Number
250044
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN AND ZAMARRIPA
Title
Resolution authorizing the proper City officials to execute an Acknowledgement of Public Authority Responsibility agreement by and between the Forest County Potawatomi Community and the City of Milwaukee for certain public roads in the 4th and 8th Aldermanic Districts.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an Acknowledgement of Public Authority Responsibility agreement by and between the Forest County Potawatomi Community and the City of Milwaukee that acknowledges certain public roads in the City of Milwaukee that serve the community, businesses, and members of the Forest County Potawatomi Community, and which may become eligible for federal tribal funding assistance for improvements.
Body
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, to have public roads listed on the NTTFI, Tribes must complete a formal submission in compliance with 25 CFR § 170.446, which includes an Acknowledgement of Public Authority Responsibility agreement; and
Whereas, The Forest County Potawatomi Community wishes to enter into an Acknowledgement of Public Authority Responsibility agreement with the City of Milwaukee to list certain public roads on the NTTFI; and
Whereas, the Department of Public Works and the City Attorney’s Office has reviewed the proposed Acknowledgement of Public Authority Responsibility agreement and recommends approval; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of Public...
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