarded. And you can see over since this program started in 2021, we have been slightly able to increase the total awarded each year both based on the Wisconsin Arts Board funds going up and then also we've been able to whittle down the cost of some admin expenses that were coming out of that as well.

So yes, we award every dollar that we can to the nonprofit. Yeah. And then on the right is kind of number of applications received. Again those are the eligible complete applications that we have received. And again this year we were able to award just a couple more than, we have in the past. Excellent. All right. And then, kind of going back to the final report, so I always like to include some photos of those programs. Statistics are helpful but, I think photos of people engaging in the arts programming is also great to see. On the far left this is submitted by Arts at Large.

It is a photo of a performance by their artist in residence, DeMar Walker. He was reciting a spoken word poem that speaks directly to his father who passed away two years before this event. Damar has finished a dance portion of the show and is now at this point of the photo accompanied by a local jazz musician as he reads his poem. On the right, we have, two youth programs. So on the top is a new state which was formerly called Westside Arts Unlimited.

Students from their sessions, all learning different, you know, digital DJ skills, from 2024, 2025 season. And then bottom right corner is from Walkers Point Center for the Arts. Their guest teaching artist, Kabiatriz Hart, during environmental arts week with some of their, summer art camp participants. So lots and lots more programming happen, but this is just a little Now

is that separate than the 7,800 or is that, like, considered part of the 7,800 sessions?

Yep. That's all those are all included in in that number. So, yeah, everyone's programs that they report on are are different, but we feel like there's always artists involved. There's always some type of session and then there's always people attending and experiencing the programming. So that's kind of how we ask them to report on it. Awesome. Alright. And then, the Public Art Conservation Fund is another program that the Arts Board operates. The Arts Board sets aside typically $10,000 a year for existing works of public art to be conserved. And so on the bottom left is a photo of a mural that is located outside the United Community Center.

It is a Ronaldo Hernandez mural landmarks attribute to a united con community. This is a before photo. We don't have any after photos yet, but they are completely restoring and applying a protectant to this mural which wraps around, most of the building.

That's on 6th Street right off the highway, right? Is that one?

It's, it's like right by the Walker Square Park. Yeah. Yeah. You know where that is? Yeah. Yeah. Right. And, they also house Latino Arts in there which is one of, the sustaining grant awardees as well. Yeah. And then on the right, last year the Arts Board awarded and this project was completed, funds to restore and recite for, planters by local artist Marina Lee.

They used to sit in the 5 Points, kind of intersection which is I believe going to be developed. So they had to be, moved and they have, at that time they also decided to restore them. The photo in the middle is a restored, repainted bright and shining planter, that will be planted in. So it'll have, you know, plants growing, in the center of it. And then on the right is a map of where all of those removed, primarily along the Beerline Trail in the same neighborhood. Wait. Yes.

Where is that?

The

the design right there. Where is that?

That's a good question. So they used to be located in the, in the intersection at 5 Points.

Okay.

But now they are all spread out and I don't know. Let's see. Empowerment is the little green one. Okay. So so this where's my mouse here? Okay.

Is that big? Is that a is that pretty tall?

It's huge. Yep. It's like it. Yeah. Bigger than probably about the size of a human. A little

bit bigger. Okay.

And then that is, the empowerment planter and that is located down here which, I can't tell exactly. Maybe that's outside. Oh yeah. Outside Riverworks Development Corporation.

Inside?

Yes. Yeah. Okay. And then they go all the way up to, it looks like one is at Adams Park Healing Space at 217 West Vienna and then, the rest are along the Bear Line Trail.

Nice. Awesome.

All right. So then the last slide that I have is about the public artist in residence program. So that is the third, major funded program that the Arts Board operates. This will be, the second iteration of the pair program which invites an artist in the city of Milwaukee department to bring an artist's voice, way of thinking, and creative vision to a specific pressing civic issue. It also, employs local artists. For this next iteration, the fire department has been selected as the next house department and an artist and a liaison will be working with the fire department and Milwaukee residents to address safe housing which is a foundational issue impacting all Milwaukeeans and all city departments.

