City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Common Council  
Thursday, January 12, 2023  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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Mayor Mitch Reynolds, Presiding  
Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Invocation  
Pastor Mark Clements, Living Word Christian Church  
Mayor's State of the City Address  
Annual Code of Ethics Certification  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of November 14, 2022 Budget Meeting and December 8, 2022 Regular Meeting  
Reports  
Financial Report from the Director of Finance for the month of November 2022.  
23-0058  
Notices and Discussions  
COMMON COUNCIL MATTERS  
Declaration of Emergency (Winter Shelter).  
23-0035  
23-0059  
Resolution approving 2022/2023 Bills and Engineering Estimates paid in  
January 2023.  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
Resolution approving a revised Tax Increment Financing policy.  
Reynolds  
22-1509  
Sponsors:  
Vote of 4-2 out of Finance & Personnel Committee  
Resolution creating project and appropriating funds for Capital Improvement  
project in the 800 block of Sill Street.  
22-1534  
Richmond and Neumeister  
Sponsors:  
2/3 Vote Required - funds not previously adopted in Capital Budget  
6-0 Vote out of Finance & Personnel Committee  
Resolution Approving Application of Destinie Bagniewski for a Beverage  
Operator's License and appeal of denial by the Police Department. (Note: The  
Committee and/or Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. sec.  
19.85(1)(a) to deliberate its decision. Following any closed session, the Committees  
and/or Council may reconvene in open session.)  
23-0004  
Vote of 6-1 out of Judiciary & Administration Committee  
CONSENT AGENDA  
The following consent agenda will be approved witha single voice vote, based on the  
recommended actions, unless an item is removed at the request of the Mayor or a  
Council Member.  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 40-14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City  
22-1435  
of La Crosse adding Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee and Committee  
for Citizens with Disabilities review of green complete streets projects and  
identification of green complete streets features in street requests.  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Commercial  
District to the Special Multiple Dwelling District allowing for commercial and  
multi-family use including a walking and biking trail and a canoe and kayak boat  
landing at a portion of 3102 Chestnut Place.  
22-1467  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Washburn  
Residential District to the Residence District allowing for a two-unit duplex as a  
rental at 530 8th St S.  
22-1483  
22-1498  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse transferring certain property from the Special Multiple  
Dwelling District to the Traditional Neighborhood District allowing for the  
construction of a 4-story, 64-unit multi-family residential building with  
community/classroom facility at 410 and 414 Mississippi St, 1107, 1113, 1117,  
1119, 1123, 1125 and 1127 4th St S, and 403 and 409-411 Jackson St.  
AN AMENDED ORDINANCE to repeal and recreate sec. 2-402, sec 2-403, sec  
2-404, and sec 2-405 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Crosse  
regarding economic development.  
22-1505  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution designating the month of May 2023, as "No Mow May".  
22-1439  
22-1497  
Schwarz  
Sponsors:  
Resolution Approving Request for Exception to Commercial Design Standards  
by La Crosse Fire Department allowing for facade exceptions for a project at  
920 Gillette St., 1534 Liberty St., and 1540 Liberty St.  
Resolution incorporating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding as a grant  
to the Affordable Housing Revolving Loan policy.  
22-1513  
22-1515  
22-1520  
22-1523  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to support  
Replacement Housing Program for 2023.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing submission of an application to Wisconsin Economic  
Development Corporation (WEDC) for the Vibrant Spaces Grant Program.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Amended Resolution approving a Wisconsin Department of Transportation -  
Transportation Alternatives Program State/Municipal Grant Agreement to  
construct the Wagon Wheel Trail.  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution adopting the City of La Crosse’s 2022 Climate Action Plan.  
22-1529  
23-0002  
Mindel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution Granting Various license applications pursuant to Chapters 4, 6,  
and/or 10 of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the remainder of license period  
2022-2023 (January).  
Resolution Approving Request of Pump House Regional Arts Center, Inc. for an  
Exception to Minimum Height Standards allowing for an infill project to add  
adequate restrooms at 119 King Street.  
23-0006  
ITEM NOTICED FOR POSSIBLE CLOSED SESSION  
ITEMS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION  
Referred with No Recommendation from 1.5.2023 Finance & Personnel Committee  
Resolution regarding Harry J. Olson Multipurpose Senior Center, Inc.  
22-1426  
(Note: The Committee and/or Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis.  
Stat. 19.85(1)(e) to formulate & update negotiation strategies and parameters and Wis.  
Stat. 19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel.  
Committees and/or Council may reconvene in open session.)  
Richmond  
Following such closed session, the  
Sponsors:  
Adjournment  
NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY  
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the City Clerk's office at (608) 789-7510 or send an email to ADAcityclerk@cityoflacrosse.org, with as  
much advance notice as possible.  
Any invocation that may be offered at the Council meeting shall be the voluntary  
offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs  
expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved  
by the Council, and the Council will not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this,  
or any other speaker.