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File #: 031564    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Placed On File
File created: 3/2/2004 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 4/13/2004
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution amending Common Council File No. 020160, which declared various vacant, tax-deed lots surplus and authorized their sale for new church construction, in the 7th Aldermanic District. (DCD)
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: PARKING, PROPERTY SALES, SURPLUS PROPERTY
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note.pdf, 2. CPC letter.pdf
Number
031564
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
020160
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution amending Common Council File No. 020160, which declared various vacant, tax-deed lots surplus and authorized their sale for new church construction, in the 7th Aldermanic District. (DCD)
Analysis
This resolution will result in the sale of seven surplus, vacant, tax-deed lots for religious facility construction with associated parking.
Body
Whereas, Common Council File No. 020160 declared seven vacant, tax-deed lots surplus and authorized the Department of City Development ("DCD") to accept an Offer to Purchase from Praise Temple Baptist Church for new church construction; and
 
Whereas, Praise Temple Baptist Church purchased an existing facility and has canceled their Offer to Purchase; and
 
Whereas, Spirit Governed Baptist Church, Inc. has submitted an unsolicited Offer to Purchase said lots, which are listed below, in the amount of $15,000 for construction of a church with associated parking:
 
ADDRESS, TAX KEY NUMBER
 
2909 North 20th Street, 310-1408-110-3
 
2915 North 20th Street, 310-1064-0
 
2917 North 20th Street, 310-1063-5
 
2921 North 20th Street, 310-1062-X
 
2927 North 20th Street, 310-1061-4
 
2931 North 20th Street, 310-1060-9
 
2935 North 20th Street, 310-1059-3
 
; and
 
Whereas, DCD recommends acceptance of said Offer contingent upon:
 
1. Closing must occur within 90 days from adoption of this resolution and only after site and building plan approval by DCD's Development Center along with a firm financial commitment in place to complete the project as proposed.
 
2. Construction must be completed within 9 months from the date of closing; and
 
Whereas, DCD recommends sale in an "as is" condition without representations or warranties including but not limited to soil quality and subsurface condition; and
 
Whereas, The City Plan Commission, via Common Council File No. 020160, determined that said lots are surplus to municipal needs; now, therefore, be it
 
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the unsolicited Offer to Purchase said surplus lots from Spirit Governed Baptist Church, Inc. is accepted and that the Commissioner of DCD, or assigns, is authorized and directed to perform such acts as necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution with the proceeds from the sale, less a 20 percent disposition cost reimbursement to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, credited to the Reserve For Tax Deficit Fund Account No. 0001-334106.
Drafter
DCD:SS:ss
03/02/04/A