City of Milwaukee - File #: 150034

• File #: 150034
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/21/2015
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/12/2015
• Title: Resolution approving the Three Bridges Park-Programming Agreement, regarding the Three Bridges Park in the Menomonee Valley, in the 8th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, PARKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/21/2015	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/12/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
4/29/2015	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Dave Miskey - Dept. of City Development Gregg Hagopian - City Attorney's Office	Pass	3:0
4/21/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
150034
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
111127, 130129, 130236
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution approving the Three Bridges Park-Programming Agreement, regarding the Three Bridges Park in the Menomonee Valley, in the 8th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution approves the Three Bridges Park-Programming Agreement, contemplated by the Airline Yards Master Agreement, establishing a Park Advisory Representatives Committee to deal with such things as programming activities at the park, land stewardship activities and application of endowment funds raised in a capital campaign by UEC/MVP Project, Inc.
Body
Whereas, In a public/private collaboration involving the City of Milwaukee (“City”), the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“RACM”), the State of Wisconsin DOT and DNR, Milwaukee County, Menomonee Valley Partners (“MVP”), the Urban Ecology Center (“UEC”), the Soo Line Railroad Company (d/b/a Canadian Pacific) and Rexnord, and under a February 8, 2012 Airline Yards Master Agreement entered into among the City (Common Council File No. 111127), RACM (RACM Resolution No. 10330) and the DOT and DNR, the RACM-owned land at 400 South Layton Boulevard was transformed into what is now known as Three Bridges Park (“Park”); and

Whereas, The Park, which opened on Saturday, July 20, 2013, created a “car-free” island bounded by the Menomonee River and the Soo Line railroad tracks, accessible to pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists over three bike/pedestrian bridges; one over the Menomonee River at South 33rd Court, one at West Canal Street and South 37th Street near UEC’s Pierce Street location and one over the Soo Line tracks connecting to Mitchel Park, with the bridges connecting neighborhoods; and

Whereas, The Park allowed extension of the Hank Aaron Trail and created a new habitat for birds, fish and other wildlife; and

Whereas, Paragraph 15 of the Airline Yards Master Agreement contemplates a separate agreement to address programming and ...