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CITY-COUNTY CARJACKING AND RECKLESS DRIVING TASK FORCE

Friday, March 6, 2020 · 9:00 AM AM · Room 301-B, City Hall

TL;DR

The City-County Carjacking and Reckless Driving Task Force met to discuss increasing auto-related deaths and impacts on youth in Milwaukee, particularly focusing on reckless driving patterns. The group reviewed a Wisconsin Policy Forum report highlighting Black auto deaths and worked on developing final recommendations to address public safety concerns.

Key Decisions

  • Task Force Final Recommendations Approved
  • Institutional Partners for Anti-Reckless Driving Efforts Approved
  • Implementation Plan and Metrics for Recommendations Discussed and Advanced
  • Future of Task Force Discussed but Not Finalized
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Agenda

  1. Also present: Sheldyn Himle, representing Judge Mosley Mr. Amsden - DPW Streets Jeff Polenske - DPW Commissioner
  2. Public Comments Celia Jackson -
  3. 1. Call to Orde at 9:04 AM
  4. 2. Roll Call.
  5. 3. Review and approval of the January 16, 2020 meeting minutes.
  6. 4. Presentation from the Wisconsin Policy Forum on their report “Wrong Way: Black Auto Deaths up in Wisconsin"
  7. 5. Communication from Ald. Perez relative to the impact of reckless driving on Milwaukee youth.
  8. 6. Update on Complete Streets committee meeting by Mike Amsden.
  9. 7. Overview of draft task force recommendations by Tea Norfolk.
  10. 8. Approval of Task Force Final Recommendations.
  11. 9. Approval of Institutional Partners.
  12. 10. Taskforce recommendations implementation plan and metrics by Ald. Murphy.
  13. 11. Discussion on the future of the task force.
  14. 12. Meeting adjourned at 12:04 Joanna Polanco Staff Assistant.
  15. Matters to be considered for this meeting and materials related to activities of the task force can be found within the file:
  16. 190063 Communication relating to the activities of the City-County Carjacking and Reckless Driving Task Force.
    Communication
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