Remember last week’s bat-shit-crazy Pokemon Go meeting in Lake Park? Judging from the eight zillion of you who read our equally bat-shit-crazy recap, of course you do. But hey! Guess what! There’s now ANOTHER Pokemon Go meeting, this one set for 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 13, in Room 201B of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. It’s time to relive the magic, Poke-friends and -foes: the endlessly droning officials, the Lake Park neighbors concerned about litter and trampled grass, and the sobbing children (and adults) asking WHY YOU’RE TAKING AWAY THEIR POKEMON AND RUINING THEIR LIVES.
Here’s a full press release, via Urban Milwaukee, from Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Chairman Theodore Lipscomb. Tomorrow’s meeting can also be viewed live here.
MILWAUKEE – The County Board’s Committee on Parks, Energy, and Environment will meet at 9 AM tomorrow, Tuesday, September, 13, 2016, in Room 201B of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The County Board has asked that the Chris Abele Administration present informational reports on their proposals to regulate Pokemon Go sites in Milwaukee County Parks and to create new fees for parking along the lakefront at this meeting.
County Board Chairman Lipscomb, Sr. noted, “Previously I asked ‘who would want to impose a tax on Independence Day celebrations and family picnics at the lakefront?’ Today he remarked, “Since then, I also have heard strong opinions from the public about the Abele Administration’s crack down on Pokemon Go and proposed lakefront parking fees. Now the Administration can explain their strategy of limiting public park use.”
At this meeting, Supervisors will welcome testimony from the public about Pokemon GO in County Parks in addition to the report from the Parks Director. Supervisor Jason Haas, Parks, Energy, and Environment Committee Chairman, said “Milwaukee’s parks were created to boost the lives of all residents. We must strive to ensure the parks are accessible to all, and free to use by all. I look forward to hearing from the public on these matters at Tuesday’s hearing.”
The Committee invites residents to testify on the 2017 Budget Request submitted by the Parks Department and the Administration’s recommendation to charge for parking along Lincoln Memorial Drive, and at lots at McKinley Marina, Veterans Park, North Point, Bradford Beach and Lake Park. The County Executive is statutorily required to submit his budget for next year by October 1, 2016, when the public will know whether this new fee is included in his recommendations.