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XXBY:
ALD. PRATT, RICHARDS AND KALWITZ
TITL:
Resolution relating to Common Council approval of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's (MMSD) Lincoln Creek Environmental Restoration and Flood Control Project. (DPW - Infrastructure Services)
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This resolution grants Common Council approval of the MMSD Lincoln Creek Environmental Restoration and Flood Control Project and urges the Department of Natural Resources to expedite its approval of all the Chapter 30 permit applications pertaining to this project.
BODY:
Whereas, In 1982, all property, rights and duties of the City and County Sewerage Commissions were transferred to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD); and
Whereas, Lincoln Creek is under the jurisdiction of MMSD; and
Whereas, Lincoln Creek drains a 21 square mile urban watershed on the north side of the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, Residents of the City of Milwaukee in the Lincoln Creek watershed have experienced severe water problems due to the flooding of Lincoln Creek; and
Whereas, MMSD has developed a plan, known as the Lincoln Creek Environmental Restoration and Flood Control Project (The Project) to reduce the flood impacts of Lincoln Creek; and
Whereas, The Project limits are from North Green Bay Road (in William E. Meaux Park) to a point located in Brynwood Country Club west of North 60th Street with a total length of approximately nine miles; and
Whereas, The Project includes widening and deepening the creek, lowering the floodplain and creating a low flow aquatic habitat, detention facilities and floodplain storage and the removal of concrete and the addition of low flow aquatic habitat; and
Whereas, The Project is expected to be constructed over the next several years; and
Whereas, Section 66.90(2), Wisconsin Statutes requires Common Council approval of any alteration of a stream over private lands, and it appears that The Project will require Common Council approval under this statute; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City of Milwaukee approves of the entire limits of the MMSD Lincoln Creek Environmental Restoration and Flood Control Project; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City of Milwaukee urges the Department of Natural Resources to expedite its approval of all the Chapter 30 permit applications pertaining to The Project.
DFTR:
Infrastructure Services Division
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August 23, 1999
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