Number
131303
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to negotiate and execute a State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development between the City of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation regarding the Lakefront Gateway Project, with the total cost being $1,500,000 of which $1,005,000 is federal/state funded and $495,000 is city funded.
Analysis
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to negotiate and execute a State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development between the City of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation regarding the Lakefront Gateway Project which will be incorporated into and coordinated with the rehabilitation of the Hoan Bridge and portions of IH 794, with the total cost being $1,500,000 of which $1,005,000 is federal/state funded and $495,000 is city funded.
Body
Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be rehabilitating the Hoan Bridge between Car Ferry Drive and the Lake Interchange and rehabilitating and reconstructing portions of IH 794 between the Milwaukee River and the Lake Interchange between 2013 and 2015; and
Whereas, The final stage of the Hoan Bridge/IH 794 project will include the construction of the Lakefront Gateway Project; and
Whereas, The execution of the Memorandum of Understanding authorized by Common Council File No. 121684 allowed the development of State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development for the Lakefront Gateway Project; and
Whereas, The State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development generally reflects an understanding between the Department of Public Works and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on the process to implement the individual project elements; and
Whereas, The Lakefront Gateway Project will improve access to the Third Ward, Discovery World, the Art Museum and Summerfest; and
Whereas, The Lakefront Gateway Project will improve pedestrian, bicycle and transit access to the Lakefront area, and
Whereas, The Lakefront Gateway Project will open Clybourn Street to a median divided two-way facility between Harbor Drive and Van Buren Street; and will extend Lincoln Memorial Drive from the intersection with Clybourn Street to a point south of Chicago St. intersecting with Harbor Drive, and
Whereas, The Lakefront Gateway Project will relocate and consolidate the IH 794 ramps to Lincoln Memorial Drive underneath the Current IH 794 mainline structures to create one or more developable parcels in an area located south of Clybourn Street and east of Van Buren Street; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation have established a project team that will cooperatively guide the Preliminary Engineering Plan Development phase and develop the project to best meet the needs of the City, the County, the State and the stakeholders adjacent to the project; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee has the option at the 30% design level, if it is deemed by the City to be more efficient, to perform the final design of the local street portions of the Lakefront Gateway Project, and if this option is used, the City and State will renegotiate the cost share split and the State Municipal Agreement will be amended to include the mutually agreed to revised cost share; and
Whereas, The City's Department of Public Works has notified the Wisconsin Department of Transportation that the City will exercise this option to perform the final design of Clybourn Street and the south end of the new Lincoln Memorial Drive extension; and
Whereas, The timeframe of proceeding with the Preliminary Engineering Plan Development is critical to coordinating the Lakefront Gateway Project with the overall schedule of the Hoan Bridge/IH 794 project; and
Whereas, It is now in the interest of both the City and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to seek authority to allow the proper City officials to enter into the State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development so that the Lakefront Gateway Project may proceed to the benefit of all parties; and
Whereas, The State cannot proceed with any project cost overruns and/or changes in scope of more than 5% without prior Department of Public Works approval; and
Whereas, the Department of Public Works shall notify the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee at the next scheduled meeting of any such project cost overruns and/or changes in scope approved by the Department of Public Works; and
Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee recognizes that the City may be 100% liable for any project cost overruns and/or changes in scope as approved by the Department of Public Works; and
Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee recognizes that the City may be liable for any costs incurred by the State should the City decide to withdraw from the project; now, therefore be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to negotiate and enter into a State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development, a draft of which is attached to this file by reference and included in this file as though set forth in full, and to facilitate the City's overall participation in the project in a manner most beneficial to the City and its citizens; and, be it
Further Resolved, That non-substantive changes in the State Municipal Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Plan Development may be made by the Commissioner of Public Works and the City Engineer in order to clarify, better define responsibilities as necessary and include additional non-financial elements as necessary.
IH 794 Milwaukee Lincoln Memorial Ramps
Design
Project I.D. 1300-13-01
Local Share
Fund Number 0336
Project Grant Number TD07884001
$495,000
Grantor Non-Reimbursable Share
$1,005,000
Total Estimated Cost: $1,500,000
Previously Authorized for Lakefront Gateway Preliminary Engineering - $0
Current Estimated Cost of the Total Project Including this Resolution - $1,500,000
Original Estimated Cost of the Total Project - $1,500,000
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve and make periodic payments to the State upon receipt of invoices for the local share of the project.
Requestor
Department of Public Works
Drafter
Infrastructure Services Division
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January 24, 2014