Number
071227
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation and acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of City-owned properties in the vicinity of West Garfield Avenue and North 32nd Street and authorizing conveyance of the properties and Authority-owned property at 2200-06 North 32nd Street to North Avenue Community Development Corporation for residential and mixed-use development, 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 and acquisition of properties by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee utilizing the procedures set forth in Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, and will authorize subsequent conveyance of these properties and other Authority-owned property to a third party for redevelopment according to the conditions in a Blight Designation Summary and Land Disposition Report.
Body
Whereas, Section 66.1333(5)(c), Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, enables the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”), with the approval of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Council”), to acquire blighted property without designating a boundary or adopting a redevelopment plan; and
Whereas, The Authority proposes to acquire City-owned property in the vicinity of West Garfield Avenue and North 32nd Street to facilitate housing development in the Walnut Hill neighborhood, as summarized in a Blight Designation Summary and Land Disposition Report, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee (“City”) waived its right to the statutory notice and a public hearing was conducted on December 13, 2007 by the Authority pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes; and
Whereas, After the hearing, the Authority determined the properties to be blighted within the meaning of Section 66.1333(4)(bm), Wisconsin St...
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