City of Milwaukee - File #: 210101

• File #: 210101
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/4/2021
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/25/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Milwaukee, through its Department of Public Works, and the Milwaukee County Transit System for operation of the East-West Bus Rapid Transit line.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. JOHNSON
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, LOCAL TRANSIT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/2/2021	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/25/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Add Pres. Johnson as a co-sponsor.	Pass	14:1
5/12/2021	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Donna Brown Martin - MCTS David Locher - MCTS Jeff Polenske - DPW	Pass	4:1
5/4/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
210101
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
160254, 170541, 191114
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN AND JOHNSON
Title
Substitute resolution approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Milwaukee, through its Department of Public Works, and the Milwaukee County Transit System for operation of the East-West Bus Rapid Transit line.
Analysis
This resolution approves an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Milwaukee, through its Department of Public Works, and the Milwaukee County Transit System for operation of the East-West Bus Rapid Transit line.
Body
Whereas, In 2016, the Milwaukee County Transit System (“MCTS”, in cooperation with the City’s Department of Public Works (“DPW”), initiated the East-West Bus Rapid Transit (“BRT”) project, Milwaukee County’s planned 9-mile, regional, modern transit service connecting major employment, education and recreation destinations through downtown Milwaukee, Milwaukee’s Near West Side, Marquette University, Wauwatosa and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center; and

Whereas, On July 26, 2016, the Common Council adopted File Number 160254, a resolution expressing the City’s support for development of Milwaukee County’s Locally Preferred Alternative for the East-West BRT project;

Whereas, On July 31, 2017, the Common Council adopted File Number 170541, a resolution amending File Number 160254 to establish a City policy that Milwaukee County’s East-West BRT line shall operate in mixed traffic west of Hawley Road and that the City shall not incur any expense or contribute financially to the development and operation of the BRT system unless reimbursed for these costs by Milwaukee County or the Milwaukee County Transit System; and

Whereas, DPW and MCTS intend to cooperate to assure maximum effectiveness of this joint effort; and

Whereas, Local funding for the East-West BRT project was approved in Milwaukee County’s 2017 and 2019 Adopted Budgets; and

Whereas, On November 5, 2019, the Common Council adopt...