Number
001411
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
991315
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned property at 3600-06 West North Avenue for acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee and authorizing subsequent conveyance to Location Properties, LLC for redevelopment, in the 17th 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 the privately owned property at 3600-06 West North Avenue, authorize its acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee using the Spot Acquisition procedures set forth in Section 66.133, Wisconsin Statutes, identify a funding source for the project and authorize the subsequent conveyance of the property according to the conditions in the Land Disposition Report.
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 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 66.133(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 designati...
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