Number
051479
Version:
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution authorizing the proper city officials to execute utility agreement with the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation for work on City of Milwaukee facilities in conjunction with the IH-43 Rock Freeway contract work from Sunny Slope Road to the Hale Interchange.
Analysis
This resolution approves the entitled Agreement for Payment for Relocation or Replacement of Municipal Utility Facilities Located on Public Held Land Required by Freeway Construction for Milwaukee Water Works, and authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to execute same on behalf of the City of Milwaukee. This agreement relates to utility work on city facilities
necessitated by the rehabilitation of the IH-43 freeway work from Sunny Slope Road to the Hale Interchange being undertaken by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in 2007. This agreement provides generally for payment of 90 percent of the costs of all work on city facilities necessitated by the freeway rehabilitation project in accord with Wisconsin State Statute 84.295(4m). This resolution also authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to prepare and/or review plans and estimates for the IH-43 freeway utility work as necessary to accomplish the project. This resolution also authorizes the Comptroller to establish accounts as necessary to track the work and to make periodic payments to the State of Wisconsin for work undertaken on this project as approved by the Commissioner of Public Works.
Body
Whereas, The State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) has scheduled the rehabilitation of the IH-43 in the City of Greenfield, Milwaukee County; and
Whereas, There will be minimal work required on city utilities as a result of the design and construction associated with the IH-94 freeway work; and
Whereas, Wisconsin State Statute 84.295(4m) indicates that the WISDOT will pay 90 percent of the cost of alteration, rehabilitation and relocation of municipal utilities with the responsible jurisdiction liable for the remaining 10 percent of the cost; and
Whereas, It has been estimated that for the IH-43 freeway work, the cost of utility alterations for Milwaukee Water Works will be $70,000 with the City of Milwaukee 10 percent share being $7,000 for Milwaukee Water Works facilities; and
Whereas, In order for the City of Milwaukee to be reimbursed for the 90 percent share of the utility alteration cost on the IH-43 freeway work, the WISDOT requires the entering into Municipal Utility Agreements Numbers 101 (UA 101), in accord with relocation assistance policy; and
Whereas, The WISDOT has provided the City of Milwaukee with the necessary municipal utility agreements to facilitate reimbursement of city costs in the alteration of City of Milwaukee Water Works facilities; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Utility Agreement (UA 101) for Milwaukee Water Works, attached to this resolution by reference as though set forth in full; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to review and/or prepare plans as necessary to accomplish the required utility alterations associated with the IH-43 freeway work and is authorized to allow WISDOT to include city utility work in the IH-43 freeway work contract for city utility work associated with the IH-43 project and/or have the necessary utility work associated with the IH-43 freeway project accomplished by city forces, whichever is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Milwaukee and the IH-43 freeway project; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the funding to cover the 10 percent City of Milwaukee cost of the IH-43 project utility alterations for Milwaukee Water Works estimated to be $7,000, are and/or will be placed in DPW departmental accounts as part of the city budget process in budget year necessary to accommodate the project scheduling and the Local Accounts Receivable Report (LARR) billings; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to create within the Capital Improvements Fund, Grant and Aid Projects, the necessary project/grant chartfield values for engineering and construction for the project (expenditure) and transfer to any of these accounts the amounts required under the grant agreement and city accounting policy but not to exceed a 10 percent increase of the total amounts reserved for the grantors share and local share of $5,000, whichever is greater, as follows:
Infrastructure Services Division Accounts
City Share Non-Assessable Fund Water Works Department
WT410060000
Fund 0420
$7,000
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to make periodic payments as necessary to accommodate the works required for the IH-43 freeway work utility alterations as required under the aforementioned utility agreements.
Requestor
Department of Public Works
Milwaukee Water Works
Drafter
Water Engineering Section
WOF
February 13, 2006