Number
001786
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving the boundaries and authorizing and directing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee to prepare a Redevelopment Plan for the Solvay Coke Redevelopment Project Area, in the 12th Aldermanic District. (DCD)
Analysis
If adopted by two-thirds of the Common Council membership, this resolution will enable the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee to proceed with the preparation of a Redevelopment Plan for the Solvay Coke Redevelopment Project Area and subsequently to submit that Plan to the Common Council for consideration and approval in accordance with the required procedures and provisions set forth in Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes.
Body
Whereas, As a first step in the exercise of powers granted and for the acquisition and disposition of real property in a project area, Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, requires that the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee ("Authority") designate the boundaries of a proposed project area in order to ascertain the names of the owners of record of the real property within such project which are to be given official public notice and also to submit such boundaries to the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee ("Common Council") for approval and for a declaration that such area is a blighted area in need of blight elimination and a redevelopment project; and
Whereas, On April 2, 2001, the Authority designated boundaries for the proposed Solvay Coke Redevelopment Project with a recommendation for subsequent Common Council approval; and
Whereas, Section 66.1333(6)(b)1., Wisconsin Statutes, provides that the Common Council may take appropriate action to assure that any new construction or substantial remodeling of existing structures within such boundaries will not substantially prejudice the preparation and processing of a Redevelopment Plan for the proposed project area; and
Whereas, The Common Council deems it necessary and in the public interest to undertake activities to eliminate blight, blighting influences, obsolescence and the deterioration of property in the Solvay Coke Redevelopment Project area; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee regarding approval of the boundaries for the proposed Solvay Coke Redevelopment Project pursuant to the provisions of Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, that:
1. The project area boundaries designated by the Authority which are more specifically described in Exhibit 1, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File, are in all respects approved.
2. It is declared that the project area designated, by virtue of its present use, obsolescence, deterioration of site and other improvements, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the City of Milwaukee and, therefore, is a blighted area in need of a redevelopment project within the meaning of Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes.
3. The Authority is requested to proceed with the preparation of a Redevelopment Plan and, if necessary, a Relocation Payment and Assistance Plan for the proposed project area, including any and all studies and surveys necessary as may be required by Wisconsin law and to submit such Plans to the Common Council for approval.
4. For an initial period not to exceed six months from the date of adoption of this resolution, it prohibits the authorization of any new construction in the proposed project area, except upon resolution by the Common Council as provided in Section 66.1333(6)(b)1., Wisconsin Statutes, and in Section 200-36 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances, and therefore no new construction except ordinary repair or maintenance, or improvement necessary to continue occupancy under any regulatory order, shall be authorized by any agency, board, or commission of the City of Milwaukee in such area except as herein provided.
5. It pledges its cooperation in the preparation of plans incidental to the aforesaid project and requests the various City officials, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies having administrative jurisdiction and responsibilities in the premises located within the designated and approved boundaries of the proposed project to likewise cooperate with and to assist, as may be appropriate, the Authority and its duly appointed staff, the Department of City Development.
6. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution along with a copy of Exhibit 1 to the Commissioner of Public Works, the Commissioner of City Development, the Commissioner of Neighborhood Services, and the City Engineer.
Drafter
DCD:BOC:km
04/10/01/A