Number
090779
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
090779
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement for the purposes of establishing the responsibilities of the two parties with respect to the design and construction of the replacement of the South Sixth Street Bridge over the Kinnickinnic River in the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the City of Milwaukee (City) to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) for the purposes of establishing the responsibilities of MMSD and the City with respect to the design and construction of the replacement of the South Sixth Street Bridge (6th Street Bridge) over the Kinnickinnic River (KK River) in the City of Milwaukee.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has taken jurisdiction of theKinnickinnic River (KK River) for purposes of projecting, planning, design and construction for the drainage needs of the watershed and has devised the KK River Flood Management Plan to ameliorate or alleviate flood damage to property along the KK River within the corporate boundary of the City of Milwaukee (City); and
Whereas, The Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, acting for and on behalf of MMSD, approved by Commission Resolution 08-087-9 dated September 22, 2008, expansion of the scope of the KK River Flood Management Project - Mainstem Work to South Chase Avenue on the KK River, and the inclusion of the South Sixth Street Bridge (6th Street Bridge); and
Whereas, During the planning phase of the KK River Flood Management Plan, MMSD determined that the existing bridge over the KK River at Sixth Street is inadequate to allow flows from the 1% probability flood to pass; and
Whereas, MMSD has determined that the placement of the existing 6th Street Bridge to create a free opening un...
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