City of Milwaukee - File #: 051714

• File #: 051714
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 4/11/2006
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/13/2014
• Title: Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee's support for development of commuter rail service within Milwaukee County.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/13/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
5/1/2014	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	7:0
4/17/2006	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
4/12/2006	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
4/11/2006	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
051714
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee's support for development of commuter rail service within Milwaukee County.
Analysis
This resolution expresses the Common Council's support for:

1. Extending the proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail service within Milwaukee County to serve the 30th Street Rail Corridor and the West Allis Air Line Rail Corridor.

2. Using the $91.5 million in federal funds reserved for public transit improvements in the Milwaukee area to construct commuter rail routes within Milwaukee County to serve the 30th Street Rail Corridor and the West Allis Air Line Rail Corridor.

3. The development of transit-oriented residential and commercial developments along the 30th Street Rail Corridor and along the West Allis Air Line Rail Corridor, as well as the construction of commuter rail passenger stations at various locations, including the corporate headquarters of Miller Brewing Company and Harley-Davidson, Inc., Tower Automotive site, the Master Lock and DRS manufacturing facilities, Miller Park, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, State Fair Park and the Milwaukee County Zoo.

This resolution also authorizes and directs all City departments to take the actions necessary to expand the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Rail Study to include the 30th Street and West Allis Air Line corridors and to ensure that the $91.5 million in federal funding is used to construct commuter rail routes serving these corridors.

Finally, this resolution directs the City's representative on the Milwaukee Transit Connector Study's Steering Committee to vote in favor of the “no build” option and to vote against moving any “build” option into the preliminary engineering phase.




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Whereas, It has been 11 years since $241 million in federal transportation aid (Interstate Cost Estimate or “ICE” funding) was allocated to the Milwaukee area pursuant to USD...