[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1228-E1229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN TRIBUTE TO RICHARD MASLOWSKI

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2016

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Richard Maslowski 
who has served as the City of Glendale, Wisconsin's City Administrator 
since 1980. After 36 years of exemplary service to the City of 
Glendale, he retired effective on August 31, 2016. Richard Maslowski 
may well be the longest-serving city administrator in the State of 
Wisconsin and is a native of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He held 
similar positions in West Bend and Butler prior to assuming the 
Glendale City Administrator position.
  Richard Maslowski has been a transformative figure for the City of 
Glendale, Wisconsin. He leaves behind a city that has undergone major 
positive changes due in large part to his broad influence and great 
leadership. When Richard Maslowski started working as Glendale's City 
Administrator, the community's most visible properties were Bayshore 
Mall and Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.'s massive grain elevator. More than 
three decades later, the mall has been redeveloped as the mixed-use 
Bayshore Town Center, while a business park has replaced the grain 
elevator.

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  Under Mr. Maslowski's direction, Glendale created its first tax 
incremental financing (TIF) district in 1981, for a hotel project; 
eight more districts followed during his tenure. The nine commercial 
developments developed during Mr. Maslowski's tenure utilizing the 
city's TIF district authority include: hotels, business parks, 
apartments and the conversion of Bayshore Mall into Bayshore Town 
Center being the largest TIF project.
  Mr. Maslowski always found a way to move the project forward. I was 
proud to work with Richard Maslowski to obtain a federal grant to help 
finance an off-ramp from I-43 to Bayshore's main parking structure on 
N. Port Washington Road. At the time, I obtained the funds I did not 
represent Glendale in Congress but had previously represented Glendale 
in Wisconsin's State Senate. I knew the area well and knew what it 
represented for the future of the City of Glendale and for this 
development, Bayshore Town Center, which opened in 2006.
  Mr. Maslowski has been an innovator, he was among the first to 
utilize TIFs for environmental cleanup costs. In 1992, Glendale used a 
TIF for environmental cleanup costs, an unusual tactic then but is now 
commonplace, to convert a closed hotel, built on the site of a former 
dump, into a new Hotel complex. Glendale also became perhaps the first 
city in Wisconsin where the developer/company paid the costs upfront 
for environmental cleanup. The company later received property tax 
rebates to compensate it for the environmental cleanup costs.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Mr. Richard Maslowski. He leaves 
big shoes to fill and a rich legacy of innovation, creativity, growth 
and sustainability for the City of Glendale. Mr. Maslowski has many 
skill sets and is always professional. However, I believe perhaps his 
strongest ability is bringing the right people together at critical 
times to complete a project and ultimately recreate a city. He is a 
true trailblazer. The citizens of the Fourth Congressional District, 
the State of Wisconsin and the nation have benefited tremendously from 
his dedicated service. I am honored for these reasons to pay tribute to 
Mr. Richard Maslowski.

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