Number
101473
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation and acquisition of the City-owned vacant lots at 3701 and 3711 West Vliet Street by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
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 City-owned property for acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee pursuant to Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes.
Body
Whereas, The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”) owns three properties in the 3700 block of West Vliet Street that adjoin City-owned vacant lots at 3701 and 3711 West Vliet Street; and
Whereas, To facilitate development and management of the land by a community partner and for future marketing, the properties should be under the common ownership of the Authority; and
Whereas, In order for the Authority to acquire property that is not located in a redevelopment project area, the Authority must hold a public hearing and declare the property blighted pursuant to Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes; and
Whereas, The Authority held a public hearing on March 17, 2011, after which it determined that the property at 3701 and 3711 West Vliet Street met the statutory definition of blighted, as summarized in a Blight Designation Summary and a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File, and requested Common Council approval of the blight designation and property acquisition by the Authority; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City-owned vacant lots at 3701 and 3711 West Vliet Street are declared blighted pursuant to Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Department of City Development, or designee, is authorized to transfer the property to the Au...
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