Number
010625
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
001154
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned properties at 620 South 44th Street, 502 West Cherry Street and 3607 North Richards Street for acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 6th and 16th Aldermanic Districts. (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 the privately owned properties at 620 South 44th Street, 502 West Cherry Street and 3607 North Richards Street, authorize their acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee using the Spot Acquisition procedures set forth in Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, and identify a funding source for the Projects.
Body
Whereas, Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, ("Act") authorized the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 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 properties without designating a boundary or adopting a redevelopment plan; and
Whereas, In Co...
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