Number
221945
Version
Proposed Substitute 1
Reference
191114
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 construction and coordination efforts related to the Vel R. Phillips Plaza Bus Stop and Shelter along the MCTS 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 construction, and coordination of City owned facilities along the MCTS Bus Rapid Transit route. The Memorandum of Understanding provides for 100 percent MCTS funding for construction. The total estimated cost of this work is $486,000 with MCTS share of $486,000 and a City share of $0.
Body
WHEREAS, MCTS, in cooperation with the DPW, initiated in 2016, the 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; and,
WHEREAS, File No. 191114 set up design funding and coordination for the entire East-West Bus Rapid Transit Route.
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 Construction Cost and coordination of the aforementioned Bus Rapid Transit project at Vel R. Phillips Plaza with Milwaukee County Transit, copies of which are attached, 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 in a separate resolution; and, be it
Further Resolved, That minor changes to the Memo of Understanding which do not change its intent are hereby approved; 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
Vel R. Phillips Plaza Construction
Grantor Reimbursable Funds
SP032230100
Fund 0306
$486,000
Estimated Total Project Construction Cost $486,000
Total Project Construction Cost Previously Authorized $0
Current Estimated Cost of Total Project Including this Resolution $1,046,000
Original Estimate Cost of Total Project (File Number 191114): $560,000
The original total project cost in File Number 191114 was for engineering and design only.
Requestor
Infrastructure Services Division
Drafter
Holly Rutenbeck/SR
VRP Plaza BRT Sub
4/21/2023