City of Milwaukee - File #: 100912

• File #: 100912
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 11/11/2010
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/21/2010
• Title: Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for development of a high-speed passenger rail network in the Midwest, including an extension of Amtrak’s Hiawatha service from Milwaukee to Madison.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. HINES JR., ALD. KOVAC, ALD. HAMILTON

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/21/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
12/13/2010	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	3:0
12/10/2010	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Kovac and Hamilton added as sponsors at the e-mail request of Jeff Osterman, LRB - LME
11/30/2010	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. HInes added as sponsor on sub. 1 from LRB 11/30/10 - LME
11/30/2010	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/29/2010	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT

Number
100912
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, BAUMAN, HINES, KOVAC AND HAMILTON
Title
Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for development of a high-speed passenger rail network in the Midwest, including an extension of Amtrak’s Hiawatha service from Milwaukee to Madison.
Analysis
This resolution expresses the City of Milwaukee’s support for development of a high-speed passenger rail network in the Midwest, including an extension of Amtrak’s Hiawatha service from Milwaukee to Madison.
Body
Whereas, In 2004, nine Midwestern states released plans for a Midwest Regional Rail Initiative that would consist of a “hub-and-spoke” passenger rail network on 3,000 miles of track in those nine states, using modern train equipment operating at speeds up to 110 miles per hour to connect Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis and other cities; and

Whereas, In 2010, the Obama administration authorized the expenditure of $8 billion in federal stimulus money for the development of 13 high-speed rail corridors throughout the nation, including $810 million for an extension of Amtrak’s Hiawatha service from Milwaukee to Madison, $1.1 billion for the Chicago-St. Louis corridor and $244 million for the Chicago-Detroit route; and

Whereas, Development of high-speed passenger rail service in Wisconsin and the Midwest will produce numerous and substantial benefits for Milwaukee and the entire region, including:

1. Providing a time- and cost-competitive alternative to automobile and air travel that will be increasingly attractive as energy prices rise, highway congestion grows and security rules continue to slow traffic through airports.

2. Giving Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Midwest an advantage -- over other parts of the country that do not have high-speed rail available -- in terms of competing for new employers and young workers who are attracted to locations with multiple, efficient transport...