Number
061445
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
060292
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution relating to application for, and acceptance of, a State of Wisconsin Stewardship Local Assistance Grant to develop Phase I of Hartung Park.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes and directs the Commissioner of Public Works to apply for a State of Wisconsin Stewardship Local Assistance Grant in the amount of $250,000 for the purpose of developing Phase I of Hartung Park, a recreational facility proposed for the Hartung Quarry site located near West Keefe Avenue and North Menomonee River Parkway. This site is presently used by the City as a depository for clean fill, but is nearing fill capacity. The total estimated cost of Phase I of Hartung Park is $629,500, of which the grantor share would be $250,000, with the remaining $379,500 in (non-grant) funds constituting a local match.
This resolution further authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to accept contributions for the Hartung Park project from non-City sources in order to accumulate the necessary matching funds. It also stipulates that further Common Council action is required before any City funds are committed to this project. In addition, the resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to accept the Stewardship Local Assistance Grant (if awarded by the State) once the Common Council has approved City matching funds and/or local matching funds have been obtained from non-City sources, and to expend the grant and the local matching funds for Phase I of the Hartung Park project, including the procurement of professional design services and the awarding of construction contracts.
Body
Whereas, For over 40 years the City of Milwaukee has used the Hartung Quarry site, located at the southeast corner of West Keefe Avenue and North Menomonee River Parkway, as a depository for clean fill; and
Whereas, The Hartung Quarry site is now reaching its fill capacity; and
Whereas, A Closure Plan ...
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