Number
020884
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
020738
Sponsor
ALD. HENNINGSEN
Title
Substitute resolution amending the Redevelopment Plan for the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area to require Common Council review and approval of construction of improvements within the Project Area.
Analysis
This resolution amends the Redevelopment Plan for the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area to require Common Council review and approval of design and construction of any new buildings or substantial building improvements within the Project Area
Body
Whereas, In December, 1985, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Common Council adopted a Redevelopment Plan for the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area; and
Whereas, On September 24, 2002, the Common Council adopted File Number 020738, a resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to this Redevelopment Plan; and
Whereas, This resolution modified the boundaries of the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area to include additional publicly-owned properties along the lakefront north of the Maier Festival Grounds; and
Whereas, The Project Area boundary was expanded at the request of the Milwaukee Art Museum, which now may be able to use Redevelopment Authority bond proceeds to fund Museum improvements; and
Whereas, Under state redevelopment authority law, expansion of a project area allows a redevelopment authority to have design and construction review and approval authority for any new construction or building improvements in the additional project area; and
Whereas, Media reports have indicated that additional new construction, apart from work at the Milwaukee Art Museum, has been proposed for land in the expanded North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area; and
Whereas, Any development within the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area is a matter of community-wide concern because of the manner in which such development could impact public use and vistas of one of Milwaukee's most valuable public amenities -- the Lake Michigan shoreline; and
Whereas, Since the Milwaukee Common Council is the public body elected to represent the views and interests of all residents of the City of Milwaukee, including views and interests relating to lakefront land use, it is essential that the Common Council be given authority to review and approve design and construction of building projects in the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Redevelopment Plan for the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area is amended to require Common Council review and approval of design and construction of any new buildings or substantial building improvements within the Project Area; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this amendment shall be known as "Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the North Harbor Drive Redevelopment Project Area"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Clerk is authorized and directed to transmit to the Redevelopment Authority a certified copy of this resolution for recording in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Milwaukee County.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB02473-2
JDO
10/2/02