City of Milwaukee - File #: 250248

• File #: 250248
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 6/3/2025
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Forest County Potawatomi Community and the City of Milwaukee for the 16th Street Viaduct Rehabilitation project in the 4th and 8th Aldermanic Districts.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/11/2025	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
6/3/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
250248
Version
ORIGINAL
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Forest County Potawatomi Community and the City of Milwaukee for the 16th Street Viaduct Rehabilitation project in the 4th and 8th Aldermanic Districts.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to execute the Memorandum of Understanding between the Forest County Potawatomi Community and the City of Milwaukee that acknowledges terms and conditions for funding reimbursement as part of the Tribal Transportation Program for the City of Milwaukee share of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation sponsored Local Bridge Improvement Program Project at the 16th Street Viaduct over the Menomonee River.
Body
Whereas, The construction cost was approved in Resolution File 241883; and

Whereas, The project is programmed for construction in 2025; and

Whereas, The Tribal Transportation Program (“TTP”) is an authorized federal program jointly administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal Highway Administration to address the surface transportation needs of Tribes; and

Whereas, Under the TTP, Tribes may request federal funds to pay for or assist in the municipal costs for certain public roads listed with the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory (“NTTFI”); and

Whereas, The Forest County Potawatomi Community wishes to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Milwaukee to provide reimbursement for the City of Milwaukee municipal/local share of eligible project costs; and

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is hereby approved, and the appropriate City officers and employees, including the Commissioner of Public Works, are hereby authorized to sign the MOU, or one in substantially the same form and substance as submitted, and to undertake such acts as are requi...