Number
020441
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Substitute resolution to facilitate replacement of the 37th Street Elementary School by approving the blight designation of 31 privately owned properties for acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee on behalf of Milwaukee Public Schools, approving an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement for the school replacement and authorizing subsequent conveyance of these properties and 6 City-owned vacant lots to the City of Milwaukee In Trust for the Board of School Directors, in the 17th 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 31 privately owned properties in the vicinity of North 35th Street and West Galena Street, authorize their acquisition by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee using the Spot Acquisition procedures set forth in Section 66.1333, Wisconsin Statutes, approve an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement to fund the acquisitions and authorize the subsequent conveyance of these properties and 6 City-owned vacant lots according to the conditions in the Land Disposition Report.
Body
Whereas, As part of the Neighborhood School Initiative, the Board of School Directors for the Milwaukee Public Schools ("MPS") has approved replacement and expansion of the 37th Street Elementary School that is currently at 1715 North 37th Street and has recommended that the school be located on the block bounded by North 35th Street, West Galena Street, North 37th Street and West Cherry Street; and
Whereas, MPS has requested that the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee ("Authority") acquire the following privately owned properties on its behalf to assemble the site for the new school:
1507-09 North 35th Street (Tax Key No. 366-9997-000-4)
1511-13 North 35t...
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