Number
050359
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution relative to approving a Harbor Siphon Agreement between the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and the Port of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the execution of an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the City of Milwaukee, the Harbor Commission of the City of Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District concerning acquisition, creation, and exchange of land rights for the harbor siphons project number c07010.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners at its meetings on November 5, 2004 and May 6, 2005 have agreed, for certain considerations, to exchange land with the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission in order to permit the construction of the Harbor Siphons Project; and
Whereas, The District is empowered to project, plan, design, construct, operate and maintain a system of sewers for the District's sewerage service area; and
Whereas, The District, during its work on the Central Metropolitan Interceptor Sewer Rehabilitation Program, has identified the need to construct siphons under portions of the Milwaukee harbor to enhance the District's ability to better treat sewage generated within the District's service area; and
Whereas, The District has identified the need to construct two siphon crossings of the Harbor Basin that meet at a common point on Jones Island in close proximity to the District's wastewater treatment plant and to the Harbor Commission's container shipment yard; and
Whereas, A plan to mine the siphons under the harbor in both directions from Jones Island would produce rock and soil that can be used in a cost effective manner to partially fill the former car ferry site adjacent to the District's wastewater treatment plant and the Harbor Commission's container shipment yard; and
Whereas, The District intends to completely fill the former car ferry site with suitable spoil material from the siphon project and other acceptable sources to facilitate an equal land exchange between the parties; and
Whereas, The District and the City have competing riparian interests in the former car ferry site; and
Whereas, The Metropolitan Sewerage Commission adopted an Acquisition Plat for the Harbor Siphons Project at its meeting on July 28, 2003, and revised at its meetings on November 17, 2003 and June 27, 2005, which plat has identified various parcels, the ownership thereof, and the property interests that the District must acquire from the City and the Harbor Commission, all as shown on the attached "Exhibit A", attached to the agreement, which is attached to this file; and
Whereas, The land created by filling the former car ferry site would be of use to the City and the Harbor Commission and would be of use to the District; and
Whereas, The City and the Harbor Commission and the District are willing to transfer the new land created at the former car ferry site among themselves for the benefit of the public; and
Whereas, The City and the Harbor Commission are willing to accommodate the District's land acquisition needs at Jones Island provided that the District accommodates Milwaukee Intermodal Terminal LLC, the current tenant of the Harbor Commission that now occupies the proposed construction site, or any subsequent tenants. Accommodation consists of relocation of the tenant to another part of Jones Island or reimbursement for additional operational costs associated with the District's project and other disruptions, which disruptions are addressed within the Agreement; and
Whereas, The intergovernmental cooperation agreement, attached to this file, addresses the needs and concerns of the District and Harbor Commissions; now therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the intergovernmental cooperation agreement attached to this file is hereby approved; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the various City Officials named in the agreement are authorized to execute it; and, be it
Further Resolved, That conveyance to the District of property and acceptance from the District of property shown on the attached Plat is authorized.
Drafter
Port of Milwaukee (LES)
07/11/05