Number
160936
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
141447
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS
Title
Substitute resolution approving the Land Disposition Report and authorizing the sale of the properties located at 2215 North 4th Street, 2235 North 4th Street, 411 West North Avenue, 2226-2228 North 5th Street, 2230-2232 North 5th Street and 2234 North 5th Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This substitute resolution will permit the City of Milwaukee to convey properties according to the conditions in a Land Disposition Report.
Body
Whereas, The City-owned Garfield Elementary School (“Garfield School”) at 2215 North 4th Street has been vacant since 2006; and
Whereas, The Garfield School occupies a key location in the North 7th Street-West Garfield Redevelopment Project Area that has been designated as the Bronzeville Cultural and Entertainment District; and
Whereas, The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”) owned five properties adjacent to the Garfield School known as the former America’s Black Holocaust Museum located at 2235 North 4th Street, the former Grant’s Soul Food Restaurant located at 411 West North Avenue and three vacant lots located at 2226-2228 North 5th Street, 2230-2232 North 5th Street and 2234 North 5th Street (collectively, the “Adjacent Properties”); and
Whereas, Redevelopment of the Garfield School and Adjacent Properties were the subject of the 2013 Bronzeville Visioning Charrette hosted by the UWM Community Design Solutions Studio-School of Architecture and Urban Planning to obtain community and professional input for the redevelopment of the combined site as a signature Bronzeville project; and
Whereas, A Request for Proposals to solicit proposals to implement the charrette recommendations was posted in 2014 jointly by the City of Milwaukee (“City”) and the Authority; and
Whereas, The Department of City Development (“DCD”) received three proposals that included arts-related components and incorporated the sug...
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