The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 06/10/2024 at 4:30PM. They have a very full agenda that includes two resolutions, action regarding the ongoing Bird scooter discussion, multiple requests for various street occupancy permits, and a request to update the design parameters for the Morrison Street […]
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Municipal Services Committee Discusses Future Plans For Bird Scooters – Expresses Desire To Close Municipal Code Loophole That Would Allow Scooters To Operate In The City Even Without A Contract
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/20/2024. The bulk of the meeting was taken up with a discussion about Bird Scooters and the future outlook of electric scooter rider-share programs in the city. This was an informational discussion at which no action was taken and had […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/20/2024 – Will Discuss Bird E-Scooters
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/20/2024 at 4:30PM. The item on the agenda of most interest to the public will probably be the information item which looks like it will be a discussion of some sort regarding the Bird scooters. The action items on […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves Changes To Downtown Parking And Meter Bag Policy, Approves 15 Minute Loading Zone By YMCA
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/06/2024. Outside of the resolution regarding overnight on-street parking, only two other action items generated discussion. One was the revisions to the Downtown Appleton Parking and Meter Bag Policy and the other was a request to approve the conversion of […]
Slide Deck Regarding Bird E-Scooter Virtual Docking System Is Posted
The minutes for the Municipal Services Committee meeting on 05/06/2024 were published yesterday. They included a PDF of a slide deck pertaining to the discussion that took place at that meeting between the committee members and a Bird representative. The slides give a brief overview […]
Representative Of Bird Rides Speaks To Municipal Services Committee – Asks To Continue E-Scooter Program In Appleton, Provides Information On New Virtual Docking Ports
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/06/2024. As an information item, they met with a representative of the company that manages the Bird Scooters. Adam Davis, the Principal Government Partnerships Manager at Bird appeared before the committee and told them Bird hoped to remain in partnership […]
Municipal Services Committee Votes 4-1 Against Overnight On-Street Parking Resolution
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/06/2024. The agenda item that took up the most amount of time was the resolution regarding on-street overnight parking, and the committee ended up voting 4-1 to deny it. Alderperson William Siebers made a motion to amend the resolution to […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/06/2024 – Will Vote On Overnight On-Street Parking Resolution
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/06/2024 at 4:30PM. They will, once again, be taking up the resolution that would allow overnight parking in some fashion to take place within the city of Appleton. It has been in and out of committee since late last […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves Summer Placement Of Parklet Near Library
The Municipal Services Committee met 04/22/2024. One of the items they voted on was a request from Appleton Downtown Inc to install a parklet near the northwest corner of Washington Street and Appleton Street from May 30 – October 31. This was the same location […]
Municipal Services Committee Receives 2023 Annual Parking Utility Report – Parking Utility Had Net Revenue Of $100,000 In 2023 Because It Received $500,000 In ARPA Funds
The Municipal Services Committee met 04/22/2024. As an information item, they received the 2023 Annual Parking Utility Report. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: The report was fairly brief. They reviewed the parking inventory and parking ramp features, and noted that in […]