City of Milwaukee - File #: 230235

• File #: 230235
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/31/2023
• In control: REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
• On agenda: 3/16/2023
• Title: Resolution approving the signing of a License Agreement for a Fresh Coast Protection Partnership project funded by Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (“MMSD”) on the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“RACM”) properties at 3010 West North Avenue, 3014 West North Avenue, and 3001 West Meinecke Avenue (“Project Site”).
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Number
230235

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR

Title
Resolution approving the signing of a License Agreement for a Fresh Coast Protection Partnership project funded by Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (“MMSD”) on the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“RACM”) properties at 3010 West North Avenue, 3014 West North Avenue, and 3001 West Meinecke Avenue (“Project Site”).

Analysis

Body
Whereas, MMSD has a program called the Fresh Coast Protection Partnership (FCPP) to fund the design and installation of Green Infrastructure (GI) in order to provide stormwater capture and infiltration, reduce stormwater pollution, and reduce the volume of stormwater that enters the sanitary sewer on public and private properties across the MMSD service area; and

Whereas, this program provides the opportunity to have GI installed at RACM-owned properties at no cost to RACM, except for an agreed-upon cost-share component for disposal of contaminated soils; and

Whereas, this program currently pays for five years of operation and maintenance upon completion of GI installation, after which the property owner assumes operation and maintenance responsibilities; and

Whereas, as part of this program, a property owner must sign an 11-year Limited Term Conservation Easement designed to preserve the GI installed on the site; and

Whereas, RACM has identified 3010 West North Avenue, 3014 West North Avenue, and 3001 West Meinecke Avenue as a viable location for a FCPP project; and

Whereas, the RACM has been coordinating with additional partners to develop a portion of the Site into a line-worker training facility operated and managed by Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and a portion of the Site into a public greenspace in collaboration with Metcalfe Park Community Bridges (MPCB), with both portions served by the FCPP GI project; and

Whereas, in May 2021, the RACM, through Resolution No. 10863, authorized the signing of a Letter of In...