Public Works committee recommends multiple non‑assessable public improvements, two honorary namings and temporary crane airspace easements

At its Jan. 8 meeting the Milwaukee Common Council Public Works Committee recommended adoption of multiple routine resolutions covering non‑assessable public improvements, a small transfer for a WisDOT cost‑participation design project, two honorary namings and a temporary airspace easement for a construction crane swing radius.

The committee advanced the following actions by verbal consensus (no roll call recorded): • File 241330 — Resolution approving construction of non‑assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds (substitute adopted and recommended). Committee discussion noted estimated city construction cost and total project estimates as read into the record and the department introduced a substitute amendment; hearing no objections, the committee recommended adoption. • File 241329 — Resolution to make various non‑assessable public improvements at various locations (substitute adopted and recommended). • File 241328 — Resolution determining necessity to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds; committee recommended adoption. • File 241314 — Resolution authorizing the city controller to transfer $20,000 to a previously established project for Wisconsin Department of Transportation and City of Milwaukee cost participation for Morgan Avenue intersection design; committee recommended approval.

Honorary namings and memorials • File 545241‑370 — Substitute resolution assigning the honorary name Gary P. Gruenau Memorial Plaza to the stub end of West Highland Avenue (4th Aldermanic District). Bruce Black, attorney for the nominating Milwaukee Riverwalk District Business Improvement District, presented the nomination and described the nominee’s downtown development work in detail. DPW staff present said they were amenable to the renaming whether approved now or after an associated pedestrian plaza file is finalized; the committee recommended adoption. • File 240907 — Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name Judge Clarence R. Parrish to North Teutonia Avenue from West Center Street to West Clark Street (15th Aldermanic District). Attorney Sheila Parrish Spence and DPW staff described the approved Citizens Advisory Committee review and the two required signs; the committee recommended adoption.

Temporary airspace easements • File 241388 — Resolution authorizing temporary airspace easements with Edison SPE LLC and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts involving construction crane swing radius for the redevelopment authority project around North Edison Street and North Water Street (4th Aldermanic District). Jordan Shuttle of the Milwaukee City Attorney’s Office explained the agreements protect city property rights by allowing the crane to swing at a set clearance over city and Redevelopment Authority parcels and require insurance protections; the committee recommended adoption.

The committee recorded no objections and advanced those resolutions to the full council as recommended by movers and seconders present at the meeting.