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File #: 051254    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/18/2006 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 2/7/2006
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for median island reconfiguration and alteration and the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of West Vliet Street and North 40th Street in the 10th and 15th Aldermanic Districts under the Hazard Elimination Safety Program.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: STATE GRANTS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Attachments: 1. Agreement.PDF, 2. Fiscal Note.pdf, 3. Infr. Serv. Div. Cover Letter.pdf, 4. Fiscal Analysis
Number
051254
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for median island reconfiguration and alteration and the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of West Vliet Street and North 40th Street in the 10th and 15th Aldermanic Districts under the Hazard Elimination Safety Program.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes and directs the Commissioner of Public Works
and Comptroller to execute a project agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming and construction of traffic signal/roadway improvements using Hazard Elimination Safety Program funds. The agreement provides 90 percent Federal/10 percent local cost sharing of the preliminary engineering and construction costs. The resolution also directs the City Comptroller to create the necessary accounts to fund the City of Milwaukee's share of preliminary engineering for these projects.
Body
Whereas, Preliminary approval has been requested and received from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT), along with the Project Agreement to be executed by the City of Milwaukee, for the programming and construction of a 2004-2007 Hazard Elimination Safety (HES) project; and

Whereas, The proposed median island reconfiguration and alteration and the installation of a traffic signal will increase safety at the intersection of West Vliet Street and North 40th Street; and

Whereas, WISDOT has submitted a project agreement for execution by the City of Milwaukee for the design and construction of:

Project I.D. 2984-18-01/71
West Vliet Street and North 40th Street Intersection
Milwaukee County

; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of Public Works and Comptroller are hereby authorized and directed to execute the agreement for the programming ...

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