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File #: 990470    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/22/1999 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 7/13/1999
Effective date: 7/30/1999    
Title: A substitute ordinance to grant an airspace lease to Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin for a pedestrian bridge over a portion of West Pittsburgh Avenue south of West Canal Street.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: AIR SPACE LEASES, BRIDGES, GAMBLING, INDIAN TRUST STATUS
NUMB:

990470

VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:

XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
A substitute ordinance to grant an airspace lease to Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin for a pedestrian bridge over a portion of West Pittsburgh Avenue south of West Canal Street.
ANLS:
-Analysis-

This ordinance will grant an airspace lease to Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin for a pedestrian bridge over a portion of West Pittsburgh Avenue south of West Canal Street.

BODY:
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. FINDINGS. In accordance with the provisions of sec. 66.048(3), Wis. Stats., (1997-98), the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee hereby authorizes, directs and agrees that the City of Milwaukee, through the proper city officers, enter into a lease with Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin for the maintenance of a pedestrian bridge over West Pittsburgh Avenue connecting the proposed expanded casino building known as 1721 West Canal Street and the proposed parking structure to be known as 1715 West Pittsburgh Avenue, both adjoining properties being owned by Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin, with said bridge structure not to be less than 28 feet above the present roadway of West Pittsburgh Avenue and consisting of not more than 34.58 feet in width and 29 feet in height, and the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee hereby finds that the area defined by the airspace lease is not needed for street, alley or other public purposes, and that the bridge will continue to serve the public interest in promoting convenient access to downtown buildings.

Part 2. A copy of such lease is attached hereto and made part of Common Council File No. 990080.

Part 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Part 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.
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