City of Milwaukee - File #: 100180

• File #: 100180
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/25/2010
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/15/2010
• Title: Resolution authorizing dedication of the City-owned vacant lot at 2041-43 West Fond du Lac Avenue as public right-of-way for a pedestrian plaza as part of the Fond du Lac Avenue Streetscape Project, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: ALD. HINES JR.
• Indexes: CITY PROPERTY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/24/2010	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/15/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
6/3/2010	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individual Present: DeShea Agee, Department of City Development Clark Wantoch, Infrastructure Services, Department of Administration	Pass	5:0
6/1/2010	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/1/2010	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/1/2010	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/27/2010	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
5/25/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
100180
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
001171
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Resolution authorizing dedication of the City-owned vacant lot at 2041-43 West Fond du Lac Avenue as public right-of-way for a pedestrian plaza as part of the Fond du Lac Avenue Streetscape Project, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution permits the City of Milwaukee to dedicate land for public right-of-way for use as a pedestrian plaza.
Body
Whereas, By adoption of Common Council File No. 001171, the Commissioner of Public Works (“DPW”) was authorized to execute an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (“WISDOT”) for the programming and construction of the Fond du Lac Avenue Streetscape Project as part of the STH 145 reconstruction, ID 1360-01-07; and

Whereas, WISDOT’s State Enhancement Grant and City of Milwaukee (“City”) matching funds provided by the Department of City Development, the Capital Budget and the Neighborhood Commercial District Street Improvement Fund will fund the beautification and addition of special pedestrian amenities in and around the high-intensity nodes at West Burleigh Street, West Center Street and West North Avenue; and

Whereas, The City-owned property at 2041-43 West Fond du Lac Avenue at the southwest corner of West North Avenue and West Fond du Lac Avenue is a suitable location for streetscape and public plaza improvements for the West North Avenue and West Fond du Lac Avenue node; and

Whereas, The project identifies additional amenities that may include, among others, information kiosks, planters, trash receptacles, benches and hardscape surface for purposes of blending highway improvements of the corridor into the existing neighborhood and historic aesthetics to add economic vitality to the corridor; and

Whereas, By installing such amenities, a significant enhancement will occur that will turn the area into a tremendous asset for the City and a highly visual enhancement project for WISDOT; and

Whereas, D...