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From the Director, Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture (DPRC), requesting authorization to grant a permanent easement to the Village of Menomonee Falls to construct, operate, restore and maintain drainage facilities and related improvements in the Menomonee River Parkway.
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The Director, Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture (DPRC) respectfully requests authorization to grant a permanent easement to the Village of Menomonee Falls to construct, operate, restore and maintain drainage facilities and related improvements in the Menomonee River Parkway.
Background
The Village of Menomonee Falls (Village) will begin reconstructing Mill Road from the Menomonee River on the east to Lily Road on the west in July 2011. The eastern terminus of this project is adjacent to the Menomonee River Parkway (please see attachment). The project will convert the existing two lane rural roadway with ditches into an urban section roadway with curb and gutter. The project also calls for a new multi-use recreational trail located along the north side of the road. In coordination with DPRC Staff the new trail is designed to connect to the proposed north-south extension of the Oak Leaf Trail through the parkway in the future. The Village has requested that Milwaukee County grant it a permanent easement to construct, operate, restore and maintain drainage facilities and related improvements in the Menomonee River Parkway. These improvements would occupy approximately 0.07 acres of park property (please see attachment). The proposed compensation for granting the easement is $3,000, approximately $43,000 per acre.
By granting this easement, the County would provide the Village the land rights needed to implement this portion of the roadway reconstruction project. DPRC has reviewed the Village’s plans for their proposed improvements and finds them consistent with its present and future plans for the Parkway, with minimal impacts to the surrounding are...
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