City of Milwaukee - File #: 221234

• File #: 221234
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/13/2022
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 1/17/2023
• Title: Resolution directing the Department of City Development to collaborate with the Police Department and Health Department - Office of Violence Prevention towards improving worker and neighborhood safety for the Homes MKE program.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. CHAMBERS JR.
• Indexes: DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAFETY MEASURES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/24/2023	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/17/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Chambers, Jr. added as a cosponsor.	Pass	12:0
1/10/2023	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Milele Coggs, 6th Ald. Dist. Vanessa Koster, Dept. of City Development	Pass	5:0
12/13/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
221234
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS AND CHAMBERS, JR.
Title
Resolution directing the Department of City Development to collaborate with the Police Department and Health Department - Office of Violence Prevention towards improving worker and neighborhood safety for the Homes MKE program.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of City Development to collaborate with the Police Department and Health Department - Office of Violence Prevention towards improving worker and neighborhood safety for the duration of the Homes MKE program
Body
Whereas, The 2023 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 220001 on November 22, 2022; and

Whereas, Amendment 9 placed a footnote in the Budget stating, “The Department of City Development shall collaborate with the Police Department and Office of Violence Prevention on worker and neighborhood safety in the Homes MKE project.”; and

Whereas, On September 20th, 2022, the Common Council authorized the Department of City Development to implement the Homes MKE program, entailing the sale of city owned foreclosed properties and the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds to fund the rehabilitation of such properties; and

Whereas, The purposes of Homes MKE include the return of foreclosed properties to the tax roll, the provision of greater opportunities for home ownership and affordable rent, and new opportunities for development of the City’s workforce; and

Whereas, The rehabilitation of Homes MKE properties is a critical component of the program - and ensuring the safety of contractors working on these properties, and the neighborhoods surrounding them, is vital to the success of the program; therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of City Development is directed to collaborate with the Police Department and Health Department - Office of Violence Prevention to improve the safety of workers and neighborhoods throughout the durati...