Number
081070
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving a Project Plan and creating Tax Incremental District No. 72, Bishop’s Creek, authorizing expenditures and approving the terms of Development Agreements and a Cooperation Agreement to implement the Project Plan, in the 1st and 7th Aldermanic Districts.
Analysis
This resolution approves a Tax Incremental District Project Plan to provide $1,585,000 in financial assistance for the development of Phase I of the Bishop’s Creek Project, which will include demolition and site remediation activity on the former Kaiser Tannery site located at 32nd and Hampton to prepare the site for redevelopment and the construction of a new 55-unit affordable housing project. The Tax Incremental District No. 72 Project Plan also creates a forgivable loan pool of $300,000 for exterior home improvements for property owners in the district. The Tax Incremental District is bounded by North 32nd Street, North 38th Street, West Congress Street and West Hampton Avenue (including the northwest corner of 32nd and Hampton). This resolution also approves the terms of a Development Agreement with Bishop’s Creek Community Development Corporation, Common Bond Communities and a Cooperation Agreement with the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee for the purposes of implementing the Project Plan.
Body
Whereas, Chapter 105 of the Laws of 1975 of the State of Wisconsin with amendments from other chapters of said Laws created Section 66.1105, Wisconsin Statutes, titled “Tax Increment Law;” and
Whereas, Section 66.1105(4) of the Tax Increment Law sets forth certain criteria that the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“Authority”) must follow to create a Tax Incremental District (“District” or “TID”) and approve a Project Plan for a District; and
Whereas, Pursuant to Section 66.1105(4)(a) through (gm), Wisconsin Statut...
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