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File #: 080731    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/16/2008 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 10/7/2008
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Revised Project Agreement titled "State/Municipal Agreement for a Highway Improvement Project" between the City of Milwaukee and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) associated with the North Granville Road Bridge over the Little Menomonee River with 80 percent Federal and/or State aid under the Local Bridge Replacement Program.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: AGREEMENTS, BRIDGES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Attachments: 1. Cover Letter from Dept of Public Works, 2. Fiscal note, 3. Agreement, 4. Hearing notice list, 5. Fiscal Analysis, 6. Map - Schematic
Number
080731
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
041494
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Revised Project Agreement titled "State/Municipal Agreement for a Highway Improvement Project" between the City of Milwaukee and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) associated with the North Granville Road Bridge over the Little Menomonee River with 80 percent Federal and/or State aid under the Local Bridge Replacement Program.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Revised Project Agreement with the WISDOT associated with the North Granville Road Bridge over the Little Menomonee River. The Revised Project Agreement provides for 80 percent Federal/State aid and 20 percent local cost sharing for preliminary engineering and construction costs for the project. The total estimated costs for the project are $670,000 of which $134,000 is the City of Milwaukee’s share and $536,000 is the grantor share. Construction funds will be requested in a future Common Council resolution.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee adopted Resolution File Number 041494 authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an agreement with the WISDOT for replacement of the North Granville Road Bridge over the Little Menomonee River with 80 percent Federal and/or State aid under the Local Bridge Replacement Program; and

Whereas, As part of the preliminary engineering process, a cost reduction proposal to outlet Granville Road, west of its current location, to improve the road alignment and geometrics was endorsed; and

Whereas, The project would now consist of removing the bridge, providing a street stub end, and restoring the banks of the river resulting in lower estimated construction costs; and

Whereas, The WISDOT has submitted a Revised Project Agreement that includes reduced funding for the estimated lower construction costs associated wi...

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