Number
260643
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to convert, access, and utilize portions of one City-owned property for the West Silver Spring Drive Project Intersection with North 64th Street in the 2nd Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution permits the City of Milwaukee to authorize use of city-owned parcel as necessary for an intersection improvement project.
Body
Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is undertaking an intersection improvement project to reconstruct West Silver Spring Drive Intersection with North 64th Street and needs to acquire permission for itself and its contractors to access and utilize city-owned property at one (1) location; and
Whereas, Lands needed for the improvements are owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM); and
Whereas, the portions of City-owned parcels totaling 0.019 acres of the various parcels is necessary for construction activities; and
Whereas, WisDOT’s Standard Specifications for Highway and Structure Construction (2025 Edition) (“WisDOT Standard Specifications”) includes provisions regarding protecting and restoring property (Sec. 107.11) and responsibility for damage and tort claims (Sec. 107.12) that are necessary to protect the City’s interests with regard to damage to city-owned property and any tort liability resulting from WisDOT’s contractor’s use of city-owned parcels pursuant to this resolution; now therefore be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that permission is hereby granted to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and its contractors to access and utilize city-owned property as described in this resolution for purposes of the West Silver Spring Drive Intersection with North 64th Street Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) project, and to take such further acts as are or may be necessary to effectuate this resolution; and, be it
Further Resolved, that the permission granted herein is conditioned upon WisDOT including the
WisDOT Standard Specifications in any agreements with contractors accessing and utilizing the city owned parcel for the West Silver Spring Drive project
Requestor
Department of Public Works
Drafter
Infrastructure Services Division
Areta Abedini: C. Ciano
August 24, 2026