Number
161611
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
080644, 120180, 130905, 161221
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the membership and duties of the Joint Committee on Redevelopment of Abandoned and Foreclosed Homes.
Analysis
This proposed substitute resolution renames the Special Joint Committee on Redevelopment of Abandoned and Foreclosed Homes to the Joint Committee on Redevelopment of Abandoned and Foreclosed Homes. The Committee shall consist of 3 members appointed by the Mayor, 3 members appointed by the Common Council President, one of whom shall be appointed as chair, and the City Treasurer and the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee or their designees.
This resolution also establishes the following duties and responsibilities of the Committee:
1. Meet regularly and as needed at the call of the chair to identify City needs, share information, coordinate administrative activities with policy development, and prepare regular communications, including recommendations for future activity and policy action.
2. Receive communications from the public and from City officers and departments, hear testimony, and consult with experts both within and outside City government.
3. Evaluate and make recommendations for effectively addressing code-compliance deficiencies that can arise with properties owned by various forms of legal entities, including limited liability companies, and for improving the City’s policies and practices for collecting code-compliance fines, property taxes, and other charges owed on properties owned by such legal entities.
Body
Whereas, The Special Joint Committee on Redevelopment of Vacant and Foreclosed Homes (Joint Committee) was established by Common Council Resolution File Number 080644 to address the impact of the housing crisis as it moved from the sub-prime market to the prime market contributing to a global economic recession; and
Whereas, The Joint Committee was...
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