Number
001832
Version
ORIGINAL
REFERENCE
SPONSOR
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution granting permission to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to place and/or maintain a generator with a masonry enclosure at the south side of West Villard Avenue, east of North 27th Street, in the 1st Aldermanic District in the City of Milwaukee. (Infrastructure Services Division)
Analysis
This resolution authorizes and directs the Commissioner of Public Works to now issue all necessary permits to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the installation of a masonry enclosure around an in-place generator which was originally intended to be for temporary backup power for potential Y2K problems, but now will become permanent, at the south side of West Villard Avenue, east of North 27th Street.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) was granted a permit to temporarily place a generator in the public right-of-way in the sidewalk area at the south side of West Villard Avenue, east of North 27th Street adjacent to Lincoln Creek Parkway, as backup power in case of potential Y2K problems; and
Whereas, MMSD now wishes to leave the generator in place as a permanent installation; and
Whereas, The generator, which is currently surrounded by a chain link fence, has been deemed aesthetically unacceptable as is and will, therefore, have an 8-foot high masonry wall constructed around it to hide it from public view; and
Whereas, The generator and masonry wall may only permanently occupy the public right-of-way with Common Council approval; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works is authorized to issue a permit to the MMSD for the construction of a masonry enclosure for a generator located within the public right-of-way of West Villard Avenue, east of North 27th Street; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the MMSD is hereby granted the following special permission:
To maintain an existing gener...
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