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File #: 010352    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/19/2001 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 7/17/2001
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned property at 2512 West Wells Street for acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 4th Aldermanic District. (Redevelopment Authority)
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: BLIGHT DECLARATION, BLIGHTED PROPERTY ACQUISITION, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Attachments: 1. Blight Summary.pdf, 2. Fiscal Note.doc, 3. Disposition Map.PDF
Number
010352
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
001154
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving the blight designation of the privately owned property at 2512 West Wells Street for acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, in the 4th Aldermanic District. (Redevelopment Authority)
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 the privately owned property at 2512 West Wells Street, authorize its acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee using the Spot Acquisition procedures set forth in Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, and identify a funding source for the project.
Body
Whereas, Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended ("Act"), authorized the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 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 66.1333(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. 001154 adopted December 15, 2000, the Council deemed it desirable and in the public interest that the A...

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