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Meeting Name: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/27/2016 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Room 301-B, City Hall
Amended 1/25/16 -- Item #6 Added PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN MEETING TIME
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151418 11.ResolutionSubstitute resolution approving levying of assessments and construction of assessable public improvement projects at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City cost of these projects approved by this resolution is estimated to be $4,133,900 for a total estimated cost of $5,280,000.

Minutes note: Mary Dziewiontkoski - Deparment of Public Works 2nd Aldermanic District W. Medford Ave. - W. Congress St. to N. 68th St. (TD04284001): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (7-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Bohl moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 3rd and 6th Aldermanic Districts N. Pierce St. - E. Center St. to E. Burleigh St. (ST211120159): Concrete pavement reconstruction, replace all curb and gutter, replace sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, narrow street from 38 feet to 36 feet, sodding (7-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Kovac stated he had 10 in favor and 9 opposed, he stated the project is for a wider tree border, narrower street and traffic flow issues. George Brush 3021 N Pierce St stated narrowing the street would be a disaster because of the bus traffic from Pierce School and this will not allow cars to pass in the winter. Michael Ziedler 2737 N Pierce St stated he lives across the street from Pierce School and there are school buses and parent traffic that cause a lot of congestion. There is an automatic narrowing during the winter because of the snow. Nancy Morris 2970 N Pierce St stated she and her renters don’t like the narrowing of the streets. Ald. Bohl moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 5th Aldermanic District N. 91st St. - W. Center St. to W. Locust St. (ST211150134): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (9-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Bohl moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 6th Aldermanic District N. Holton St. - E. Capitol Dr. to E. Hope Ave. (ST211150173): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (7-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Wade moved approval. (Prevailed 3-0) E. Hope Ave. - N. Richards St. to N. Holton St. (ST211150174): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (7-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Wade moved approval. (Prevailed 3-0) 7th Aldermanic District N. 53rd St. - W. Roosevelt Dr. to W. Keefe Ave. (ST211150165): Concrete pavement reconstruction, replace all curb and gutter, replace sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (6-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Wade moved approval. (Prevailed 3-0) 8th Aldermanic District S. 23rd St. - W. National Ave. to W. Pierce St. (ST211160109): Concrete pavement reconstruction, replace all curb and gutter, replace sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (6-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Donovan moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) S. 25th St. - W. National Ave. to W. Pierce St. (ST211060138): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace all curb and gutter, replace sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (6-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Donovan moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 9th Aldermanic District W. Woolworth Ave. - N. Sherman Blvd. to N. 51st St. (ST211040107): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (5-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Bohl moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 11th Aldermanic District W. Howard Ave. - W. Loomis Rd. to S. 43rd St. (Sponsored by the City of Greenfield) (ST211150181): Asphalt pavement resurfacing, replace curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches where necessary, sodding (15-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Wade moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 14th Aldermanic District E. Stewart St. - S. Marina Dr. to S. Hilbert St. (ST21100147): Concrete pavement reconstruction, replace all curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches, sodding (5-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Bohl moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0) 15th Aldermanic District N. 32nd St. - W. Lisbon Ave. to W. North Ave. (ST211140129): Concrete pavement reconstruction, replace all curb and gutter, sidewalk and driveway approaches, sodding (7-foot width of tree border area), and grading. Ald. Wade moved approval. (Prevailed 4-0)
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151417 12.ResolutionSubstitute resolution determining it necessary to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $18,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $457,000.

Minutes note: Proposed Subsitute A
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151417 1 ResolutionSubstitute resolution determining it necessary to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $18,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $457,000.

Minutes note: Mary Dziewiontkoski - Deparment of Public Works
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151420 13.ResolutionSubstitute resolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $555,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $6,620,000.

Minutes note: Proposed Substitute A
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151420 1 ResolutionSubstitute resolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $555,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $6,620,000.

Minutes note: Mary Dziewiontkoski - Deparment of Public Works Ald. Bohl stated there is no bridge at 6300 W Burleigh St, and the file should actually read 9900-1000 Burleigh St bridge over the Menomonee River in the 5th Aldermanic district, not 10th Aldermanic District. Ald. Bohl moved approval as amended.
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151421 o4.ResolutionSubstitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $1,830,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,085,000.

Minutes note: Proposed Substitute A
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151421 1 ResolutionSubstitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $1,830,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,085,000.

Minutes note: Mary Dziewiontkoski - Deparment of Public Works
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150953 05.CommunicationCommunication relating to Time Warner Cable broadcasting and MATA Communications signals and access to viewership data.

Minutes note: Margaret Bailey Stewart, Government Relations Manager - Time Warner Cable Paul Leipold, Technical Communications Manager - Time Warner Cable Vel Wiley, Executive Director - MATA Community Media
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151375 06.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Administration-Information and Technology Management Division and the City Attorney relating to the municipal construction, ownership and operation of facilities to provide broadband service to the public.

