City of Milwaukee - File #: R13508

• File #: R13508
• Version: 0
• Type: Housing Authority Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/7/2024
• In control: HOUSING AUTHORITY
• On agenda: 10/9/2024
• Final action: 10/9/2024
• Title: Resolution approving the sale of real property located at 421 East Locust Street to Kinship MKE, Inc. for a Community Food Center and authorizing the execution and delivery of an Offer to Purchase, a Restrictive Covenant and related documents and instruments
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/9/2024	0	HOUSING AUTHORITY	Minutes note: Scott Simon, Travaux’s Vice President of Business Development, mentioned that this item has previously been presented to the Board, prior to the plan going to the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals and now is coming before the Board for the sale of the property to Kinship MKE, Inc. Attorneys Michelle Ebben and Samantha Olexa from Michael Best stated that the documents presented to the Board are a proposed contract for the sale of vacant land, to which the Board had no questions.

Number
13508

Version
Original

Reference

Sponsor
The Chair

Title
Resolution approving the sale of real property located at 421 East Locust Street to Kinship MKE, Inc. for a Community Food Center and authorizing the execution and delivery of an Offer to Purchase, a Restrictive Covenant and related documents and instruments

Analysis

Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution R-13496 the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“HACM”) approved the submission of a Petition to change the zoning for a parcel located at 421 East Locust Street adjacent to Holton Terrace in order to accommodate the development of a new Community Food Center by Kinship MKE, Inc. (“Kinship”); and

WHEREAS, the HACM Board and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) have previously approved an Application for Disposition of 421 East Locust Street (the “Property”); and

WHEREAS, HACM staff have met with the residents of Holton Terrace to evaluate their needs for development of the adjoining Property, which is located in an area designated as a “Food Desert”; and

WHEREAS, HACM staff advertised Property for sale with submittal requirements, which included a user which would concentrate on the provision of food and food services and covenants to assure that the uses of the Property would be consistent with the operation of Holton Terrace; and

WHEREAS, one response was received from Kinship, a not-for-profit entity formerly operating as the Riverwest Food Pantry; and

WHEREAS, Kinship proposes construction of a new building with modern design at a cost estimated in the amount of approximately $10 million dollars and will provide groceries and meals, create new local jobs and provide employment training and social services; and

WHEREAS, many of the residents at Holton Terrace are already patrons of Kinship; and

WHEREAS, HACM residents will be given opportunity to apply for Kinship’s culinary and catering workforce development employment opportunities at the n...