Right.

And of course that topic was largely selected to align with, the mayor's 2026, year of housing. Yep. I did wanna mention too, I will be back. You guys are seeing me every month but I will be back in June. Okay. Hopefully, if it is allowed to be introduced of course, with a communication file, about the pair program and I will be able to bring the artist and the liaison to speak directly with you about their hopes for the program and hopefully some fire department staff as well.

Well, bring them. Bring them. Bring them. Hold on.

Question on there. So is the art created like is it alongside with the fire department? Is it housed in? I guess I'm just not understanding that part.

Absolutely. So the program, will officially begin July 1, and it will be eighteen months. The artist that was selected who we're not quite ready to announce it yet, they are finalizing their contract, but they were really excited to take, you know, a longer time period. We gave kind of twelve to eighteen months. The first three months will be, time for research and embedding within the fire department.

You know, there are, I should know the number of firehouses across the city but they are in every single neighborhood and the artist is really excited to, get into a lot of those firehouses and meet not only, you know the the staff there but also, the communities around them. So they'll be working to really understand the scope of the issue of safe housing. And then after that they will be proposing works of public art that be produced with the fire department and with the communities that are, you know, being addressed with that public art. So it will it could be a geographically specific work. Let's say, you know, it probably won't be a mural, but let's just say that's easy thing to, you know, understand a mural on, you know, a firehouse that is done, with the community.

You know, will probably be something more involved than that, but that's kind of one idea, just to help understand. Yeah, so it's it's not determined at this point, but it will be developed with the fire department.

Okay. And the idea is to raise awareness about housing and housing

needs. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Safe safe housing specifically is what the fire department wanted to focus on. I like that. Sure. Survivable how yes. Safe and survivable housing. This is not a new program.

Well, was last time we raised

the word on reckless driving. Driving.

Oh, I got you. Yes.

So we're still calling it a pilot. It's just the second year. But, yes, hopefully the third year we will remove the word pilot and it will be an official

ongoing program. I personally like Official. Mhmm. And I like that it's, sometimes provocative because provocative does inspire conversations and we need to have conversations about some of these challenges. So I'm here for it. I'm excited to see what's gonna happen.

Mister Church?

So breaking conversation next week.

Yep. We will be. Yep.

Two ten. I

so I know the last time in reckless to reckless driving, we ended up getting the the Vision Zero car

or the

vehicle out of this. Are the same dollars allotted to this particular initiative as well?

Yes. There is a couple more thousand. So it went from 43 to 45,000 for the artist time specifically that will allow them to spread their time out a little bit longer. But yeah, everything is the same and there are still matching funds from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation involved as well.

Got it. Thank you.

Yeah. They got a lot of recognition. So

Yes. A lot of attention. Yep.

Any other questions or comments? Alright. Sally, you did an excellent job. Great presentation. I'm sorry. Yeah. Auto woman more.

Thank you, mister chair.

I I thought there were

more slides but then I looked. I was like, wait. No. Quick question. In in reference if you know, because I think this time around, there were 47, artists that was I think that if I remember correctly, 47 artists that were chosen. If residents wanted to work with an artist, particularly putting in an application, let's say, next year for these dollars Mhmm. How do how are how can artists pair up with residents or vice versa? Because there's some really cool things in, you know, my district that I'd be like, man, this would be a great opportunity for an art project in this particular lot. Right? So what would you suggest on how that would happen? Great question. Yeah.

Young people or just anybody?

No. Anybody. Okay. Anybody. Yep.

Good idea for both though.

Absolutely. Yeah. So the sustaining grant program, the funds actually go to five zero one c three nonprofits in Milwaukee. Mhmm. But, you know, the benefit of that is that they already have the structure in place to work directly with artists.

All of them employ and work directly with artists whether they are staff or contracted. And so I would encourage folks to take a look on ArtsBird our website, which I'll go back to that other site again. There's a list of all of the grantees each I often point people to that list because it is it's a list of a lot of the best arts nonprofits in the city. Those who, the panel felt deserved the funding and so, they could consider then working directly with those nonprofits, to, you know, propose different programs or works of art there.

