Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The third and final phase of the Lake Drive water main project will replace 99-year-old pipes from Bartlett Avenue to the Shorewood border.
Lake Drive will be under construction again this summer – this time from Bartlett Avenue to the Shorewood border. The third and final phase of the Lake Drive water main project will replace two 99-year-old, six-inch water mains with one 12-inch water main. The village replaced aging water mains from Bartlett Street to Woodburn Street last year, and from Woodburn Street to Silver Spring Drive in 2010. Northbound traffic will continue to be open throughout the project, Village Engineer Dan Naze said. Southbound traffic will mostly be unaffected, except for a one- or two-week period where traffic will be detoured down Bartlett Avenue to Chateau Place or Hampton Road before sending traffic back toward Lake Drive. "There's not too many choices …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The board plans to issue $16.6 million in bonds as part of its 15-year infrastructure plan that would improve sewers and fund the Mandel TIF district.
The Whitefish Bay Village Board plans to borrow $16.6 million this year as part of its 15-year capital improvement plan. The 15-year plan approved by the board in July calls for $108 million in future bonding. This year's $16.6 million bond issuance will cause a $92 tax increase for the owner of a $400,000 home in 2014. If the board continues to borrow at the scheduled pace each year, property taxes on a $400,000 home will peak in 2021 to a $356 increase compared to the 2012 tax bill. The board will have to make new bond issues every year, at which time it will also be able to readjust its spending priorities or alter its capital improvement plan. This year's bond issue, which will go before the board on Feb. 18 for final approval, will …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Nearly all of the 386 sewer laterals inspected in the southern edge of the village will require repairs that will be assessed to the homeowner. Estimated costs are $2,000-$8,000 each.
Nearly 400 homeowners in the southern portion of the village will be billed about $2,000-$8,000 by the village next year for the repair or replacement of their sanitary sewer lateral. After investigating 386 sewer laterals in the flood-prone area of the village, contractors found evidence of root intrusion and/or mineral deposits in 90 percent of the laterals. Only 1 or 2 percent of the laterals are in good condition, according to a memo from Assistant Village Engineer Aaron Jahncke. Whitefish Bay trustees last week reaffirmed their intentions to line or replace those damaged laterals, and then bill the homeowner for the repairs. The village will bid for contractors in January, and work is expected to start in March. Homeowners in the …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Whitefish Bay Village Board has hired a consultant to create a storm water utility that would charge fees to residents and tax-exempt organizations based on their impact to the village's storm water system.
Whitefish Bay is moving forward with a storm water utility that would charge fees to residents and tax-exempt organizations based on their impact to the village's storm water system. The Village Board unanimously awarded a $73,810 contract to AE/COM/Crispell, the second-lowest bidder of the four firms that submitted a proposal to design and implement Whitefish Bay's future storm water utility. The firm bid $67,100, and the village added an additional 10 percent contingency into the budget. The lowest bidder, Clark Dietz/Triology, did not meet the village's specificiations. Village staff hopes to adopt the storm water utility in July. The development of the utility consists of three phases, and under the contract, the village has the option…
Friday, September 21, 2012
The $11.5 million plan to route storm water flows from Cahill Park to the Milwaukee River is one part of a larger 15-year plan to protect the village for a 10-year storm, and with street ponding, a 100-year storm.
The proposal to turn the Cahill Park softball field into a storm water retention basin was the center of attention at a Wednesday night village meeting about the village's 15-year, $105 million infrastructure plan. A little more than 100 people came to Cumberland School for the informational meeting, most of whom sought details on the village's plan to create an eight- to nine-foot drop at the north end of the park by the softball field, allowing roughly 500,000 cubic feet of rain water to drain into the park and provide relief to residents in the southern half of the village. After 24 to 48 hours in the retention basin, the rain water would drain southward through a recessed passageway and empty into the storm sewer at Sheffield Avenue, …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
MMSD will reimburse the village for the lateral inspection, which aims to identify the scope of defects in the sanitary sewer system.
The village is moving forward with a program that will inspect private sanitary sewer laterals with a closed circuit television camera to identify defects in the sanitary sewer system. The Village Board on Monday night approved a $162,221 contract with Expediters, an Oconomowoc-based company, to televise the sanitary laterals of 390 homes in the southwestern basin, which has been identified as a high priority area for sewer improvements. The televising work will be paid for with the sanitary sewer fund balance and will later be reimbursed by MMSD through the PPII program. The lateral inspection will provide the village with data on the effectiveness of tightening leaky laterals, as well as identify what volume of clear water can be …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Village Board directed village staff to plan a $105 million project over 15 years, although the scope and price of the plan would be re-evaluated at least once a year.
Two years ago, the streets of Whitefish Bay were hit with a torrential downpour that was later described as a 500-year storm. The memories of flooded cars, basement sewage and thousands of dollars in personal property loss resurfaced at a Village Board meeting Monday night, when trustees solidified the scope of their sewer improvement plans. Whitefish Bay trustees voted unanimously Monday night to plan for a sewer pipe system that could convey 3.6 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, and additional street storage that could manage 5.8 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. In other words, the pipes could manage a 10-year rain event, and the streets would retain water from a 100-year rain event. The sewer repair project makes up the majority of…
Monday, June 25, 2012
Whitefish Bay trustees would like to charge sewer fees, which would spread the burden across non-taxable entities while reducing the amount borrowed based on taxpayer debt.
The Whitefish Bay Village Board is considering borrowing $105 million to improve aging sewers in the village, but village trustees don't think all of it should end up on property tax bills —some of it should also be recouped through user fees. At a Monday night meeting, Whitefish Bay trustees hashed over the basics of funding $105 million in storm sewer repairs. Based on the input gathered, Whitefish Bay Village Manager Pat DeGrave will forward the information to the village's financial consultant, who will further refine the financial impact of funding the 10-year capital improvement plan. "We are looking for parameters and comfort levels, not hard and fast policies," DeGrave said. The trustees unanimously expressed their willingness to …
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Village officials are considering what level of sewer protection to move forward with, and whether they will create a storm water utility to help pay for it.
Residents' tax bills could more than double over time to pay for a proposed nine-figure sewer repair plan. Last month, village officials were presented with three levels of sewer upgrades ranging in cost from $108 million to $134 million. Village officials plan to phase in that work over the course of a 10-year capital improvement plan. Using the least-expensive option, which would protect homes from 3.8 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, the village's financial consultant calculated what the household tax impact would be if the village issued $106 million in general obligation bonds over the course of 10 years. The owner of a $300,000 house would gradually see their tax bill rise year after year, peaking out at a $426 increase in the …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Whitefish Bay officials received more detail about an $11 million plan to temporarily store rain water in a Cahill Park basin, while adding larger sewer pipes and catch basins downstream.
Cahill Park would be lowered as much as eight to nine feet in some areas to temporarily hold rain water under a proposal presented by the village's engineering consultants Monday night. The concept of a storm water retention facility was presented last year as a way to reduce surface flooding in the area. The village hired Crispell Snyder later in the year to design a storm water management plan in the area, which is roughly bordered by Ardmore Avenue on the east, Henry Clay Street on the north, Shoreland Avenue on the west and Glendale Avenue on the south. The plan would not affect the tennis courts or playground equipment on the west end of the park, but would lower the western portion of the park to hold rain water. The northern end of …
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