City of Milwaukee - File #: 250155

• File #: 250155
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Council-Adoption
• File created: 5/13/2025
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the acceptance of unsolicited offers to purchase City owned vacant lots in the City of Milwaukee, for the construction of 59 new single-family homes within Tax Incremental District No. 124 (Harambee Homeownership Initiative), in the 6th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/17/2025	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Items 2 and 3 were considered together. Appearing: Larry Kilmer, Dept. of City Development Dr. Oby Nwabuzor, Envision Growth LLC Teig Whaley-Smith, Community Development Alliance Brian Sonderman, Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Pres. Ald. Jose Perez, 12th Ald. Dist. Lori Lutzka, Dept. of City Development Tess Wynn, Dept. of City Development Mr. Kilmer gave a PowerPoint presentation, which is contained in file no. 250153. This substitute resolution authorizes the sale of Neighborhood Properties according to the conditions in a Land Disposition Report pursuant to Section 304-49-4 and 304-49-8 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. There was discussion on the TID boundaries and risk mitigation, quantity and construction timeline for new homes, human resource agreement best efforts and no requirements, TID contribution amount and terms details, TID financing on private or public developments, RFP process (if any) and selection of the chosen developers, quality of the housing, and separation of TID contribution.	Pass	5:0
5/16/2025	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/13/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
250155
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the acceptance of unsolicited offers to purchase City owned vacant lots in the City of Milwaukee, for the construction of 59 new single-family homes within Tax Incremental District No. 124 (Harambee Homeownership Initiative), in the 6th Aldermanic District.

Analysis
This substitute resolution authorizes the sale of Neighborhood Properties according to the conditions in a Land Disposition Report pursuant to Section 304-49-4 and 304-49-8 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.

Body
Whereas, The Community Development Alliance (“CDA”) has worked with the Department of City Development (“DCD”) to identify vacant lots (“Lots”) within the 6th, Aldermanic District; and

Whereas, The Lots are located within the newly-created boundary of Tax Incremental District No. 124 and have been selected because they are deemed to be appropriate locations for new home construction by DCD;
and

Whereas, Developers in cooperation with CDA will build new-construction homes on the Lots; and

Whereas, CDA and assigns will sell the new-construction homes to owner-occupant qualified buyers; and

Whereas, Mayor Johnson, Alderwoman Coggs, and DCD support encouraging development of new owner-occupied residential housing throughout the City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The Department of City Development (“DCD”) has reviewed CDA’s proposal and recommends sale of the Lots contingent on DCD approval of final site and building plans that conform to preliminary designs approved by DCD and evidence of firm financing; and

Whereas, Section 304-49-4 and 304-49-8 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances allow the City of Milwaukee (“City”) to accept unsolicited Offers to Purchase property when the City and/or Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“RACM”) receives fair compensation, whether monetary or non-monetary; now therefore be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the Cit...