City of Milwaukee - File #: 230854

• File #: 230854
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/10/2023
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/31/2023
• Title: Resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to approve the Milwaukee Estuary Dredged Material Management Facility Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern.
• Sponsors: ALD. BORKOWSKI
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT, WATER POLLUTION, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/9/2023	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/31/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
10/18/2023	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Brian Kasprzyk, David Misky and Sherry Prochaska were present.	Pass	3:0
10/10/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230854
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
190877, 201150, 220879, 230427
Sponsor
ALD. BORKOWSKI
Title
Resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to approve the Milwaukee Estuary Dredged Material Management Facility Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern.
Analysis
This resolution will authorize the City of Milwaukee to enter into an agreement pertaining to the construction, use, and ongoing maintenance of a new dredged material management facility.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Estuary was designated an Area of Concern (“AOC”) in 1987 by the International Joint Commission because of historical modifications and pollutant loads that contributed toxic contamination to the AOC and Lake Michigan; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Estuary AOC includes the nearshore waters of Lake Michigan, portions of the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic Rivers, and a segment of Lincoln Creek; and

Whereas, The Department of City Development, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Port Milwaukee, Department of Public Works, and other City agencies (collectively known as “the City”) have been coordinating with the US Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”), the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (“WDNR”), Milwaukee County, We Energies, and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (“MMSD”) to develop a Focused Feasibility Study, Pre-Design Investigation, and Remedial Design of Remaining Impacted Sediments in the Milwaukee Estuary AOC; and

Whereas, The original Great Lakes Legacy Act(“GLLA”) Project Agreement (“PA”) was authorized by Common Council File No. 190877, was fully executed on October 25, 2019 and was further supported by Common Council File No. 201150; and

Whereas, GLLA PA Modification No.1 included additional financial commitments and in-kind contributions from other non-federal sponsors (MMSD, We Energies, Milwaukee County, and WDNR)...