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File #: 25-1151    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 7/7/2025 In control: Board of Public Works
On agenda: 7/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Consideration of request by Toni Schoen of The Sigma Group Inc. on behalf of LUMIN Schools for encroachment to install one soil boring and groundwater monitoring well within the N. 67th Street right-of-way adjacent to 6717 W. Center Street
Sponsors: Engineering
Attachments: 1. 2026.6.30 Board of Public Works Application.pdf
Related files: 25-1222

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Consideration of request by Toni Schoen of The Sigma Group Inc. on behalf of LUMIN Schools for encroachment to install one soil boring and groundwater monitoring well within the N. 67
th Street right-of-way adjacent to 6717 W. Center Street

 

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Submitted by:

Jennifer Stilling

Department

Public Works (Engineering Services Division)

 

A.                     Issue

Request to encroach within the City right-of-way for the installation of one soil boring and groundwater monitoring well.  The encroachment is proposed to be located at within the N. 67th Street roadway adjacent to 6717 W. Center Street.

 

B.                     Background/Options 

LUMIN Schools located at 6717 W. Center Street is required by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to install one 25 feet deep soil boring to collect soil samples.  After sampling, the borehole will be converted to a monitoring well.  The purpose of the well is sample the soil and groundwater to delineate the extent of contamination from a former gasoline station.  The location of the soil boring/monitoring well is shown on the attached exhibit.  The length of time that the proposed well will be in place will be dependent on the monitoring results and WDNR’s requirements for monitoring.  It is anticipated that the well will likely be present for monitoring between 1 to 2 years. 

 

The applicant will be required to apply for separate Street Occupancy permits for well installation and well abandonment. Any soils that are removed during well installation must be disposed of properly.  The final locations of the wells to be determined and approved in the field after all of the Diggers Hotline tickets have cleared.

 

 

C.                     Strategic Plan (Area of Focus)

Priority Area One: Economic Development and Financial Resilience

 

 

D.                     Fiscal Impact

No financial impact to the City.

 

 

E.                     Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of the encroachment subject to execution of a Hold Harmless Agreement.

 

recommendation

Recommendation: Common Council