Number
100126
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Resolution directing the proper City officials to prepare and execute an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa relating to maintenance responsibilities with respect to Hartung Park.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes and directs the proper City officials to prepare and execute an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa relating to the assignment of maintenance responsibilities at Hartung Park to the two municipalities. This agreement shall, at a minimum, assign the following responsibilities to Milwaukee and Wauwatosa:
City of Milwaukee: Scheduled trash collection, tree pruning, maintenance of wood chip paths and wood chip playground surfaces, site inspections.
City of Wauwatosa: Maintenance of all grass, sod and prairie, provision and maintenance of portable toilet facility.
Body
Whereas, For over 40 years, the Department of Public Works has been using the former Hartung Quarry, located south of West Keefe Avenue and east of North Menomonee River Parkway, as a site for the deposit of clean fill; and
Whereas, In recent years, as the landfill neared capacity and the Department of Public Works prepared for its closure, neighborhood residents, representatives of various City and Milwaukee departments, and elected officials from the cities of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa (in which part of the site is located) developed a plan for redevelopment of the Hartung Quarry site as a recreational facility; and
Whereas, On July 12, 2006, the Common Council adopted File Number 060292, a resolution designating the Hartung Quarry property as the site of a future park, to be known as “Hartung Park,” and endorsing the “Hartung Quarry Park Conceptual Development Plan and Proposed Site Features” as the plan for future development of Hartung Park; and
Whereas, On February 26, 2008, the Common Council adopted File Number 071402, a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to fund and construct Phase 1 of the Hartung Park project with a State of Wisconsin Stewardship Local Assistance Grant in the amount of $250,000 and a City match of $250,000 (2008 capital funding); and
Whereas, Groundbreaking for Phase I of Hartung Park, which covers approximately 5 acres at the northwest corner of the site and includes a playground, picnic area, demonstration rain garden and interpretive limestone Silurian Reef outcroppings, occurred on May 18, 2008; and
Whereas, Construction of Phase I is nearing completion, with a formal dedication planned for June 6, 2010; and
Whereas, Construction of Phase II, which will include wooded trails, a sledding hill, a playfield, scenic overlooks and a natural limestone amphitheater with labyrinth, is expected to commence in June, 2010; and
Whereas, Over one-third of the entire 16.5-acre Hartung Park site - and all of Phase I of the park -- is located in the City of Wauwatosa; and
Whereas, Because Hartung Park straddles the Milwaukee-Wauwatosa border, it is essential that the two communities determine which municipality will be responsible for various maintenance tasks at the park; and
Whereas, Public works officials from Milwaukee and Wauwatosa recently met to discuss maintenance responsibilities for Hartung Park and determined that the following division of tasks is appropriate:
City of Milwaukee: Scheduled trash collection, tree pruning, maintenance of wood chip paths and wood chip playground surfaces, site inspections.
City of Wauwatosa: Maintenance of all grass, sod and prairie, provision and maintenance of portable toilet facility.
; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the proper City officials are authorized and directed to prepare and execute an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa relating to the assignment of maintenance responsibilities at Hartung Park to the two municipalities; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this agreement shall, at a minimum, assign the following responsibilities to Milwaukee and Wauwatosa:
City of Milwaukee: Scheduled trash collection, tree pruning, maintenance of wood chip paths and wood chip playground surfaces, site inspections.
City of Wauwatosa: Maintenance of all grass, sod and prairie, provision and maintenance of portable toilet facility.
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this agreement shall be written such that it is for perpetuity, but may be rescinded or amended by either party upon provision of sufficient written notice to the other party.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB10204-1
JDO
05/10/2010