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Committee recommends adoption of multiple public‑works resolutions, approves honorary namings and crane airspace easements
Summary
At its Jan. 8 meeting the Public Works Committee recommended adoption of several resolutions to fund public improvements, approved honorary street and plaza namings and recommended temporary airspace easements to accommodate a construction crane at Edison Street.
MILWAUKEE — The City of Milwaukee Public Works Committee on Jan. 8 recommended adoption of a set of routine construction and assessment resolutions and approved several honorary namings and a temporary airspace easement tied to a downtown development.
The committee considered multiple project files and substitutes during an early portion of the meeting and approved them by unanimous consent. Committee members likewise recommended honorary namings for a plaza and a street, and recommended temporary airspace easements to allow a construction crane used by the Edison Group to swing over city‑owned parcels adjacent to a redevelopment site.
Votes at a glance (committee recommendations):
- File 241‑330: Resolution approving construction of non‑assessable public improvements at various locations; substitute introduced and Sub A recommended for adoption by unanimous consent.
- File 241‑329: Resolution authorizing various non‑assessable public improvements at various locations; Sub A introduced and recommended by the committee.
- File 241‑328: Resolution determining necessity to make various assessable public improvements; committee recommended adoption.
- File 241‑314: Resolution authorizing city controller to transfer additional funds for WDOT cost participation on the Morgan Avenue design project; committee recommended adoption.
- File 545241‑370 (substitute): Substitute resolution assigning the honorary name Gary P. Grunnau Memorial Plaza to the stub end of West Highland Avenue at the Milwaukee River in the 4th Aldermanic District; the nominating party (Milwaukee Riverwalk District BID) presented the nomination and the committee recommended adoption.
- File 240907: Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name Judge Clarence R. Parrish to North Antonia Avenue from West Center Street to West Clark Street in the 15th Aldermanic District; the committee recommended adoption.
- File 241‑388: Resolution authorizing temporary airspace easements with Edison SPE, LLC and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to accommodate a construction crane swing radius over multiple city parcels in the 4th Aldermanic District; committee recommended adoption.
What committee heard: Bruce Black, attorney for the Milwaukee Riverwalk District Business Improvement District, described Gary P. Grunnau’s downtown development and riverwalk contributions in support of the plaza naming. Sheila Parrish Spence spoke in favor of naming North Antonia Avenue for former Judge Clarence R. Parrish and provided background on his career. James Washington, DPW coordination manager, confirmed DPW’s support for the renaming and corresponding signage needs for the Parrish designation. Jordan Shuttle of the City Attorney’s office explained the crane easement agreements, noting the documents are intended to protect city interests where a construction crane’s swing radius will overhang city‑owned parcels and that the agreements include insurance protections and conditions customary for such temporary easements.
Committee procedure: Several items were amended by substitute language and advanced by unanimous consent after brief staff presentations; the meeting record shows the committee handled these as routine consent items.
Ending: The items were recommended for adoption and will be forwarded to the full Common Council for final action.
