City of Milwaukee - File #: 081578

• File #: 081578
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/3/2009
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/5/2009
• Title: Substitute resolution accepting a $10,000 cash contribution from the City of Wauwatosa for the purpose of funding the development of Hartung Park.
• Sponsors: ALD. BOHL
• Indexes: GIFTS, PARKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/13/2009	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/5/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
4/22/2009	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Ald. Bohl, 5th Aldermanic Dist. Paul Fredrich, Dept. of Public Works, Bldgs. & Fleet Div.	Pass	5:0
4/17/2009	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
4/16/2009	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/10/2009	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
3/5/2009	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/3/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
081578
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
060292, 071402
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution accepting a $10,000 cash contribution from the City of Wauwatosa for the purpose of funding the development of Hartung Park.
Analysis
This resolution accepts a $10,000 cash contribution from the City of Wauwatosa for the purpose of offsetting the City of Milwaukee’s costs of developing Hartung Park.
Body
Whereas, For over 40 years, the Department of Public Works has been using the former Hartung Quarry, located south of West Keefe Avenue and east of North Menomonee River Parkway, as a site for the deposit of clean fill; and

Whereas, In recent years, as the landfill neared capacity and the Department of Public Works prepared for its closure, neighborhood residents, representatives of various City and Milwaukee departments, and elected officials from the cities of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa (in which part of the site is located) developed a plan for redevelopment of the Hartung Quarry site as a recreational facility; and

Whereas, On July 12, 2006, the Common Council adopted File Number 060292, a resolution designating the Hartung Quarry property as the site of a future park, to be known as “Hartung Park,” and endorsing the “Hartung Quarry Park Conceptual Development Plan and Proposed Site Features” as the plan for future development of Hartung Park; and

Whereas, On February 26, 2008, the Common Council adopted File Number 071402, a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to fund and construct Phase 1 of the Hartung Park project with a State of Wisconsin Stewardship Local Assistance Grant in the amount of $250,000 and a City match of $250,000; and

Whereas, The 2008 City Budget provided $200,000 in capital funds for Phase 1 of the Hartung Park project; and

Whereas, The remaining $50,000 of the City match was provided in the form of DPW-Operations Division environmental remediation capital funding in the 2008 Budget; and

Whereas, Over o...