City of Milwaukee - File #: 141313

• File #: 141313
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/25/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/10/2015
• Title: Substitute resolution approving a refined project description for The Milwaukee Streetcar, approving a project budget for capital costs, approving the estimate of annual operating and maintenance costs, approving the project’s financial plan, appropriating funding as necessary, and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to take various actions to advance the project.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. WADE, ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: STREET RAILROADS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/10/2015	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/10/2015	2	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED	Fail	6:9
1/21/2015	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	10:5
1/21/2015	2	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED AND ENTERED IN JOURNAL	Pass	7:8
12/16/2014	2	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL; Minutes note: Ald. Bauman moved for adoption. The motion to hold superceded the motion for adoption.	Pass	5:9
12/10/2014	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Meeting convened at 9:15 AM. Individuals present: Ghassan Korban - Commissioner of the Department of Public Works Jeff Polenske - Department of Public Works Ashley Booth - HNTB Rocky Marcoux - Commissioner of the Department of City Development Comptroller Martin Matson Jennifer Gonda - Intergovernmental Relations Division Randy Crump - Prism Technical	Fail	2:3
12/10/2014	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Fail	2:3
12/10/2014	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE; Minutes note: Meeting adjourned at 11:18 AM Staff Assistant Jessica Celella	Pass	4:1
11/25/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
141313
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
110324, 110372, 141263, 141264
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. WADE, AND ALD. HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution approving a refined project description for The Milwaukee Streetcar, approving a project budget for capital costs, approving the estimate of annual operating and maintenance costs, approving the project’s financial plan, appropriating funding as necessary, and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to take various actions to advance the project.
Analysis
This resolution approves the 2.5-mile Milwaukee Streetcar project, which is defined as the Phase 1 Starter System (a 2.1-mile segment of the 3.6-mile Locally Preferred Alternative) and the 0.4-mile Lakefront Streetcar Line, approves a project budget for capital costs, approves the estimate for annual operating and maintenance costs, approves the project’s financial plan, appropriates funding as necessary, and authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to take various actions to advance the project.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Connector Alternatives Analysis was conceived in 1999 to investigate fixed-guideway transit improvements in Milwaukee’s Central Business District that would utilize $91.5 million in federal Interstate Cost Estimate (ICE) funding dedicated for this use; and
Whereas, The Wisconsin Center District (WCD) established certification status as a recipient of federal funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to administer funding dedicated to project development of the Milwaukee Connector; and
Whereas, The Milwaukee Connector Alternatives Analysis was a multi-jurisdictional effort guided by the Milwaukee Connector Steering Committee, which consisted of representatives from the WCD, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, In 2009, the U.S. Congress allocated 60% ($54.9 million, with a $9.7 million local match) of the ICE funding to the Cit...