City of Milwaukee - File #: 021070

• File #: 021070
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/6/2002
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/26/2002
• Title: Resolution authorizing the City Engineer to petition the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads of the State of Wisconsin in order to file a complaint against the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company to maintain the at-grade railroad crossing on North 107th Street, approximately 800 feet south of West Brown Deer Road, in the 15th Aldermanic District in the City of Milwaukee. (Infrastructure Services Division)
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, RAILROADS, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF RAILROADS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/6/2002	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/26/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	16:0
11/13/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
11/8/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/8/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/8/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/6/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
021070
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution authorizing the City Engineer to petition the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads of the State of Wisconsin in order to file a complaint against the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company to maintain the at-grade railroad crossing on North 107th Street, approximately 800 feet south of West Brown Deer Road, in the 15th Aldermanic District in the City of Milwaukee. (Infrastructure Services Division)
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the City Engineer to petition the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads of the State of Wisconsin in order to file a complaint against the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company to maintain the railroad crossing on North 107th Street approximately 800 feet south of West Brown Deer Road.
Body
Whereas, The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company (WSOR) is responsible for maintenance of the at-grade railroad crossing on North 107th Street, approximately 800 feet south of West Brown Deer Road, per Section 86.12 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and

Whereas, Section 86.12 states that railroad companies owning and/or operating on tracks which cross streets or highways at grade must keep the surface of those crossings, including 4 feet on either side of the tracks, in good condition and repair for highway travel; and

Whereas, The crossing has not been properly maintained by the railroad, and complaints have been received from the public regarding the poor condition of the crossing; and

Whereas, Correspondence sent to WSOR requesting that they maintain the crossing, per Section 86.12 of the Wisconsin Statutes, has gone unanswered and the crossing remains a nuisance in the public right-of-way and improperly maintained; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City Engineer is authorized to petition the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads of the State of Wisconsin, in order to file a compl...