City of Milwaukee - File #: 240252

• File #: 240252
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Council-Adoption
• File created: 6/11/2024
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the acquisition of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee(HACM)-owned vacant lot at 1519 North 13th Street and the disposition of this property and the adjacent City-owned vacant lot at 1515 North 13th Street to Milwaukee County, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/25/2024	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: David Misky, Dept. of City Development Celia Benton, Milwaukee County Jeanne Dawson, Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee Ald. Stamper was in support.	Pass	5:0
6/17/2024	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/11/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
240252
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the acquisition of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee(HACM)-owned vacant lot at 1519 North 13th Street and the disposition of this property and the adjacent City-owned vacant lot at 1515 North 13th Street to Milwaukee County, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution will permit the City of Milwaukee to acquire the HACM-owned property and the conveyance of said property and the adjacent City-owned property to Milwaukee County according to the conditions in a Land Disposition Report.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee County, in a joint venture between the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division and four of the area’s health systems: Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Wisconsin, Children’s Wisconsin and Froedtert Health, recently completed the adjacent Mental Health Emergency Center that serves as a national model for emergency crisis care; and

Whereas, Milwaukee County is currently constructing a four-story, 60,000 square-foot, $42 million Health and Human Services building that will replace the adjacent Marcia P. Coggs Human Services Center; and

Whereas, In an effort to preserve the current Marcia P. Coggs Human Services building, Milwaukee County issued a Request for Information and has accepted an option to purchase from the Gorman Company for housing that supports Milwaukee County’s mission of providing adequate and quality housing for residents; and

Whereas, Between the two Milwaukee County projects and the effort to preserve the current Marcia P. Coggs Center by converting it to affordable housing, Milwaukee County needs additional surface parking; and

Whereas, Milwaukee County has submitted an unsolicited offer to purchase the vacant lots at 1515 North 13th Street and 1519 North 13th Street as summarized in a Land Disposition Report (“LDR”) a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File; and

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