City of Milwaukee - File #: 231335

• File #: 231335
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/12/2023
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/17/2024
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Department of Neighborhood Services to expend American Rescue Plan Act funds from the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration for the Northridge Mall Demolition and Redevelopment Program.
• Sponsors: ALD. TAYLOR, ALD. CHAMBERS JR.
• Indexes: DEMOLITIONS, REDEVELOPMENT, URBAN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/22/2024	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/17/2024	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Chambers, Jr. added as a cosponsor.	Pass	15:0
1/9/2024	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Larresa Taylor, 9th Ald. Dist. Vanessa Koster, Dept. of City Development David Seager Jr., Deputy Fire Chief Chris Kraco, Dept. of Neighborhood Services Andrea Fowler, Budget Office ARPA Director Benjamin Timm, Dept. of City Development Atty. Michael Radavich, City Attorney's Office Odalo Ohiku, Deputy City Attorney Atty. Hannah Jahn, City Attorney's Office A presentation was made. Ald. Bauman moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
1/9/2024	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
12/12/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
231335
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. TAYLOR AND CHAMBERS, JR.

Title
Resolution authorizing the Department of Neighborhood Services to expend American Rescue Plan Act funds from the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration for the Northridge Mall Demolition and Redevelopment Program.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Neighborhood Services and other assisting City departments to expend funds from an award of American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration in the amount of $15,000,000.00 for the Northridge Mall Demolition and Redevelopment Program.

Body
Whereas, since its closure in 2002, the Northridge Mall located on Milwaukee’s northwest side has deteriorated to a dangerous nuisance condition; and

Whereas, the City is currently in the process of razing and remediating the dangerous nuisance condition of the Boston Store portion of the former Northridge Mall; and

Whereas, the remainder of the former Northridge Mall remains in a dangerous nuisance condition, sustaining at least seven fires since July, 2022, most recently on November 2, 2023, which places a severe strain on the Milwaukee Fire Department and on surrounding jurisdictions; and

Whereas, the City of Milwaukee has an enforceable raze order on the remainder of the Northridge Mall property; and

Whereas, to abate the dangerous nuisance and bring the property back to productive use, the City would be required to abate environmental contaminants including asbestos, mercury and other universal wastes at the site, complete demolition work, relocate certain utilities, green the property, and continue revitalization planning; and

Whereas, the City expects that returning Northridge to productive use will catapult much needed economic recovery in the area surrounding the former mall, discourage crime in the area, and build on the redevelopment work put into action by the ...