BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · September 8, 2020
Minutes
200 E. Wells Street
City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202
Meeting Minutes
BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
LASHAWANDRA VERNON, CHAIR
Deshea Agee, Vice-Chair
Terrence Acquah, Theresa Garrison, Anthony Smith, and
Baboonie Tatum, Rayhainio Boynes
Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 286-2232, Fax: 286-3456,
clee@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Tea Norfolk, 286-8012,
tea.norfolk@milwaukee.gov
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Present 7 - Agee, Agee, Garrison, Vernon, Boynes, Smith and Tatum
1. Call to order.
The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m.
Present 7 - Boynes, Agee, Vernon, Acquah, Garrison, Smith, Tatum
2. Introduction of new membership.
New members Acquah and Agee made brief introductions.
Member Acquah said that he would be a liaison from the Dept. of City Development to
the committee replacing Rhonda Manuel.
Member Agee said that he was representing the Historic King Drive Business
Improvement District and replaced Eve Hall.
3. Review and approval of the previous meeting minutes.
Meeting minutes from October 23, 2019 were approved without objection.
4. Election of a chair and vice-chair.
This item was taken up last at the meeting.
Vice-chair Boynes moved to nominate member Vernon for chair due to her vocal
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commitment and concern for Bronzeville. Member Smith seconded.
Vice-chair Boynes moved to nominate member Agee for vice-chair due to his vast
knowledge of Bronzeville and the inner workings of projects and processes both on the
private and city sides. Member Smith seconded.
Members Vernon and Agee accepted their nominations. There was no objection.
Member Vernon elected as chair, and member Agee elected as vice-chair.
Chair Vernon said that she would like the committee to discuss at the next meeting its
ability to vet new members prior to their appointments becoming official on the
committee and that such evaluation would help ensure the appropriateness of new
appointments made.
Mr. Lee said that the Common Council presently makes the final decision on
membership appointments to the advisory committee and that the appointment
authority for the advisory committee comes from the Mayor's Office, 6th aldermanic
office, and the Common Council president.
Vice-chair Agee added that the majority, if not all, of the advisory committee
membership was vetted by Ald. Milele Coggs thus far.
5. Bronzeville RFPs, listings, projects, programs, initiatives, events, grants, activities, or
updates.
A. Bronzeville Week
Appearing:
Akuwa Dantzler, 6th Ald. Dist.
Ms. Dantzler and members commented on Bronzeville Week as follows:
There were many challenges and cancellation of major events this year due to the
pandemic. However, the event this year was able to be held virtually. Members
Vernon, Boynes, and Agee had participated in some events in some capacity. Events
included a session with congresswoman Gwen Moore; makeup tutorial; discussion on
the history of Bronzeville; Harambee walk and run; concert; discussion on politics; By
the Block conversation on citizen ownership of issues; artist spotlight promoting artists
and businesses; cash mob that highlighted businesses and awarded participating
businesses with $600; Juneteenth Day mural restoration project; and drive-in movie
night with many safety precautions implemented. The production value of events
seemed to be better than before. There is footage of the many activities that can be
accessed on the Bronzeville website and Facebook page. There is dialogue with City
Channel 25 to perhaps put the event videos on YouTube, as suggested by member
Smith.
B. DCD Commercial Corridor grants
Member Acquah said that there were no grant applications to bring to the committee
for review and there had only been inquiries made recently.
C. TOD Plan recommendations related to public arts
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Member Acquah said that there were staff changes and he would try to obtain the right
staff and information to bring to the committee on the matter.
D. Other
Member Acquah shared to the committee that there was a filmmaker who was
interested to solicit input from the committee for a video project depicting
neighborhoods in Milwaukee, including Bronzeville. The filmmaker had made his
inquiry via the Bronzeville website.
Member Acquah asked the committee how to handle inquiries from vendors made on
the Bronzeville website?
