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File #: 181371    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/18/2018 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 1/14/2019
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution amending Common Council File Number 180573 relating to the expenditure of funds from the ‘Keeping the Promise’ Special Purpose Account for use in Promise Zones.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Number
181371
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
160739, 170576, 180573
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution amending Common Council File Number 180573 relating to the expenditure of funds from the ‘Keeping the Promise’ Special Purpose Account for use in Promise Zones.
Analysis
This resolution amends the allocation of funds from the Keeping the Promise Special Purpose Account approved by Resolution Number 160739, adopted on May 31, 2017, and amended by Resolution Number 170576, adopted on July 31, 2017, and by Resolution Number 180573, adopted on July 31, 2018. Specifically, this resolution rescinds the allocation of $25,000 to the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation and allocates the funds to the Center for Self-Sufficiency.
Body
Whereas, The City’s 2017 Budget provided $472,000 in funding for the Keeping the Promise Special Purpose Account (SPA); and

Whereas, The purpose of this SPA is to provide resources to improve public safety, employment opportunities and education attainment in 7 target neighborhoods (Silver City, Clarke Square, Kosciuszko Park, Amani, Harambee, Garden Homes and Woodland/Meadows), 6 of which are in the City’s Promise Zones; and

Whereas, Resolution File Number 160739, adopted on May 31, 2017, and amended by Resolution Number 170576, adopted on July 31, 2017, and by Resolution Number 180573, adopted on July 31, 2018, allocates the full $472,000 appropriation among several worthy community organizations and programs; and

Whereas, The Department of Administration-Community Development Grants Administration has identified the $25,000 allocation to the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation from the Keeping the Promise Special Purpose Account for re-allocation to another worthy community organization, the Center for Self-Sufficiency; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the following allocation plan for the Keeping the Promise Special Purpose Account, as set forth in C...

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