PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

City Hall City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Meeting Minutes PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ALD. ROBERT J. BAUMAN, CHAIR Ald. Russell W. Stamper, II, Vice-Chair Ald. Khalif J. Rainey, Ald. Mark A. Borkowski, and Ald. Nikiya Dodd Staff Assistant, Yadira Melendez, 414-286-2775 Fax: 414-286-3456, Y.Melendez-Hagedorn@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison, Jeffrey Osterman, 414-286-2262, joster@milwaukee.gov Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall The meeting was called to order at 9:05 am Present 4 - Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, Borkowski Excused 1 - Dodd 1. 220870 Substitute 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 $36,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $265,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Holly Rutenbeck - DPW SUBSTITUTED Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 220870 Substitute 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 $36,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $265,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 City of Milwaukee Page 1 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 Excused 1- Dodd 2. 220871 Substitute 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 $232,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $4,196,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Holly Rutenbeck - DPW SUBSTITUTED Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 220871 Substitute 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 $232,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $4,196,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 3. 220872 Substitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $2,560,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $3,030,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Holly Rutenbeck - DPW SUBSTITUTED Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 220872 Substitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these City of Milwaukee Page 2 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $2,560,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $3,030,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 4. 220873 Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement titled “Cost Sharing Memo of Understanding Between the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works and the Redevelopment Authority (RACM)” for the cost of the engineering and construction of a new alley bounded by West McKinley Avenue (ext'd), West Vliet Street, North 20th Street, and North 21st Street in the 4th Aldermanic District with a total estimated cost of $155,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Holly Rutenbeck - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 5. 220168 Substitute resolution to vacate the alley between West McKinley Avenue and North 6th Street in the block bound by West McKinley Avenue, North Vel R. Phillips Avenue, West Vliet Street, and North 6th Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Sam Leichtling - City Planning Manager SUBSTITUTED Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 220168 Substitute resolution to vacate the alley between West McKinley Avenue and North 6th Street in the block bound by West McKinley Avenue, North Vel R. Phillips Avenue, West Vliet Street, and North 6th Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District. Sponsors: THE CHAIR City of Milwaukee Page 3 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 6. 220767 Substitute resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to accept pedestrian and emergency vehicle access easements from MKE BLK23 LLC and a related access agreement from Deer District LLC, to facilitate access for portions of Blocks 1, 2, and 3 within the Arena Master Plan General Plan Development, in the 4th Aldermanic District. Sponsors: Ald. Bauman Sam Leichtling - City Planning Manager, Lauren Brady - DCD and Atty. Brian Randall RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 7. 220874 Resolution directing the Department of City Development to prepare a resolution to vacate North Hopkins Street from West Florist Avenue south to North Sherman Boulevard, in the 1st Aldermanic District. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Sam Leichtling - City Planning Manager RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION 8. 220879 Substitute resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to approve the Great Lakes Legacy Act Project Agreement Modification No. 1 with the US Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Milwaukee County, We Energies, and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the Focused Feasibility Study, Pre-Design Investigation, and Remedial Design of the Proposed Dredge Material Management Facility, the Removal of PCB Contaminant Soil Material, and the Remedial Action of Contaminated Sediment in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. Sponsors: THE CHAIR David Misky - Assistant Director RACM, DCD SUBSTITUTED Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 City of Milwaukee Page 4 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 Excused 1- Dodd 220879 Substitute resolution authorizing the City of Milwaukee to approve the Great Lakes Legacy Act Project Agreement Modification No. 1 with the US Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Milwaukee County, We Energies, and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the Focused Feasibility Study, Pre-Design Investigation, and Remedial Design of the Proposed Dredge Material Management Facility, the Removal of PCB Contaminant Soil Material, and the Remedial Action of Contaminated Sediment in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. Sponsors: THE CHAIR RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 9. 220862 Resolution authorizing granting a Temporary Limited Easement to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for a portion of six City-owned properties for the State Trunk Highway (STH) 57 Rehabilitation Project, in the 6th, 7th, and 15th Aldermanic Districts. Sponsors: THE CHAIR David Tapia - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 10. 