Number
040101
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Park West Area “F” Urban Renewal Project, in the 15th Aldermanic District, and further declaring one City-owned parcel surplus and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee to accept title to property. (DCD)
Analysis
Adoption of this resolution by at least two-thirds vote of the Common Council will approve the amendment to the above-identified project area plan. This resolution amends the Redevelopment Plan (“Plan”) for the Park West Area “F” Urban Renewal Project to change the permitted land use in a portion of the Plan area designated as Sub Area A. This resolution also further declares 1243 West Lloyd Street surplus to municipal needs and conveys it to the Redevelopment Authority and authorizes the Redevelopment Authority to accept other deeds with clear title to any portion of Sub Area A.
Body
Whereas, On June 14, 1984, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”) and on June 29, 1984, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) adopted a Redevelopment Plan (“Plan”) for the Park West Area “F” Urban Renewal Project; and
Whereas, The Plan was recorded on July 31, 1984 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, as Document No. 5738173, on Reel 1664, Image 895; and
Whereas, The Plan designated a portion of the land for recreation and future school expansion; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee (“City”) developed the land as the Lloyd Street Playfield in the late 1980's; and
Whereas, The playfield is underutilized and not needed for future school expansion; and
Whereas, Milwaukee's City Plan Commission reviewed Amendment No. 1 to the Plan and determined that it conforms to the general plan of the City and to local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements in the Project Area and also determined that there is no municipal need for 1243 West Lloyd Street and authorized conveyance to the Authority as part of Amendment No. 1; and
Whereas, The Authority approved Amendment No. 1 after a public hearing on May 20, 2004 and transmitted Amendment No. 1 to the Common Council for its approval; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Amendment No. 1 to the Park West Area “F” Urban Renewal Project, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File as Exhibit 1, is in all respects approved per Section 66.1333(11)(b), Wisconsin Statutes; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the parcel at 1243 West Lloyd Street in Plan Sub Area A is declared surplus to municipal needs and the Commissioner of the Department of City Development or designee is authorized to convey said property to the Redevelopment Authority for no monetary consideration; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Authority is authorized to accept other deeds with clear title to any portion of Plan Sub Area A; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Clerk is directed to transmit to the Authority a certified copy of this resolution for recording in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Milwaukee County.
Drafter
DCD:JWS:jws
05/25/04/B