PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
TL;DR
The Public Works Committee considered approximately $10.76 million in public improvement projects across the city, including both assessable and nonassessable infrastructure work. The committee also approved committee member appointments, honorary street name designations, a sewer easement agreement with St. Francis, and an additional $90,000 funding transfer for the North 25th Street Bridge rehabilitation project.
Key Decisions
- Assessable Public Improvements - $3.925 million total project cost Approved
- Nonassessable Public Improvements - $4.174 million and $2.661 million projects Approved
- North 25th Street Bridge - $90,000 additional funding Approved
- Arlington Heights Park renamed to Silver City Park Approved
- Honorary street names assigned for Dr. Jessie Lee Jr., Dr. R.V. Bates, and Mother L.P. Bates Approved
Agenda
- 1. 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 $185,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $3,925,000.Resolution
- 2. 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 $291,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $4,174,000.Resolution
- 3. Resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $269,500 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,661,500.Resolution
- 4. Communication from the Department of Public Works, Infrastructure Services Division transmitting the 2027 Assessment Rates Report.Communication
- 5. Appointment of Jimmy Lemke to the Pedestrian & Bicycle Advisory Committee by the Mayor. (3rd Aldermanic District)Appointment
- 6. Appointment of Ulisa Blakely to the Pedestrian & Bicycle Advisory Committee by the Mayor. (14th Aldermanic District)Appointment
- 7. Substitute resolution renaming "Arlington Heights Park" as Silver City Park.Resolution
- 8. Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name "Dr. Jessie Lee, Jr." to North 92nd Street from West Silver Spring Drive to West Swan Circle in the 2nd Aldermanic District.Resolution
- 9. Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name "Dr. R. V. Bates" to West Highland Boulevard from North 33rd Street to North 37th Street in the 4th Aldermanic District.Resolution
- 10. Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name "Mother L.P. Bates" to North 29th Street from West Center Street to West Fond du Lac Avenue in the 7th Aldermanic District.Resolution
- 11. Substitute resolution authorizing the proper City officials to execute a sewer easement for the City of Milwaukee sanitary sewer in East Howard Avenue between the Milwaukee City Limits and a point approximately 210-feet east of South Kansas Avenue in East Howard Avenue in St. Francis’ municipal boundaries and the Milwaukee City Limits.Resolution
- 12. Resolution relating to Milwaukee Water Works water service piping requirements for accessory dwelling units.Resolution
- 13. 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 rehabilitation of the North 25th Street Bridge over the Menomonee River in the 8th Aldermanic district with a total estimated cost increase for the projects of $90,000, with an estimated Grantor share of $0, and an estimated City share of $90,000.Resolution
- 14. Communication from the Department of Public Works relating to roadwork and unnoticed closures in the 5700 block of Jackson Park Drive during the week of October 26, 2026.Communication
- 9:30 AM
- 15. Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses.Motion
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