City of Milwaukee - File #: 191458

• File #: 191458
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Commissioner of City Development to prepare and present a plan to the Common Council for requiring a developer to be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of City-owned property being held off the market for potential development.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. LEWIS
• Indexes: BUILDING-REGULATION, CITY PROPERTY, DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/19/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: ALD. Lewis added as Co-sponsor	Pass	15:0
1/29/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs	Pass	5:0
1/8/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

191458

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS AND LEWIS

Title

Resolution directing the Commissioner of City Development to prepare and present a plan to the Common Council for requiring a developer to be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of City-owned property being held off the market for potential development.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Commissioner of City Development to prepare and present a plan to the Common Council for requiring a developer to be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of City-owned property being held off the market for potential development. The Commissioner of City Development shall present this plan to the Common Council within 4 months of adoption of this resolution.

Body

Whereas, The 2020 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 190001 on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, Amendment 19 placed a footnote in the Budget stating, “The Commissioner of City Development shall present a plan to the Common Council for requiring a developer to be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of a City-owned property being held off the market for potential development”; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee owns a variety of properties, including fully rehabilitated homes, tax-foreclosed buildings, vacant lots, surplus municipal facilities and brownfield properties suitable for redevelopment; and

Whereas, The Department of City Development will often keep properties off the market for particular developers in anticipation of community-beneficial redevelopment; and

Whereas, Vacant properties raise concerns amongst neighbors about crime and safety, as well as a perception of low community investment; and

Whereas, As vacant properties sit unused, they fall further into disrepair and exacerbate public concern; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of City Development is directed to prepare and present a plan to the Common Council for requiring a developer to be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of City-owned property being held off the market for potential development; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of City Development shall present this plan to the Common Council within 4 months of adoption of this resolution.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB175642-1

Luke Knapp

12/10/2019