Perfect. Thank

Absolutely. Yeah. And then I will go back to this last slide here where I had, the Arts Board website is milwaukee.gov/mab. And Luke and I can be reached at artsboard@milwaukee.gov. If folks have questions, if they're watching this stream, we're always happy to, yeah, work with them on any ideas or questions they have.

Thank you. This is pretty popular, but I'm not really in the art community. So do you guys do promotion or you just kinda gotta be in the art community?

For for

Like, all that information, all the work that's being done. So, you know, that's a lot of activity. Yeah. So, I mean, do you have to be in the art industry? I mean, how are you promoting? Like, how do people know about that?

We, so the arts board does have a Facebook page. We try and get information about arts board activities there, as well as on the website. We do, you know, that's a really good question. We do have like a contact list that we send, press releases out to and different event information but it is largely arts nonprofits and like, you know, specific people who have asked to be on that. We also have an e notify list that meeting information is sent to. Yeah,

if it's

Absolutely. Yes. And you know, I would add to, people do reach out to our email and I have met and spoken with many local artists whether they're established or emerging about their ideas and I'm a connector. I love to find opportunities for people to plug in whether it's working with a local business on a mural on their building or connecting with one of those nonprofits for programming. Yeah. So I really do encourage people to to reach out and I'm happy to to work with them.

Excellent. Last question. So I don't remember. Did you did you have any playgrounds up there?

I didn't share any pictures of playgrounds. There

Anybody got a border for any playground work?

There has been some. I think maybe in the annual report last year, there was a photo of, now I'm gonna try and guess. There was a an artist in residence program working to put public art on the pavement of some Gotcha. School yards. Mhmm. But, yeah, I mean, absolutely. The you know, many of the programs involve students and

Alright. Trayn of job. All of them and more.

Really really quick. I'm

sorry, mister. Take your time.

No. No. This is I no. Because art and having spaces for public art is so critically important. You know, when you think about our schools, how a lot of those, extracurricular and not even extra, just in school, they're being taken out of.

And it is such just even the brain science and all that that goes with making sure that, we're engaged in and having those sorts of, spaces, in our community. I just wanted to highlight, that we have organizations and spaces now that are incorporating art within their their services. So Uplifting Mansion, which rents out their space, but they have a artist in residency program. And, you know, you're able to go in and see the amazing art that is, you know, that is created by these artists in residence as well as, what is it called? Third place, Third Space Collective that's located right in my district as well on 29th in Clybourne that they redevelop the space and it oh my gosh.

A beautiful opportunity to incorporate artists and Right. You know, the work that people are doing. And so and I know that these spaces are all, throughout, throughout the city, but I just wanted to, you know, say thank you so much for the work that you all continue to do, and I hope that we continue to provide resources, you know, for the engagement of nonprofit organizations as well as community, to be involved. So thank you so much.

Yeah. The arts board is is looking at, you know, lots of different ideas and would always be interested in in growing and and providing more direct resources to Yeah. To those type of spaces.

I love

it. I love it. In my role on the commercial corridor team, we have an opportunity to work with businesses who are doing that sort of work as well. So it's a good place to be kind of providing resources for nonprofits with Arts Board and then creative businesses that are for profit with the commercial corridor funding as well.

Yeah. I love it. Thank you.

Absolutely. Alright,

Sally. Keep up the good work.

Thank you

for the presentation and I'll see you next cycle. Yeah. Sounds good. Alright. We're going to Alderman Demetrivich moves to place this on file. Hearing no objections to order number 3252102. A substitute ordinance relating to the residential preference program, requirements for construction contracts. I am the sponsor but we do have our new director, miss Mary Reed. How are you?

Good. Good.

Excellent. How are doing today, sir? Very

good. Thank you.

Thank you.

Mister chair. Yeah. Chris Elliott, legislative

reference bureau. We do have a

proposed substitute. So if we could just

Let's do it.

