It was a full agenda at Tuesday’s South Milwaukee City Council meeting. Among the items …
- Audit. The council heard from Baker Tilly Virchow Krause on their audit of our 2012 financials. It was pretty routine, with no significant issues reported, as they continued to endorse what we’re doing and how we’re doing it when it comes to being responsible stewards of taxpayer money. If you’d like a copy of the audit, stop by City Hall.
- New Bars. The council also approved licenses for two new bars: Cafe Sport Apollonia at 1213 N. Chicago Ave. (near De Rango’s Pizzeria) and Milwaukee Lounge, 1009 Milwaukee Ave. (the former Liquid Hideout and Mitchell’s Field).
- Lakefront Park. The council approved awarding a $59,000 professional services contract to AECOM Technical Services Inc. for development of a plan for reuse of the former Northwest Barrel site property along the lakefront. Learn more about the opportunity for this land in my previous post. I look forward to seeing what AECOM comes up with as options for this site, both for its potential public use and its role in stormwater management.
- Menomonee Avenue Project. The council voted to deny planned unit development zoning necessary for construction of a proposed 16-unit apartment complex on city-owned land at 909 Menomonee Ave. I’ll keep you posted on future development proposals for the site.
- Dunkin’ Donuts. The council approved the conditional use permit for construction of the Dunkin’ Donuts planned for 3103 S. Chicago Ave. (at the corner of Drexel and South Chicago, as an outlot of the existing Aldi-anchored strip mall). Construction is expected to begin soon, and the company hopes to have the building complete yet this year. Learn more in my previous post. Welcome to South Milwaukee!
All votes were unanimous.
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Any idea what’s happening with the Dunkin Donuts? Not much has happened for a while now.
I was wondering the same thing but thinking maybe they didn’t want to pay for winter conditions such as heat, temp. partitions for windows/doors, etc. It’s always more expensive to put up a building in the winter time than in summer. All that was done was a footing, job trailer, and port a pot so far that I’ve seen.
Good question on Dunkin Donuts — I’ve been wondering the same thing. I will see what I can find out.