NUMB:
990080
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
881137
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Substitute resolution approving the design concept for the proposed skywalk over West Pittsburgh Avenue connecting a parking structure at 1715 West Pittsburgh Avenue with the Forest County Potowatomi Community of Wisconsin Casino at 1721 West Canal Street in the 8th Aldermanic District in the City of Milwaukee.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution approves the design concept, as presented to the Task Force on the Design of Skywalks on June 17, 1999, for the proposed skywalk over West Pittsburgh Avenue connecting The New Forest County Potowatomi Community of Wisconsin Casino at 1721 West Canal Street to their new 1300 car parking structure at 1715 West Pittsburgh Avenue.
BODY:
Whereas, The Forest County Potowatomi Community of Wisconsin is developing an expanded casino at 1721 West Canal Street; and
Whereas, The casino development includes construction of a new 1300 car parking structure at 1715 West Pittsburgh Avenue, south of the casino; and
Whereas, The parking structure and the casino are proposed to be connected via a skywalk over West Pittsburgh Avenue; and
Potowatomi's; and
Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, by adoption of Common Council File No. 881137 on September 20, 1988, has established a Task Force to review the design concept of proposed skywalks; and
oami Skywalk at a meeting of the Task Force, held on June 17, 1999; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the design concept for the Skywalk proposed to connect the New Forest County Potowatami Community of Wisconsin Casino at 1721 West Canal Street with the new parking structure at 1715 West Pittsburgh Avenue, over West Pittsburgh Avenue, as presented at the Task Force on the Design of Skywalks meeting held on June 17, 1999, and more particularly described below, is hereby approved.
The major facade components of the Skywalk consist of stone, brick, dryvit, concrete, aluminum and glass in earth tone colors of brown, gray, tan, rusty (red) brown and a greenish-yellow glazing. A materials board and sample of the glazing as well as color renderings of the proposed skywalk are on file in the City Engineer's office. Said material will be kept at least until the Skywalk has been completed and a Certificate of Occupancy has been issued, after which time it may be disposed of or returned to the Developer/owner. As agreed to at the Task Force meeting the only substantive change in the concept, as presented, will be the elimination of columns/supports from the public right-of-way on the north and south sides of West Pittsburgh Avenue.
DFTR:
Infrastructure Services Division
JJM:cjt
June 21, 1999
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