Dispense with that before we get rolling. It's almost identical to the one that is already in the file. It's just we added a slight bit of clarification language. Okay. It's a part five that I'm sure that Ms. Reed can discuss.

Let me get a proposal. Let me get a

reminder proposal. Since you're the author, I'll move to have that before us.

Excellent. Alderman Demetriovich moves to have it before us. Here in no objections or order, Mary, you have the floor. Alright. I would discuss this but you're better at articulating this than I am. So, you have the floor.

I will do my best. Thank you. Mary Reed, director of the Department of Compliance and Engagement. Thank you all for hearing this file today. Today, we bring forward language, proposed language for ordinances three zero nine and three fifty five that govern, public and private development, construction projects.

So, earlier this year, I'd like to give a bit of a back backstory to explain how we So got here as you all may be aware, every three years, the legislative reference bureau looks at ZIP codes and census tracts within those ZIP codes to determine which ones are high poverty and which ones should be considered SIA or special impact areas for, the bonus category for RPP participation.

Yes.

When we received that memo, for 2026, we were concerned that some zip codes fell off of that listing. And so we said, well, you know, what's going on here? In particular, 53215. We know that a great bulk of our RPP workforce comes from 53215. Now let me, just clarify that it doesn't mean that individuals from those ZIP codes won't qualify for RPP. It means that they no longer qualify for that bonus SIA category. Right? So they could potentially be looked at as less desirable for hiring in those zip codes by developers.

Mary, in our discussion, I don't remember what did we determine a rationale? Did the area in I can speak Did the area grow or something? What do we what happened?

Yeah. So so I can speak to it very briefly. The the way that the ordinance is currently written, it says that these individuals must come from high poverty areas. It does not define high poverty. It leaves that up to the city clerk's office. The way we have been doing it since the laws first passed

Yeah.

Is, it has been based on looking at a zip code. Are there three census tracks that have a poverty rate of at least 40%? Okay. And that is the standard we have been using. And so any little shift in any of those census tracts is results in what happened this year. 40%. Which one of them just falling off even though there's only really a small change.

I understand that. I just don't understand. What is the 40% you quoted to as far as household money?

Yeah. So it's based off of the American Community Survey five year estimates is the one that we use. So it's just

You know do how example? Like, much money is that?

Oh, I might have to look that up, actually.

I'm not sure if that would be.

40% is pretty is quite high. Okay. So but I I I could look that up for you

if you'd like. Okay. Can get that. I'm interested. Okay. Yeah. Order me.

Thank you. I happen to represent 53215.

Okay.

So now just so I can take this back to my constituents Mhmm. This means that 53215 is back in the mix.

Right. Okay.

I was like, I just wanna make sure I understand. Right. Because we do put

out because y'all are in the pool over there.

53215 is a growing area, though. That's like That's Creasol Corridor, like, where that's the western side of my district, like, you know, off of, anywhere from 13th and Oklahoma. We have a growing population. We have a growing Rohingya community in that area. And

A lot of so RPP participation.

Yeah. So that's why, right, we have a very diverse, you know, Latino flourishing community. So, actually, that whole area, I I don't know how this affected things, has seen more dense population as well. So, but just for my takeaway, we got bumped out which is unfortunate but the the matter is with this Yes. Substitute, we're back in. Mhmm. So that let me just say it right so I got it right. So people living in my district in the 53215 could be considered to complete RPP supported work.

Just like before.

Number? Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. So everyone in the city of Milwaukee would cons be considered under the RPP umbrella. This is specifically for a special impact area.

Mhmm. So This is more credit.

They get, like, a higher priority or know we're trying to use

it for towards RPP.

Okay. Oh, good. Good. Good. Okay.

If RPP hours exceed 25% of 25% in special impact areas, any hour in excess of that 25% would be considered for a bonus category.

Oh, great. Right. Okay. And and then just to

I don't I

don't think

I think it's fair.

No. I think it's wonderful and if you need continued outreach in the community, please see me as a resource. I have bought that area with Scott Spiker and president Bennett's. Yeah.

