City of Milwaukee - File #: 191434

• File #: 191434
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. LEWIS
• Indexes: DEMOLITIONS, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/19/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
1/29/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs	Pass	5:0
1/8/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191434

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, STAMPER, LEWIS

Title
Resolution directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.

Body
Whereas, The Common Council approved the inclusion of a footnote in the 2020 Adopted City Budget, directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.; and

Whereas, The blighting impact of dilapidated properties scheduled for demolition or deconstruction is substantial in areas where these properties are highly concentrated; and

Whereas, The presence of fire-damaged structures in an area often conveys a message of decay and hopelessness which can make the blighting impact of these structures particularly powerful; and

Whereas, Expending the City’s demolition and deconstruction resources on areas of the city with the greatest concentrations of properties scheduled for razing, and first razing fire-damaged structures within those areas, positions the City to confront urban blight in the areas of the city most at-risk of blight; now, therefore, ...