NUMB:
980192
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
971423
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Resolution approving the blight designation of 17 privately owned properties in the vicinity of Marquette University and authorizing their acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee in the 4th and 17th Aldermanic Districts (Redevelopment Authority).
ANLS:
- 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 17 properties in the vicinity of Marquette University and authorize their acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee utilizing the Spot Acquisition procedures set forth in Section 66.431, Wisconsin Statutes, and Community Development Block Grant funds.
BODY:
Whereas, Under the provisions of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, (herein called the "Act") the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized 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 Common 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 66.431(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 designating a boundary or adopting a redevelopment plan; and
Whereas, In Common Council...
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