City of Milwaukee - File #: 070242

• File #: 070242
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/8/2007
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/30/2007
• Title: Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee's support for extension of the proposed southeastern Wisconsin commuter rail service to include the 30th Street Rail Corridor to the northern boundary of Milwaukee County.
• Sponsors: ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. WADE, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. DAVIS
• Indexes: RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/8/2007	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/30/2007	2	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: A motion was made by Ald. Zielinski to amend the third "Further Resolved" clause to read as follows: "Further Resolved, That the City of Milwaukee supports the development of a passenger station on the proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line in the vicinity of East Lincoln Avenue and South Bay Street and at East Greenfield Avenue in Milwaukee; and, be it".	Fail	7:7
5/30/2007	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	11:3
5/18/2007	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/17/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Davis, Sr. added as co-sponsor.
5/17/2007	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Appearances by: Ald. Witkowski, 13th Aldermanic Dist. Kenneth Yunker, Deputy Director SEWRPC Jeff Mantes, Commissioner of Public Works Ald. Davis, Sr. requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Ald. Bauman to moved to make "Commuter Rail map" a part of the file. There were no objections. Ald. Witkowiak moved to amend by adding a clause to request that a station be placed at 300 East Greenfield Ave.	Pass	5:0
5/17/2007	2	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
5/16/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Alds. Wade, Bauman and Hamilton added as co-sponsor.
5/11/2007	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/11/2007	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/10/2007	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/8/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
070242
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI, WADE, BAUMAN, HAMILTON AND DAVIS
Title
Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee's support for extension of the proposed southeastern Wisconsin commuter rail service to include the 30th Street Rail Corridor to the northern boundary of Milwaukee County.
Analysis
This resolution:

1. Expresses the City of Milwaukee’s support for extending the proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail service from the Downtown Milwaukee Amtrak station to the northern boundary of Milwaukee County along the 30th Street Rail Corridor, a distance of approximately 14 miles, and for the development of transit-oriented developments along this extension.

2. Expresses the City’s support for the development of a passenger station on the proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line at East Greenfield Avenue.

3. Requests the agencies and entities with roles in studying and advancing this commuter rail project -- the Intergovernmental Partnership, the KRM Project Steering Committee, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority and the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission -- to take the actions necessary to expand the KRM project to include commuter rail service along the 30th Street Rail Corridor to the northern boundary of Milwaukee County.

4. Directs the City's representatives on the KRM Project Steering Committee and the RTA board to advocate for extension of the proposed commuter rail line to include service along the 30th Street Rail Corridor.

This resolution does not call for using the $91.5 million in unexpended federal funds reserved for public transit improvements in the Milwaukee area to fund the KRM commuter rail service or commuter rail service in the 30th Street Rail Corridor.
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