City of Milwaukee - File #: 191174

• File #: 191174
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/5/2019
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/26/2019
• Title: Substitute resolution providing a COP House grant to Journey House to develop the Southside City Hub and The Journey Café at a property at 2033 West Scott Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ, ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, GRANTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/4/2019	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/26/2019	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Hamilton added as a cosponsor.	Pass	14:0
11/13/2019	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: This is in the 8th Aldermanic District. Martha Brown - Dept. of City Development Ryan Schone - Journey House Ald. Jose Perez Ald. Milele Coggs	Pass	5:0
11/5/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191174
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
180001
Sponsor
ALD PEREZ and HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution providing a COP House grant to Journey House to develop the Southside City Hub and The Journey Café at a property at 2033 West Scott Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This substitute resolution approves the allocation of a $93,750.00 grant to Journey House to develop a café and community space that aligns with the goals of the COP House concept.
Body
Whereas, The 2019 City budget provided $375,000 in capital funding to the Department of City Development (“DCD”) for the COP House program; and

Whereas, The concept of the COP House is to renovate a City-owned foreclosed property in each of four Promise Zone neighborhoods, with the intention that the renovated space will be used as a “city hub,” a community gathering place at which Milwaukee police officers and other City staff could meet with citizens for the purpose of sharing information and reducing social barriers; and

Whereas, Journey House plans to develop The Journey Café (“Café”) in a building it owns at 2033 West Scott Street (“the Property”), and has proposed to include a room within the Café, the Southside City Hub (“Hub),” that could function as a community gathering space; and

Whereas, The Property was sold to Journey House by the City of Milwaukee in 2016, following the City’s acquisition of the Property through tax foreclosure; and

Whereas, Journey House staff will make the Hub available to City government agencies and the community for meetings, events and drop-in appointments; and

Whereas, These activities align well with the goals of the COP House concept; and

Whereas, Journey House estimates that the cost to renovate space within the Property for the Café and Hub is approximately $225,000; and

Whereas, Journey House has requested $93,750.00 in COP House funding to supplement funds that have been raised privately for the project; and

Whereas, Journey House...