City of Milwaukee - File #: 030480

• File #: 030480
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 7/15/2003
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/14/2003
• Title: Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned property at 1740 West Pierce Street and authorizing its acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 8th Aldermanic District. (Redevelopment Authority)
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN
• Indexes: BLIGHT DECLARATION, BLIGHTED PROPERTY ACQUISITION, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/14/2003	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	16:0
10/7/2003	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	5:0
9/29/2003	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/21/2003	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/15/2003	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
030480
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
020867
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN and WITKOWSKI
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned property at 1740 West Pierce Street and authorizing its acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 8th 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 a privately owned property and authorize its 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, 2002, the Council deeme...