Number
191114
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works and the Milwaukee County Transit System” with the Milwaukee County Transit System for the design, construction, and coordination efforts related to the City of Milwaukee facilities along the MCTS East-West Bus Rapid Transit route.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Milwaukee County Transit System for the design, construction, and coordination of City owned facilities along the MCTS East-West Bus Rapid Transit route. The Memorandum of Understanding provides for 100 percent MCTS funding for engineering and construction. The total estimated cost of this work is $560,000 with MCTS share of $560,000 and a City share of $0.
Body
WHEREAS, MCTS, in cooperation with the DPW, initiated in 2016, the East-West BRT project, Milwaukee County’s planned 9-mile, regional, modern transit service connecting major employment, education and recreation destinations through downtown Milwaukee, Milwaukee’s Near West Side, Marquette University, Wauwatosa and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center; and,
WHEREAS, MCTS has developed a Locally Preferred Alternative Report dated August, 2016 ("LPA"); "Milwaukee County East-West BRT Small Starts Application" updated August 31, 2018 ("Application"); and Federal Transit Administration (“FTA”) Finding of No Significant Impact confirmation dated November 29, 2018; and,
WHEREAS, File No. 160254 resolved in part that the City of Milwaukee would work with Milwaukee County to determine areas where the use and development of exclusive lanes was not feasible or possible, and where BRT would therefore operate in mixed traffic; and
WHEREAS, funding for the East-West BRT project has been approved in Milwaukee County’s 2017 and 2019 Adopted Budgets; and,
WHEREAS, File No. 170541 resolved in part that the City of Milwaukee would not incur any expense or contribute financially for the development and operation of the BRT system unless reimbursed for these costs by Milwaukee County or the Milwaukee County Transit System; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute the Memorandum of Understanding for the design, construction, and coordination of the aforementioned Bus Rapid Transit project with Milwaukee County Transit, copies of which are attached to Common Council Resolution File Number _________, and are incorporated into this resolution by reference as though set forth in full; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement related to implementation, operation, and maintenance of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit is still being negotiated and will be addressed at a future time; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is hereby authorized to create within the Capital Improvement Fund, Grant and Aid Projects, the necessary Project Grant Chartfield Values for costs for the project (Expenditure) and transfer to any of these accounts the amount required under the Memorandum of Understanding and City Accounting Policy but not to exceed a 10 percent increase of the total amounts reserved for the grantor’s share and local share or $5,000, whichever is greater, as follows:
Project Number 60528491
East-West Bus Rapid Transit
Intersection Reconstruction
Grantor Reimbursable Funds
SP032190100
Fund 0306
$560,000
Estimated Total Project Cost $560,000
Total Project Cost Previously Authorized $0
Current Estimated Cost of Total Project Including this Resolution $560,000
Original Estimate Cost of Total Project $560,000
Requestor
Department of Public Works
Drafter
Infrastructure Services Division
DAVID J TAPIA:S. Brennan
October 22, 2019