Members said that they wanted the filmmaker to appear before the committee to give
more insight on the project; they would like to provide input, recommendations, and
ask questions to the filmmaker; they would like the committee to be part of the
filmmaking vetting process; the project needs to feature the African American
community; the project needs to include community input; the committee meeting with
the filmmaker should be recorded with his knowledge, and inquiries made on the
Bronzeville website should be referred to the advisory committee as appropriate.
6. Review of criteria, scoring, and evaluation rubric relative to committee recommendations.
Appearing:
Amy Turim, Dept. of City Development
Jeremy McKenzie, City Attorney's Office
Ms. Turim said that the rubric was created to help convey to the committee information
regarding RFP submittals, for the committee to compare and evaluate those
submittals, and for the committee to establish its own evaluation criteria for consistent
review.
Members said that the rubric should include a section on community input and
meetings and a criteria on adherence to the identity of Bronzeville,
After discussion Ms. Turim, Atty. McKenzie, and members said that the term
"utilization" should replace the term "occupancy" for the committee's first unique
criteria of the rubric due to legal concerns with the term "occupancy".
Member Vernon moved to amend the rubric to replace the term "occupancy" with
"utilization" for the first committee unique criteria regarding local community
representation and/or inclusion. Member Smith seconded. There was no objection.
Members inquired about development contracting or apprenticeship inclusion
requirements for local community residents, asked for a list of agencies who were
outperforming their requirements, said that credit should be given to those
outperforming agencies, and said that a listing of those outperforming agencies should
be shared at next year's Bronzeville Week.
Ms. Turim said that Resident Preference Participation (RPP) and Small Business
Enterprise (SBE) requirements are required on City-financed projects, some developers
voluntarily do RPP and SBE requirements on projects, the Office of Small Business
Development (OBSD) should come present to the committee on RPP and SBE, and
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perhaps OBSD can provide a list of those outperforming agencies.
There was no closed session.
7. Announcements.
Member Smith announced that the Marcus Performing Arts Center, through registration
and a small fee on its website, is hosting a film documentary on Congressman John
Lewis from September 3rd to 21st and an online panel discussion on September 21st.
Further information to be sent to the committee.
8. Set next meeting date(s) and time(s).
Members said to resume meetings monthly contingent on consistent commitment from
members and for meetings to ideally occur on either Monday or Wednesday mornings.
Next meeting to be determined perhaps for the week of October 19th.
9. Set agenda items for the next meeting.
Next agenda items to include the neighborhood video project including Bronzeville,
presentation from OBSD on RPP and SBE, and review of the committee membership
appointment making process.
10. Adjournment.
Meeting adjourned at 10:28 a.m.
Chris Lee, Staff Assistant
Council Records Section
City Clerk's Office
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BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
VACANT, CHAIR
Rayhainio Boynes, Vice-Chair
Deshea Agee, LaShawndra Vernon, Terrence Acquah, Theresa
Garrison, Anthony Smith, and Baboonie Tatum
Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 286-2232, Fax: 286-3456,
clee@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Tea Norfolk, 286-8012,
tea.norfolk@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:00 AM Virtual Meeting
This will be a virtual meeting conducted via GoToMeeting. Should you wish to join this meeting
from your phone, tablet, or computer you may go to https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/960942661.
You can also dial in using your phone United States: +1 (646) 749-3122 and Access Code:
960-942-661.
1. Call to order.
2. Introduction of new membership.
3. Review and approval of the previous meeting minutes.
4. Election of a chair and vice-chair.
5. Bronzeville RFPs, listings, projects, programs, initiatives, events, grants, activities, or
updates.
A. Bronzeville Week
B. DCD Commercial Corridor grants
C. TOD Plan recommendations related to public arts
D. Other
6. Review of criteria, scoring, and evaluation rubric relative to committee recommendations.
The Bronzeville Advisory Committee may convene into closed session, pursuant to s.
19.85(1)(g), Wis. Stats., for the purpose of conferring with the City Attorney who will
render oral or written advice with respect to litigation in which the city is or is likely to
become involved. The committee may then reconvene into open session for the regular
agenda.
7. Announcements.
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8. Set next meeting date(s) and time(s).
9. Set agenda items for the next meeting.
10. Adjournment.
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