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File #: 000767    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/22/2000 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 10/10/2000
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution approving the blight designation of two privately owned properties in the vicinity of North 26th Street and West State Street for donation to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 4th Aldermanic District. (Redevelopment Authority)
Sponsors: CHAIR
Indexes: BLIGHT DECLARATION, PROPERTY SALES, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Attachments: 1. 000767-fiscal.doc
Number
000767
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
991315
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving the blight designation of two privately owned properties in the vicinity of North 26th Street and West State Street for donation to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 4th Aldermanic District. (Redevelopment Authority)
Analysis
Adoption of this substitute resolution by at least two-thirds vote of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee will approve the blight designation of two privately owned properties in the vicinity of North 26th Street and West State Street so that the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee can accept a donation.
Body
Whereas, The owners of two properties at 2612-2616 West State Street (Tax Key No. 389-0311-000) and 1025-1027 North 26th Street (Tax Key No. 389-0925-100) have offered to donate these properties free and clear of all liens and encumbrances to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee ("Authority"), but before the Authority can accept title to these properties, they must be declared blighted pursuant to Section 66.431, Wisconsin Statutes; and

Whereas, In Common Council File No. 49-2311-8d, adopted on September 16, 1968, the 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 File No. 991315, adopted February 8, 2000, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee ("Council") deemed it desirable and in the public interest that th...

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