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File #: 221286    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/13/2022 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 1/17/2023
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to prioritize spending of at least $400,000 of demolition funding on concentrated blight areas.
Sponsors: ALD. COGGS
Indexes: DEMOLITIONS
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List

Number

221286

Version

Substitute 1

Reference

 

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS

Title

Substitute resolution directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to prioritize spending of at least $400,000 of demolition funding on concentrated blight areas.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Department of Neighborhood Services to prioritize spending of at least $400,000 of demolition funding on concentrated blight areas.

Body

Whereas, The Adopted 2023 City Budget included Amendment 31, a footnote directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to prioritize spending of at least $400,000 of demolition funding on concentrated blight areas; and

 

Whereas, The 2023 Adopted Budget for the department allocates $2,200,000 for concentrated blight elimination; and

 

Whereas, It is expected that allocating $400,000 for demolition of properties in the areas of the most concentrated blight will focus the City’s efforts on the most distressed neighborhoods and speed the recovery of these neighborhoods; now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of Neighborhood Services is directed to prioritize spending of at least $400,000 of demolition funding on concentrated blight areas.

 

Requester

 

Drafter

LRB 177773-2

Aaron Cadle

January 3, 2023