Number
200598
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Resolution approving a Project Plan and a Development Agreement, authorizing expenditures and creating Tax Incremental District No. 106 (McKinley School), in the 4th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
Tax Incremental District No. 106 consists of a site totaling approximately 95,988 square feet, located at 2001 West Vliet Street. The District is being created to assist in the redevelopment and adaptive reuse of a former school building and the creation of 35 housing units and 4 single family homes.
The Tax Incremental District will provide funding in an amount up to $650,000 for environmental remediation and demolition costs for the school building and a cash grant to the developer of up to $300,000 to assist in the development of the single family homes.
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 (“TID” or “District”) and approve a Project Plan for a TID; and
Whereas, Pursuant to Section 66.1105(4)(a) through (gm), Wisconsin Statutes, on August 20, 2020 the Authority conducted a public hearing on the Project Plan for the District (“Plan”), designated the boundaries of the District and recommended that the District be created and the Authority submitted such recommendation to the Common Council for approval with the Plan for the District, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File; and
Whereas, Under the provisions of Section 66.1105(4)(gm)4.a., Wisconsin Statutes, not less than 50 percent, by area, of the real property within a proposed TID must qualify a...
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