City of Milwaukee - File #: 080456

• File #: 080456
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 7/1/2008
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/30/2008
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of state legislation allowing the collection of neighborhood improvement district special assessments from residential properties containing less than 8 dwelling units.
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN
• Indexes: NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/30/2008	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	13:1
7/21/2008	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE; Minutes note: Will be made part of the legislative package.	Pass	4:0
7/9/2008	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/9/2008	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/3/2008	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/1/2008	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
080456
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of state legislation allowing the collection of neighborhood improvement district special assessments from residential properties containing less than 8 dwelling units.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of state legislation allowing the collection of neighborhood improvement district special assessments from taxable residential properties containing less than 8 dwelling units.
Body
Whereas, Section 66.1110 of the Wisconsin Statutes authorizes municipalities to create neighborhood improvement districts, designated areas in which special assessments on taxable properties may be used to pay for development, redevelopment, maintenance, operation or promotion of the district, including clean-up programs, streetscaping enhancements, marketing campaigns and security enhancements; and

Whereas, Any owner of taxable real property within the boundaries of a proposed neighborhood improvement district may petition the municipality for creation of the district; and

Whereas, However, section 66.1110 further provides that neighborhood improvement district special assessments may not be collected from any parcel of real property used exclusively for less than 8 dwelling units; and

Whereas, The exemption of residential properties containing less than 8 dwelling units creates a number of potential inequities in the funding and operation of a neighborhood improvement district, including the fact that a property owner who petitions for creation of a district may not be subject to the special assessments that fund the district’s operation and the highly likely scenario in which properties exempt from special assessments benefit from the improvements funded by the dis...