220863 Resolution authorizing granting a Permanent Limited Easement to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for a portion of the City-owned property at 690 South 70th Street for the South 70th Street Bridge Replacement Project, in the 10th Aldermanic District. Sponsors: THE CHAIR David Tapia - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd City of Milwaukee Page 5 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 11. 220864 Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute State/Municipal Agreements for a State-Let Highway Project with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the construction of IH 41 Airport Freeway (84th Street to 35th Street); and IH 41 Airport Freeway (STH 36/Loomis Road) Bridge, and to set up funds for construction at an estimated total cost of $53,385,110 with an estimated City share of $381 and a grantor share of $53,384,729. Sponsors: THE CHAIR David Tapia - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 12. 220865 Resolution 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 construction of North Lovers Lane Bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad in the 5th Aldermanic district with a total estimated cost increase for the projects of $70,000, with an estimated Grantor share of $0, and an estimated City share of $70,000. Sponsors: THE CHAIR David Tapia - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 13. 220867 Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “State/Municipal Agreement for a State-Let STP-U Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming, design, real estate, and construction of N Sherman Blvd from West North Avenue to West Burleigh Street, and to set up funds for design engineering and real estate acquisition at an estimated total cost of $2,260,480 with an estimated City share of $851,616 and a grantor share of $1,408,864. Sponsors: THE CHAIR David Tapia - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION City of Milwaukee Page 6 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 14. 220464 Resolution authorizing the proper City Officers to execute Quit Claim Deeds QCD-2913 and QCD-2914 to convey City Sewers within the area bounded by North 8th Street, North 9th Street, West McAuley Place and West Michigan Avenue, in the 4th Aldermanic District. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Robert Seleen - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 15. 220814 Resolution authorizing execution of the Department of Natural Resources Principal Forgiven Financial Assistance Agreement. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Joshua Benson - Deputy Comptroller and Patrick Pauli - Water Works RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 16. 220845 Resolution authorizing City entry into Green Infrastructure Funding Agreements, and Conservation Easements, with MMSD and MPS for MPS properties, in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 14th Aldermanic Districts. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Kurt Sprangers - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 17. 220881 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a USDA Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant Replacing Ash Trees In Milwaukee’s Combined Sewer Districts to Maintain and Improved City of Milwaukee Page 7 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 Stormwater Interception. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Randy Krouse - Forestry Services Manager, DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 18. 220883 Resolution authorizing City entry into Green Infrastructure Conservation Easement with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and Riverworks City Center LLC at 450 East Townsend Avenue in the 6th Aldermanic District. Sponsors: Ald. Bauman Kurt Sprangers - DPW RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 19. 220910 Communication from the Department of Public Works relating to the expenditure of ARPA funds appropriated for the Big Clean. Sponsors: Ald. Stamper HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 20. 191930 Communication from the Department of Public Works relating to the status of current and future operations. Sponsors: Ald. Bauman Danielle Rodriguez - DPW Operations - said that they have started collecting leaves and that they are making sure that the fall operations happen. She also said that they are still recruiting and that the operations for fall and winter will be done but that it will take longer. She added that WCS provided 47 temporary workers and that they are part now of the sanitation team and that they will be trained to advance on the career latter. HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski City of Milwaukee Page 8 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 21. 211119 Communication from the Department of Public Works relating to the status of Traffic-Calming and Complete Streets projects to address reckless driving and to provide a safer infrastructure for bicyclists and pedestrians. Sponsors: Ald. Bauman Mike Amsdem - DPW HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd 22. 220198 Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses. Sponsors: THE CHAIR ADAMS, Charita A, Public Passenger Vehicle Driver's License Application. The applicant was not present. Ald. Borkowski moved to hold to the call of the chair for first nonappearance. There were no objections. (Prevailed 4-0) HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd REQUESTED TO BE PLACED ON FILE: 23. 210698 Communication from the Department of Public Works providing an update on safety procedures and practices in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to those who work in or visit City facilities. Sponsors: Ald. Coggs, Ald. Lewis, Ald. Dodd and Ald. Perez RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Aye 4- Bauman, Stamper, Rainey, and Borkowski No 0 Excused 1- Dodd City of Milwaukee Page 9 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 19, 2022 The meeting was adjourned at 10:23 am Yadira Melendez Staff Assistant This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar. City of Milwaukee Page 10