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City of Wauwatosa issued the following announcement on March 9.

Wauwatosa is receiving roughly $24 million in COVID-19 relief from the American Rescue Plan Act. Over the past several months, Wauwatosa has hosted several community engagement opportunities to understand how allocating these funds might help our community recover and build resiliency from the effects of the pandemic. Read more about our past community engagement.

We received proposals from the community and city staff and presented a funding package to the Committee of the Whole for their consideration. Watch the following meetings for more information:

• January 18 - a summary of the community engagement and all of the project ideas and proposals received
• March 1
  • part 1 - an initial funding package presentation
  • part 2 - voting by the Committee of the Whole
• March 8 - discussion and voting by the Committee of the Whole of a funding package

The Committee of the Whole voted to send a funding package to the Common Council for approval. Below are a list of projects included in that funding package. The Common Council will discuss the funding package on March 15. They may modify the funding package before taking a vote, meaning that the funding package can be changed by the Council during their discussion on March 15.

Proposed projects, organized by theme:

COVID-19 Response

• COVID-19 Mitigation and Pandemic Planning, $824,317
• Electronic Health Records System for the Wauwatosa Health Department, $119,000

General Government

• 2023-2026 Budget Stabilization, $950,000
• Contingency, $500,000
• Reporting and Administrative Support, $50,000

Equity

• COVID-19 Equity Collection, $272,000
• Senior Ride Program through Hart Park Senior Center, $70,000
• Wauwatosa Housing Rehabilitation Program, $1,750,000

Infrastructure

• 68th Street Water Main Relay, $2,500,000
• Hybrid meeting technology for city meetings, $35,000
• Mayfair Road Water Main Lining, $1,050,000
• Potter Road Solar Photovoltaic System,  $375,000
• Potter Road Water Main Relay, $1,800,000
• Remodeling of Wauwatosa Fire Stations 52 & 53, $700,000
• Update and Secure SCADA Control Computers, $80,000
• West Zone Pumping Station, $5,250,000

Mental Health

• Community Health Workers to Address Youth Mental Health, $350,543
• Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction Program, $577,000

Parks

• Implementing Active Tosa Plan, $4,000,000

Small Business

• CDA Small Business Building Improvement Program, $500,000
• Village BID Director, $60,000

View the March 15 Meeting

The public can attend in person or on Zoom.

There will be no public comment during the meeting (which is typical for a meeting of the Common Council). However, you can contact your elected officials directly or send your thoughts to comment@wauwatosa.net to be included in the public meeting packet.

Original source can be found here.