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File #: 020631    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/1/2002 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 11/26/2002
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution to vacate portions of West Pittsburgh Avenue and South 19th Street, located South of West Canal Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: STREET VACATIONS
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note.pdf, 2. Exhibit A.pdf, 3. CPC letter.pdf
Number
020631
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
020420
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution to vacate portions of West Pittsburgh Avenue and South 19th Street, located South of West Canal Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This substitute resolution vacates the above portions of street in accordance with vacation proceedings under power granted to the City of Milwaukee by Section 66.297(1), Wisconsin Statutes, and Section 81-308-28, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. This vacation was requested by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee to support the realignment and/or construction of proposed West Pittsburgh Avenue and proposed South 20th Street.
Body
Whereas, By adoption of File No. 020420 on July 16, 2002, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee authorized an agreement (“Master Contract”) between the City of Milwaukee (“City”), the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”) and the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin (“Tribe”) in which the Tribe would realign and extend West Pittsburgh Avenue West of South 16th Street and to create a new South 20th Street South of Canal Street (“Road Project”); and

Whereas, All construction for the Road Project will be to City standards and the final road will be inspected by the Department of Public Works (“DPW”) prior to dedication of any land for said Road Project; and

Whereas, The Master Contract anticipated that portions of existing Pittsburgh Avenue not needed for realigned Pittsburgh Avenue would be vacated after satisfactory completion of the Road Project and that the vacated right-of-way would revert and/or be conveyed to the Tribe; and

Whereas, The Road Project is nearing construction and the Authority and the Tribe have requested that portions of existing West Pittsburgh Avenue and South 19th Street not needed for the Road Project, located South of West Canal Street, be vacated pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.7...

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