Well, that's interesting because LRP did a good job with this

Yeah. Good

catch. Notifying. Mhmm. I mean, not noticing this.

Mhmm. Mhmm.

But I'm curious. Anybody call about it like, hey. Did we give anybody we didn't give anybody enough time, did we?

No. So I will

Nobody no complaints, do we?

No. Well, I I I heard that some contractors were reaching out saying, hey. This could potentially hurt our hurt our participation. And that's true. But as of that point, we were saying, well, this is the these are the rules right now, but also knowing that we're working in the background to try to get that back five.

Question would be how long has this been in place then?

It's this all started 01/01/2026.

Okay.

But we're gonna

Gotcha.

The plan is to retroactive this so that those hours from those ZIP codes can still count for this year.

That's right. Then moving forward.

No. No point.

So what happens was we got that memo. We noticed that some ZIP codes were off and some ZIP codes that we felt should have been on that list were not. Mhmm. So myself and DOA's data analyst, Kate Poisserat, we did some research. We did some digging into the US Census Bureau data, HUD income data, and we found that other ZIP codes within the city of Milwaukee fall either under the high poverty category, meaning 20% or more poverty rate, or the extreme poverty category, 40% or more poverty rate.

Yeah.

You saw so those also were removed out the the the current ordinance?

So I will say that

Is that what you're saying?

53215 was removed. Uh-huh. We worked to get that back. We worked with LRB to get that back on the list. Uh-huh. But just as another example, there are others, but just as one example, 53219 Uh-huh. Was not on the list, and we feel strongly that it should be. Right? Because that is a very

don't I don't I

don't don't know. I I

identify all the ZIP codes within the city of Milwaukee that either fall under high or extreme poverty, add them to the special impact area listing, and give credit to those projects that exceed in hiring in those economically disadvantaged ZIP codes. That makes that makes those workers in those ZIP codes more desirable. It actually gives credit to developers, makes the RPP program a lot more appealing, and it makes it gets another avenue for developers to meet or exceed in RPP participation. So, in my opinion, this is a plus and a bonus all around. It helps the worker.

It helps the developer. It helps the contractors. It helps overall projects and it looks good on the RPP program for the city.

Does. You Recognizing said these. Couldn't have said it better. Yes, sir.

In addition to that, because I don't wanna give tremendous credit to the department for because they were the ones who brought this to us

and so. Okay.

This really doesn't make a tremendous amount of sense. Yeah. What we've put together now with them, this is way more rational and a lot simpler for calculating who qualifies. In addition to that, we've also now broadened the horizon from three years to five years.

Okay.

So now there is less of a chance of things really suddenly changing from one assessment to the next. We have a little broader timeline.

It sounds like the change is indefinite. It won't it sounds like you're in it once now we're Well, well, we said it where you're in it now. You should be in it if you're in a distressed neighborhood, you should be in it.

Oh, but we just have to recalculate every five years because obviously, you know, the the census bureau comes out with new data.

I gotcha.

You know, so we do need to read. I gotcha. We periodically recalculate but but now it's a much longer timeline.

Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Excellent.

Okay.

Questions by the committee.

Motion for adoption then?

Let's do it. Older woman Demetri Avitch moved for passage.

Did she pass all of them?

We only had three.

I take my vice chair. I take it very seriously.

Alderman Jackson would like to be a cosponsor, please.

Oh lord.

This improves the RPP program and the developers should be happy. So next time they come, we say, hey, we open it up for you. Alright.

He added us.

Yes. Yes.

Also, please. Let's

get unanimous, please. That sounds pretty right. We got the in the front. Very excellent job. Excellent job. I love the move adoption, hearing no objections. So order. Thank you. Thank you. So that can let me okay. This file, the following file may be placed on file as no longer needed. Number 4241929, an orders made to the remembership of the emerging youth achievement advisory council. That is dismissed. Order when more moves to be placed on file has no longer needed. Thank you. Thank you all for coming today. Meeting is adjourned. Have a beautiful day. Yeah. Is. I am. Alright.