Number
191434
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, STAMPER, LEWIS
Title
Resolution directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council approved the inclusion of a footnote in the 2020 Adopted City Budget, directing the Department of Neighborhood Services to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire-damaged structures.; and
Whereas, The blighting impact of dilapidated properties scheduled for demolition or deconstruction is substantial in areas where these properties are highly concentrated; and
Whereas, The presence of fire-damaged structures in an area often conveys a message of decay and hopelessness which can make the blighting impact of these structures particularly powerful; and
Whereas, Expending the City’s demolition and deconstruction resources on areas of the city with the greatest concentrations of properties scheduled for razing, and first razing fire-damaged structures within those areas, positions the City to confront urban blight in the areas of the city most at-risk of blight; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of Milwaukee, that the Department of Neighborhood Services is directed to concentrate demolitions and deconstructions in the areas experiencing the greatest need, with $250,000 from the 2020 Concentrated Blight Elimination capital program being used solely for demolitions in areas with high densities of vacant properties, with priority given to fire damaged structures; and, be it
Further Resolved, The Department shall report its demolition and deconstruction for the first 6 months of 2020 by July 7, 2020.
Drafter
LRB175678-1
Aaron Cadle
December 9, 2019