City of Milwaukee - File #: 100323

• File #: 100323
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/7/2010
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/27/2010
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Grant Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the construction of two movable bridge projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT, BRIDGES, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/5/2010	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/27/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
7/14/2010	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individual present: Clark Wantoch, Department of Public Works-Infrastructure Services	Pass	5:0
7/12/2010	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/12/2010	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/7/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
100323
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Grant Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the construction of two movable bridge projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Grant Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for construction funding towards the rehabilitation of the Wisconsin Ave. Vertical Lift Bridge and the reconstruction of the Juneau Ave. Bridge, both over the Milwaukee River. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program, is funding a grant in the amount of $21,500,000 towards the construction of these two bridge projects.
Body
Whereas, The United States Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; and

Whereas, The ARRA program included a supplemental grant program titled Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) which solicited projects through a nationwide selection process; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee applied for and received a grant in the amount of $21,5000,000 for the rehabilitation of the Wisconsin Ave. Vertical Lift Bridge and the reconstruction of the Juneau Ave. Bridge, both over the Milwaukee River.

Whereas, The appropriation of the TIGER grant will be administered by the FHWA; and

Whereas, The WisDOT has agreed to administer the project on behalf of the City of Milwaukee for the disbursement of the federal grant funds and to allow the projects to be reviewed through the traditional WisDOT delivery process; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee, WisDOT, and FHWA entered into a “ Condition...