DAY 148 - Atonement & Reparation Phase I to Phase II

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City Center Milwaukee | DAY 148 | Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC has reached the one hundred and forty-eight day of Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC 4-Month Invoked Atonement & Reparation Assessment - April 7, 2014 - August 31, 2014.  It completes Phase I.

4-Month Invoked Atonement and Reparation assessment was a timeframe designated by MPA LLC AHOD/All Hands on Deck, WE CAN Initiative for Smart Growth (2010-2020) that sought the quality assurance and quality control assessment of Code of Conduct by elected-appointed-hired government representatives of the city of Milwaukee.  The primary People's Forensic focused on the Oath, statutory authority, role and responsibility of first and foremost the charter city officers.  The individuals elected to run the day-to-day business of the people at city hall, 200 E. Wells, Milwaukee, WI  53202.  The assessment includes those they appoint and hire through their department and/or administration structure. The charter officers are reviewed for civil-human-criminal review for the 19-plus years fiasco of the incomplete 4-Phase North Avenue Commerce Center (1993).  

City of Milwaukee Charter Officers - 2014

The charter officers spans 20 years.  They are:

• Mayor Tom Barrett (Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt and Mayor John Norquist)
• Common Council (all of the alderpersons elected 1990 - April, 2014)
• Common Council President Michael Murphy, Willie Hines, Marvin Pratt and John Kalwitz
• Treasurer - Spencer Coggs and Wayne Whittow
• Comptroller - Martin Matson and Marty Morics
• City Attorney - Grant Langley 

The 4-Month Invoked Atonement and Reparation was sparked by a review by Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, MPA LLC of People, Land Use and Resources in the Amani Neighborhood of the city of Milwaukee.  Specific attention was given to the Boldt/Irgens Development of the North Avenue Commerce Center, 2700 W. North Avenue - Census Tract 99. There are four (4) phases in the original plan that authorized taxation of the stakeholders, formation of Tax Increment District 21, eminent domain of property own by the citizenry and city, promises of jobs, business and a commerce park.  

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The North Avenue Commerce Center fiasco was another "people disappointment" of promised development that left the citizenry in Amani and contiguous neighborhoods in a "bait-n-switch" scenario. This is the area devastated by the Park West Freeway destruction, the Super K-Mart dropped project, Felmers Chaney Correctional Center (DOC) promised support to the economy of the neighborhood, close proxity of inmates to family; and, Highway 145 (WisDot and city of Milwaukee) loss of family-owned businesses.  The businesses that paid property tax and special taxes that allowed cabling of WE Energies and other utilities during the restoration of state Highway 145.  It was the lack of best practices, prevention of citizen participation and decision making by the city of Milwaukee in past projects .

Code of Conduct mentioned has caused DISTRUST and an increase in poverty.  The city departments being:  Department of City Development, Department of Public Works and Department of Building Inspection-Neighborhood Services.

The most recent authorization of Phase III & IV by the city of Milwaukee to Sisters of Assisi St. Ann Center, 7.5 acres of choice land on west North Avenue (census tract #99), re-zoning, non-profit status, failure to vet St. Ann's equity influence as other development, non-urban design of building, sidebar annual $300 to Business Improvement District #32 - formed illegally by Damon Dorsey - Julie Penman (now on Milwaukee Economic Develoopment Corporation Board) then DCD Commissioner, petty cash annual disbursement to city department for services, lack of community relations with citizens/stakeholders (prior to presenting plan and afterwards), plans to gentrify the neighborhood with CG Schmidt for Construction and naming the land development Bucyrus Campus, naming areas inside of the development after southern states (states known for discrimination and unpleasant civil rights violations to African Americans), and overall failure to respect the people of Amani and contiguous neighborhood rights and need for citizen participation, employment and business opportunity.

Since the project was approved, it meant that the treasurer (Spencer Coggs), comptroller (Martin Matson), city attorney (Grant Langley), common council (Ashanti Hamilton, Joe Davis, Nik Kovac, James Bohl, Robert Bauman, Milele Coggs, Robert Donovan, Willie Wade, Robert Puente, Michael Murphy, Joe Dudzik, Tony Zielinski, Jose Perez, Terry Witkowski and Willie Hines) and mayor (Tom Barrett) had their fingerprint registered.

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#5 Assembly - August 16, 2014

The 4-Month Invoked Atonement and Reparation assessment revealed additional levels of unacceptable Code of Conduct and behaviors of appointed boards, commissions, authorities, that lack African American and other People of Color on the boards, show extended and lengthy stay/career positions of appointed board /commission/authorities members.

Initial contact revealed decision making bodies that appear to be out-of-touch and clueless of the needs of those they are making decisions for. 

Findings of the 4-Month Invoked Atonement and Reparation/IAR assessment will be posted in the White Page Report due out in October, 2014.

Expanded - Phase II

Phase I  was a 4-Month assessment - April 7, 2014 - August 31, 2014. 

Phase II is a 7-Month assessment - September 1, 2014 - February 28, 2015.

Phase II continues the assessment through the prism of Smart Growth AHOD 2020 and Vision 2050. It continues to provide awareness for stakeholders decison making with heavy emphasis on primary issues that include:

• Commissions-Boards-Authorities (130)
• Construction
• Education attainment
• Employment
• Incarceration - War on Incarceration w/out Merit
• Information Technology attainment
• Legislation
• Lifestyle
• Transportation
• Urban Chronic Health Care
• Voting - Registration and laws

The fruits of labor will culminate in MPA LLC 2014 Kwanzaa Exhibits, MPA LLC 2015 February Summit and 2015 March Consumer Protection Week  (U. S. DOJ). 

The Green Paper will provide a report for the 7-Month assessment (September  1, 2014 - February 28, 2015).  The Atonement and Reparation assessment process has been added as an "annual" endeavor of AHOD 2020.

The Atonement and Reparation process is linked to AHOD 2020 (MPA LLC) and Vision 2050 (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission).  The 5 Public Assemblies of the People were very meaningful in awareness building, creating the political agenda in the public square and policing the narrative that affect Land Use, Resources, Lifestyle and the People.
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Phase II has a 40-day Smart Growth fundraiser campaign to provide "seed funding" for the 7-Month planning and implementation of the Kwanzaa exhibits (December 2014),  2015 Smart Growth Atonement & Reparation Summit (February 2015) and coordination of the 2015 Consumer Protection Week (March 2015) in Milwaukee. 
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Updated:  September 2, 2014