City of Milwaukee - File #: 070291

• File #: 070291
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/30/2007
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/19/2007
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Soo Line Railroad Company (doing business as Canadian Pacific Railway) to allow the creation of a public pedestrian and recreational trail between Pierce Street and the Menomonee Valley.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, RAILROADS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/26/2007	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/19/2007	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:1
6/6/2007	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearances by: Gregg Hagopian, Assistant City Attorney Corey Zetts, Menomonee Valley Partners	Pass	5:0
6/1/2007	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/1/2007	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/30/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
070291
Version
Substitute 1
Reference
040006
Sponsor
Ald. Donovan
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Soo Line Railroad Company (doing business as Canadian Pacific Railway) to allow the creation of a public pedestrian and recreational trail between Pierce Street and the Menomonee Valley.
Analysis
This resolution permits the City of Milwaukee to finalize negotiations of and to enter into an agreement with the Soo Line Railroad Company in order to extend a pedestrian, public, and recreational trail over or under the Soo Line’s railroad tracks to provide access from the south (and the City right-of-way at or near 37th Street and West Pierce Street) to the Airline Yards abutting the Menomonee River near Canal Street.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee (“City”), by Common Council Resolution File No. 040006, authorized City entry into a Memorandum of Agreement with the State Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) regarding establishment and maintenance of approximately 6 miles of the Hank Aaron State Trail (“HSAT”) in the City; and

Whereas, The City and the DNR did enter into a Memorandum of Agreement as contemplated by said Resolution File No. 040006 (the “City-DNR MOU”); and

Whereas, The City’s Department of City Development (“DCD”) and Department of Public Works (“DPW”) and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“RACM”) have been working with the Menomonee Valley Partners, Inc. (“MVP”) regarding implementation of the RACM-approved (RACM Resolution No. 9812) “Menomonee Valley Industrial Center and Community Park Master Land Use Plan” (“MVIC Land Use Plan”); and

Whereas, The MVIC Land Use Plan envisions converting parts of the now-owned-RACM lands that are part of the Menomonee Valley Industrial Center (“MVIC”) into park lands, including public and pedestrian trails, and a trail connecting the right-of-way, sidewalk area of 37th Street and Pierce with and to ...