Number
241473
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing and granting permission to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to access and utilize a portion of two City-owned properties for the 16th Street Viaduct over the Menomonee River Bridge Rehabilitation Project, in the 4th and 8th Aldermanic Districts.
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 improvement project to improve the 16th Street Viaduct over the Menomonee River and needs to acquire permission for itself and its contractors to access and utilize city-owned property at two (2) locations; and
Whereas, Lands needed for the improvements are owned by the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, the portions of City-owned parcels totaling 0.407 acres of the various parcels is necessary for accessing the underside of the structure; 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 WisDOT and its contractors to access and utilize city-owned property as described in this resolution for purposes of the 16th Street Viaduct over the Menomonee River Bridge Rehabilitation Project, 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 condition...
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