Minutes note: Nancy Olson, Chief Information Officer - Department of Administration, Information Technology Management Division Peter Block, Assistant City Attorney - City Attorney's Office
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151419 07.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute Cost Sharing Agreements with Milwaukee County for the planned paving of West Mill Road (CTH S) from North 43rd Street to North Sidney Place and traffic signal improvements at the intersection of West Mill Road (CTH S) and North 43rd Street (CTH G), and authorizing costs for plan review of $10,000, which will be funded 100 percent by the City of Milwaukee.

Minutes note: Chad Christbaum - Department of Public Works
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150354 18.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance renaming a portion of East Polk Street, from Erie Street to its eastern terminus, to East Summerfest Place in the 4th Aldermanic District.

Minutes note: Jerrel Kruschke - Department of City Development Frank Nicotera - Milwaukee World Festival Inc Clayborn Benson - Milwaukee Black Historical Society Fred Royal - NAACP Milwaukee Chapter
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140373 19.ResolutionSubstitute resolution amending a special privilege to Breakwater Condominium Association Incorporated for addition of raised planters, pet waste disposal bins, and moveable planters in the public right-of-way for the premises at 1313 North Franklin Place, in the 4th Aldermanic District.

Minutes note: Dawn Schmidt - Department of Public Works
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150853 110.ResolutionSubstitute resolution to vacate North Granville Road from West Good Hope Road north to relocated North Granville Road, in the 5th Aldermanic District.

Minutes note: Klye Gast - Department of City Development
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150855 111.ResolutionSubstitute resolution to vacate the unimproved portion of the east-west alley in the block bounded by West Cherry Street, West Vliet Street, North 48th Street and North 49th Street, in the 10th Aldermanic District.

Minutes note: Klye Gast - Department of City Development
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151457 012.ResolutionResolution authorizing Conveyance of Rights in Land and a Quit Claim Deed to Wisconsin Department of Transportation, in the 2nd Aldermanic District.

Minutes note: Solomon Bekele - Department of Public Works
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151365 013.ResolutionResolution relative to the cost participation and installation of street lighting in conjunction with the Federal State Aid paving of West Fond du Lac Avenue from North 68th Street to West Capitol Drive in the 2nd and 7th Aldermanic Districts at a total estimated cost of $793,707.23, with one hundred percent of the total cost funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Minutes note: Chris Fornal - Department of Public Works
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151408 014.ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Comptroller to transfer additional funds to the previously established project for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the City of Milwaukee for cost participation for the design and construction of five projects at various locations in various Aldermanic Districts with a total estimated cost increase for the projects of $190,000, with an estimated City share of $190,000.

Minutes note: Joseph Blakeman - Department of Public Works
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151409 015.ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the purposes of establishing the maintenance responsibilities of the two parties with respect to the upper and lower retaining walls along reconstructed Congress Avenue and the bridges located over Lincoln Creek at 37th and Congress and North Sherman Boulevard and Congress.

Minutes note: Craig Liberto - Department of Public Works
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151410 016.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works and Comptroller to execute a State Municipal Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for geometric and traffic signal improvements and to fund preliminary engineering for a project on West Fond du Lac Avenue at six intersections in the 7th and 15th Aldermanic Districts with a total estimated cost of $225,000, with an estimated grantor share of $202,500, and an estimated City share of $22,500.

Minutes note: Jospeh Blakeman - Department of Public Works
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151413 017.ResolutionResolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the development, implementation and funding of traffic control and other safety measures necessary to mitigate traffic diversion on City streets due to construction activity on the Zoo Interchange Project in 2016 and 2017, with the total cost being $100,000 of which 100% is grantor funded.

Minutes note: Chris Fornal - Department of Public Works
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151292 218.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to minimum allowable rates for meter fare taxicabs.

Minutes note: Andrew VanNatta - Legislative Reference Bureau Adam Stephens, Deputy City Attorney - City Attorney's Office Harpeet Singh, 3824 S 16th St, Vice-President of the Southeastern Wisconsin Cab Driver's Association stated that $12 is not enough of an increase and would prefer $15-20. Ald. Bauman moved to amend the title from "maximum" to "minimum" (Prevailed 3-0) Ald. Bauman moved to amend the rate from $12 to $15 (Prevailed 2-1, Ald. Bohl voting no)
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150356 019.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to body colors for affiliated taxicabs.

Minutes note: Adam Stephens, Deputy City Attorney, City Attorney's Office
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151144 020.MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relative to licenses.

Minutes note: JETT, Dana M, Driver's License, Public Passenger Vehicle Renewal Application. (Expired 10/31/2015) Ald. Bohl moved to Hold to the Call of the Chair. (Prevailed 3-0)
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151144 0 MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relative to licenses.

Minutes note: Agenda Only – Warning Letter ANDERSON, Clark A, Agent for "ACM Fire Protection Inc", Alarm Business Renewal Application as agent for "ACM Alarm and Detection" at 2206 Miller Park WA. Ald. Bohl moved approval. (Prevailed 3-0)
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151144 0 MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relative to licenses.RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVALPass3:0 Action details Video Video