City of Milwaukee - File #: 211868

• File #: 211868
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/22/2022
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/19/2022
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to the sale of the surplus Milwaukee Public Schools property at 9500 West Allyn Street and 9102 North 96th Street, in the 9th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: ALD. LEWIS
• Indexes: SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SURPLUS PROPERTY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/20/2022	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/19/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	12:0
4/12/2022	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Rhonda Szallai, DCD Edward DeShazer, Synergy Development Group LLC Rob Chandler, Synergy Development Group LLC	Pass	5:0
4/5/2022	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
3/22/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
211868
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
191155
Sponsor
ALD. LEWIS
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the sale of the surplus Milwaukee Public Schools property at 9500 West Allyn Street and 9102 North 96th Street, in the 9th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This substitute resolution approves the sale of the former Fletcher Elementary School, 9500 West Allyn Street and 9102 North 96th Street, to Synergy Development Group, LLC for redevelopment as a school.
Body
Whereas, Fletcher Elementary School, 9500 West Allyn Street and 9102 North 96th Street (the “Properties”), were determined underutilized by the requirements imposed by Wisconsin Statutes Section 119.61 in 2015 and Milwaukee Public Schools (“MPS”) listed the Properties as Surplus on their Inventory of School Buildings list in 2017; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee declares the Properties surplus to its needs; and

Whereas, In accordance with the requirements imposed by Wisconsin Statutes Section 119.61, the Properties were listed for sale to education operators only for a two-year period that ended in January 2018; and

Whereas, No education operator purchased the Properties during that two-year period; and

Whereas, In accordance with Wisconsin Statutes Section 119.61, the Properties were then offered for sale for adaptive re-use in July 2018; and

Whereas, The Department of City Development (“DCD”) received one proposal from Fletcher Affordable Limited Partnership for the purchase and redevelopment of the Properties for multi-family housing; and

Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) passed Common Council File No. 191155 approving the sale on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, The sale failed to materialize and the Properties were relisted on January 25, 2021; and

Whereas, Synergy Development Group, LLC (the “Buyer”) proposes to invest an estimated $5.3 million to purchase and renovate the Properties for school use; and

Whereas, The Buyer will lease th...