Number
120931
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, BOHL, HINES, and PEREZ
Title
Resolution relating to Common Council approval of project design and final plans for any development to be constructed on City- or Redevelopment Authority-owned land conveyed to another owner by means of a land disposition report.
Analysis
This resolution stipulates that every Common Council resolution approving a land disposition report for the sale of Redevelopment Authority- or City-owned real estate shall explicitly include approval of the preliminary design and plans of the development proposed for the real estate.
This resolution also provides that no City department shall issue any permit for the construction of any improvement upon land that is the subject of a land disposition report if the plans submitted for such permit are inconsistent with the plans approved by the Common Council resolution approving the land disposition report.
Body
Whereas, Section 66.1333(9)(a)1.d of the Wisconsin Statutes states that before a redevelopment authority may transfer, lease or sell any real property, "a report as to the terms, conditions and other material provisions of the transaction shall be submitted to the local legislative body, and the local legislative body shall approve the report prior to the authority proceeding with the disposition of the real property" ; and
Whereas, The Statutes are silent as to the specific information to be included in this report, which is known in Milwaukee as a "land disposition report"; and
Whereas, Neither the Statutes nor the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances give the Common Council explicit authority to review and approve the design and final plans for any development described in a land disposition report; and
Whereas, In addition, the Common Council is not given the authority to review and sign off on any substantial deviation between the preliminary plans the buyer of a Redevelopment Authority or City parcel submits prior to Council action on a land disposition report and the final plans submitted after land disposition report approval; and
Whereas, The Common Council finds that, to ensure consistency of final plans with the preliminary design and plans submitted by a purchaser of Redevelopment Authority- or City-owned real estate, as well as to facilitate high-quality development in Milwaukee, it is necessary to require Common Council review and approval of both the preliminary design and plans as well as the final design and plans; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that every Common Council resolution approving a land disposition report for the sale of Redevelopment Authority- or City-owned real estate shall explicitly include approval of the preliminary design and plans of the development proposed for the real estate; and, be it
Further Resolved, That no City department shall issue any permit for the construction of any improvement upon land that is the subject of a land disposition report if the plans submitted for such permit are inconsistent with the plans approved by the Common Council resolution approving the land disposition report.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB143852-2
Jeff Osterman
10/22/2012