City of Milwaukee - File #: 050442

• File #: 050442
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/6/2005
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/26/2005
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the solicitation of lease proposals for the temporary relocation of the City Hall office of the City Attorney.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CITY ATTORNEY, CITY HALL, LEASES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/2/2005	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/26/2005	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
7/20/2005	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/20/2005	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	3:2
7/20/2005	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
7/14/2005	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/14/2005	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/6/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
050442
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the solicitation of lease proposals for the temporary relocation of the City Hall office of the City Attorney.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works, in consultation with the City Attorney, to develop specifications for the temporary relocation of the entire City Hall office of the City Attorney and, once those specifications have been approved by the Common Council, to solicit proposals from owners and/or owners' agents of commercial buildings in close proximity to City Hall. The Commissioner shall then recommend a lease to the Common Council for approval. This relocation is necessitated by the City Hall restoration project. It is anticipated that relocation of the City Attorney's Office will occur in the spring of 2006 and last approximately 3 years.
Body
Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works ("Commissioner") has awarded a contract for the City Hall Restoration Project to J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc.; and

Whereas, In order to accommodate the restoration work, the entire City Hall office of the City Attorney must be relocated for a period of approximately 3 years, commencing in the spring of 2006; and

Whereas, The Common Council is authorized, pursuant to s. 62.22(1), Wis. Stats., adopted November 6, 2002, via Common Council File No. 020935, to lease property for appropriate public purposes; and

Whereas, The Common Council finds that the leasing of property for the relocation of the City Hall office of the City Attorney is an appropriate public purpose; and

Whereas, The Common Council deems that the most appropriate method of obtaining such a lease is for the Commissioner, in consultation with the City Attorney, to develop lease specifications and then solicit lease proposals based upon those specifications from commercial office building owners and/or owners' agents, owning buildings in...