Number
171561
Version
ORIGINAL
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District regarding the Kinnickinnic River Flood Management Project for an area abutting the Kinnickinnic River between South 13th and South 16th Streets and in a section of Pulaski Park located between South 16th Street and West Windlake Avenue, in the 12th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District regarding the Kinnickinnic River Flood Management Project, in the 12th Aldermanic District. The project will take place in the area abutting the Kinnickinnic River between South 13th and South 16th Streets and in a section of Pulaski Park located between South 16th Street and West Windlake Avenue.
Body
Whereas, The area around the Kinnickinnic River between South 6th and South 16th Streets is prone to and has suffered repeated flood damages; and
Whereas, To reduce the risk of future flooding, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is undertaking the Kinnickinnic River Flood Management Project (Project) for an area abutting the Kinnickinnic River between South 13th and South 16th Streets and in a section of Pulaski Park located between South 16th Street and West Windlake Avenue; and
Whereas, As part of the Project, MMSD has acquired and razed numerous residential structures in said areas to expand and replace the existing concrete-lined channel with a more naturalized channel design; and
Whereas, The Project also involves alterations to the channel below the Cleveland Avenue Bridge to allow increased flows to pass under the bridge; and
Whereas, The Project also consists of removal and relocation of sewers and a water main, street lighting facilities and concrete curb and gutter, pavement and ...
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