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Green Bay committee approves street, marsh and community projects; green-energy outreach grouped for single vote
Summary
At its Jan. 29 meeting the Green Bay Improvement and Services Committee approved a series of routine and project-specific measures including permits for a YMCA employee, amendments to billing and traffic policies, multiple public-works contracts and a package of clean-energy outreach agreements grouped for a single roll-call vote.
The Green Bay Improvement and Services Committee on Jan. 29 approved a series of permits, professional services contracts, grant acceptances and policy changes affecting streets, stormwater, branding in the Shipyard District and a city-supported solar group-buy outreach program.
The committee approved a temporary parking/loading concession for one Downtown YMCA employee with a disability; changes to the city's traffic-calming policy; a revision to sanitary sewer credit rules for billing of invisible water leaks; a revocable occupancy permit for a developer camera on the Cherry Street parking ramp; permission to install Shipyard District banners on city and utility-owned poles; professional services agreements for the East Mason Street rehabilitation and for construction oversight of the Fox River tank farm marsh remediation; a grouped set of sponsorship and outreach agreements to support a Grow Solar Green Bay program; and several routine purchases, contract awards and license filings.
Why it matters: the items approved fund near-term construction and restoration work, change a billing policy that affects customer credits for hidden leaks, and authorize outreach that the city says supports residential solar adoption without using city general funds. Several items will move next to the full Common Council on Feb. 4 for final action.
The committee heard public comment on the Shipyard District banner request from Taro Knight, executive director of Shipyard District Incorporated. Knight said the banners are intended to help the near west side business district '2identify ourselves to visitors' in time for the NFL draft and to 'connect the downtown to the stadium and the district' by creating a cleaner, well-lit corridor.
Major approvals and dollar amounts
- Revocable occupancy permit for a Downtown YMCA employee to park temporarily in a Jefferson Street loading zone (approved after staff recommendation; recurring request previously granted). Chris Gerdlat, operations manager, said the employee 'has…
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