Number
030479
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
020867
Sponsor
ALD. GORDON
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned properties at 2122 North 27th Street and 2140 North 27th Street and authorizing their acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 7th Aldermanic District. (Redevelopment Authority)
Analysis
Adoption of this resolution by at least two-thirds vote of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee will approve the blight designation of two privately owned properties and authorize their acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee utilizing the procedures set forth in Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, and Community Development Block Grant funds.
Body
Whereas, Under the provisions of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, (herein called the “Act”) the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to make financial grants to a unit of general local government (herein identified as the “Common Council of the City of Milwaukee” or “Council”) for undertaking and carrying out redevelopment projects under an approved Community Development Program; and
Whereas, In Common Council File No. 49-2311-8d, adopted on September 16, 1968, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”) was designated the Agent of the City of Milwaukee (“City”) for the purpose of administering, undertaking and carrying out all blight elimination, slum clearance and urban renewal programs and projects both present and future; and
Whereas, Applicable Wisconsin law, particularly Section 66.1333(5)(c), Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, enables the Authority of a first class city, with the approval of the local legislative body of that city, to acquire blighted property without designating a boundary or adopting a redevelopment plan; and
Whereas, In Common Council File No. 020867 adopted October 15, 20...
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