City of Milwaukee - File #: 020741

• File #: 020741
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/4/2002
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/24/2002
• Title: Substitute resolution declaring improved, tax-deed property surplus to municipal needs and authorizing sales in various aldermanic districts.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: PROPERTY SALES, SURPLUS PROPERTY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/3/2002	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/24/2002	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	17:0
9/17/2002	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
9/11/2002	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED	Neither
9/10/2002	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/4/2002		PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
9/4/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
020741
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution declaring improved, tax-deed property surplus to municipal needs and authorizing sales in various aldermanic districts.
Analysis
This substitute resolution authorizes the Commissioner of City Development to dispose of improved, tax-deed property in accordance with the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances and with supplemental procedures described herein.
Body
Whereas, Chapter 304-49 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances (“Code”) specifies the disposition process for surplus, City-owned real estate; and

Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) has, by adoption of resolution and other policy direction, supplemented the Code with procedural steps designed to streamline the process for returning property back to the tax roll and into the hands of responsible parties; and

Whereas, Those steps in the surplus property disposition process can be summarized as follows:

After the City Plan Commission declares property surplus to municipal needs and the Common Council approves an asking price, the Department of City Development (“DCD”) shall market property in the following preferential order:

1. To qualified nonprofit organizations who can purchase property prior to being placed on the market either at the specified asking price if over $10,000, or for $750 if valued at $10,000 or less, provided that the proposed use and the contemplated improvements are deemed to be compatible with neighborhood context in all respects. (Whenever a nonprofit organization is acting as a facilitator of a transaction for a homebuyer/owner-occupant, DCD may convey property directly to a third party deemed qualified by the nonprofit organization.)

2. If there is no nonprofit organization interest, area residents shall be given an exclusive opportunity to purchase property for 30 days prior to property being exposed to the open market.

3. If n...