City of Milwaukee - File #: 241859

• File #: 241859
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Council-Adoption
• File created: 4/2/2025
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to convert, access and utilize portions of three City-owned properties for the North 35th Street project at the intersections with Lisbon, North, and Center in the 15th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/9/2025	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
4/2/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

241859

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

THE CHAIR

Title

Resolution authorizing the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to convert, access and utilize portions of three City-owned properties for the North 35^th Street project at the intersections with Lisbon, North, and Center in the 15^th Aldermanic District.

Analysis

This resolution permits the City of Milwaukee to authorize use of city-owned parcels as necessary for a highway rehabilitation project.

Body

Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is undertaking a highway safety improvement project to improve North 35^th Street project at the intersections with Lisbon, North, and Center and needs to acquire permission for itself and its contractors to access and utilize city-owned property at three (3) locations; and

Whereas, Lands needed for the improvements are owned by the City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, the portions of City-owned parcels totaling 0.021 acres of the various parcels is converted to roadway right-of-way; and

Whereas, the portions of City-owned parcels totaling 0.015 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 North 35^th Street project at the intersections with Lisbon, North, and Center Highway Safety Improvement Projects (HSIP), 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 parcels for the North 35^th Street Projects.

Requestor

Department of Public Works
Drafter

Infrastructure Services Division
DAVID J TAPIA: K.Vos
March 25, 2025