City of Milwaukee - File #: 220992

• File #: 220992
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/1/2022
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/22/2022
• Title: Resolution approving a Land Disposition Report and Due Diligence Checklist and authorizing acquisition and then sale of 3322 West Forest Home Avenue, in the 11th Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: ALD. BORKOWSKI
• Indexes: LAND DISPOSITION REPORTS, PROPERTY SALES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/2/2022	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/22/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	12:0
11/15/2022	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Matt Haessly, Dept. of City Development Ald. Mark Borkowski, 11th Ald. Dist. David Borda, Borda Enterprises LLC Jennifer Borda, Borda Enterprises LLC	Pass	4:0
11/1/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
220992
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BORKOWSKI
Title
Resolution approving a Land Disposition Report and Due Diligence Checklist and authorizing acquisition and then sale of 3322 West Forest Home Avenue, in the 11th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes City acquisition by tax foreclosure and then sale of 3322 West Forest Home Avenue to Borda Enterprises, LLC according to the conditions in a Land Disposition Report and per Sections 304-49-5 and 304-49-8, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances, and approves the Land Disposition Report and the Due Diligence Checklist for this transaction.
Body
Whereas, The property at 3322 West Forest Home Avenue, (the “DNA Parcel”) is currently owned of record by John K. Kosmatka and Linda J. Kosmatka. It is a blighting influence. It is tax delinquent and vacant, and has outstanding building code violations. It is in the City’s 2022 No. 3 property-tax foreclosure file, and the total taxes, interest and penalties due as of October, 2022 equals $199,731.87; and

Whereas, The Department of City Development (“DCD”) conducted a historical land use investigation and found that the DNA Parcel historically was operated as an auto body repair shop. The DNA Parcel is on DCD’s brownfield list of Do Not Acquire properties; and

Whereas, DCD received an unsolicited offer to purchase the DNA Parcel from Borda Enterprises, LLC, (the “Buyer”) or its assignee, that desires to acquire the property and utilize 3322 West Forest Home Avenue for its growing residential and commercial renovation business. Buyer is willing to improve and rehab the DNA Parcel so that it will be put back onto the tax rolls, and so that it will be code-compliant, and be put back into productive reuse; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”), that the Common Council approves the Land Disposition Report (“LDR”) that is part of this file, and per Milwaukee Code of Ordinances 308-22...