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File #: 221234    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/13/2022 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 1/17/2023
Effective date:    
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
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
1/24/20230 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
1/17/20230 COMMON COUNCIL ADOPTED

Minutes note: Ald. Chambers, Jr. added as a cosponsor.		Pass12:0 Action details Meeting details Video Video
1/10/20230 ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION

Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Milele Coggs, 6th Ald. Dist. Vanessa Koster, Dept. of City Development		Pass5:0 Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/13/20220 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available

Number

221234

Version

ORIGINAL
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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 duration of the Homes MKE project.

Further Resolved, That the Department of City Development, with the assistance of the Police Department and Health Department, shall provide a report on this collaborative effort, including a description of any planned or proposed safety improvements, within 60 days of adoption of this resolution.

Requestor

 

Drafter

LRB177754-1

Gunnar Raasch

12/5/2022