NUMB:
990955
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. HENNINGSEN
TITL:
Substitute resolution establishing an intergovernmental task force to evaluate site suitability for social service agencies, both for-profit and nonprofit, within the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution establishes a 13-member intergovernmental task force for the purpose of evaluating site suitability and creating guidelines regulating the placement of social service agencies, both for-profit and nonprofit, within the City of Milwaukee to minimize overconcentration of services in any area of the city.
BODY:
Whereas, Services provided by social services are needed by a number of citizens of the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County; and
Whereas, Social service agencies provide valuable and necessary assistance to the city and county and all of their citizens and need to be accessible to the clients whom they serve; and
Whereas, There is widespread concern that a concentration of these services is detrimental to a neighborhood's marketing and revitalization efforts; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee has no guidelines or policy regulating the siting of social service agencies; and
Whereas, Social service agencies do not pay property taxes and overconcentration of their presence may act as an obstacle to attracting new business and other private sector market rate activity into an area; and
Whereas, Social service agencies need to work more closely with neighborhood residents and neighborhood organizations to minimize the adverse impact their clients and services may have upon a neighborhood; and
Whereas, Certain areas of the City of Milwaukee and County of Milwaukee have become so engulfed by the NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) attitude that social service agencies never seek to locate in them or the areas never give fair consideration to the location of any social services within their boundaries; and
Whereas, In the ...
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