Number
071698
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
070286
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Resolution relating to the transfer of ownership of a Village of Menomonee Falls-owned sanitary sewer located in the City of Milwaukee to the City.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes and directs the proper City officials to execute, without further Common Council approval, the document(s) necessary to accept ownership of the Village of Menomonee Falls-owned sanitary sewer located in the City just southeast of the intersection of West Good Hope Road and North 124th Street from the Village, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
1. The Menomonee Falls Village Board approves a resolution to transfer ownership of the sewer to the City.
2. The developer pays the Village of Menomonee Falls $9,000 for the sewer on behalf of the City.
3. The document(s) contain the language necessary to provide the 2 properties in Menomonee Falls that are currently connected to this sewer with continued access to the sewer.
Body
Whereas, In 1974, the Village of Menomonee Falls (“Village”) petitioned the City of Milwaukee (“City”) for permission to construct a sanitary sewer from the Village limits at North 124th Street and West Good Hope Road to a Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District municipal intercepting sewer located approximately 800 feet east of North 124th Street and 80 feet south of West Good Hope Road in the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, The City granted the Village permission to construct the sewer, which it did in 1975 and which it subsequently used as an outlet for a temporary force main sanitary sewer for Village properties located north of West Good Hope Road until it constructed its own sanitary sewer system for this area; and
Whereas, On July 31, 2007, the Milwaukee Common Council adopted File Number 070286, a resolution approving the final plat for River Highlands, a subdivision containing 46 lots for single-family home, as well as 4 outlots, located on property on the north side of West Good Hope Road between North 124th Street and the Menomonee River; and
Whereas, The developer of River Highlands subsequently entered into an out-of-program agreement with the City to design and construct a sanitary sewer system to serve the new subdivision; and
Whereas, The only sanitary sewer to which the new subdivision’s sanitary sewer can be connected is the above-described Village-owned sewer; and
Whereas, Both the developer and the City desire to have ownership of the existing Village-owned sewer transferred to the City; and
Whereas, The developer has indicated a willingness to pay the Village $9,000 to purchase the sewer, at no cost to the City; and
Whereas, Two properties located in the Village are still connected to the existing sewer and need to be provided this connection in the future; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the proper City officials are authorized and directed to execute, without further Common Council approval, the document(s) necessary to accept ownership of the Village of Menomonee Falls-owned sanitary sewer located in the City just southeast of the intersection of West Good Hope Road and North 124th Street from the Village, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
1. The Menomonee Falls Village Board approves a resolution to transfer ownership of the sewer to the City.
2. The developer pays the Village of Menomonee Falls $9,000 for the sewer on behalf of the City.
3. The document(s) contain the language necessary to provide the 2 properties in Menomonee Falls that are currently connected to this sewer with continued access to the sewer.
;and, be it
Further Resolved, That, upon adoption of this resolution, the City Clerk is directed is directed to send a certified copy of the resolution to the Menomonee Falls Village Board.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB08163-1
JDO
04/07/2008