Number
001363
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
000435
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution amending Common Council File No. 000435 for acceptance of additional funding for a Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Grant. (DCD)
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of City Development to accept additional funding for a Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of $200,000. This will bring the total amount of the Grant to $1,095,000 with a City Share of $545,000 and a Grantor Share of $550,000. The scope will be expanded to include not only the physical and chemical characterization of groundwater in the Menomonee Valley and its water flows, but also the examination of soil and groundwater at specific "mothballed" sites in the Menomonee Valley and elsewhere in the City of Milwaukee.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee ("Common Council") approved the acceptance and funding of a Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("Grantor") under File No. 980376 adopted July 7, 1998, with a Grantor Share of $200,000 and an In-Kind City Share of $545,000; and
Whereas, The Common Council approved the acceptance of additional funding for said Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Grant from the Grantor under File No. 000435 adopted July 25, 2000, with a Grantor Share of $150,000 and no additional In-Kind City Share; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee ("City") appears to be eligible for additional grant funds from the Grantor in the amount of $200,000 with no increase in the In-Kind City Share amount; and
Whereas, The Department of Administration, Intergovernmental Relations Division, has determined that operation of this Grant program from October 1, 1998 to February 1, 2003 will cost approximately $1,095,000, of which $550,000 or 50.22 percent will be provided by the Grantor; and
Whereas, The In-...
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