City of Milwaukee - File #: 100158

• File #: 100158
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/25/2010
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/15/2010
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing environmental testing, remediation and demolition on brownfield properties from the Development Fund.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: DEMOLITIONS, DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT FUND, ENVIRONMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/24/2010	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/15/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
6/8/2010	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/7/2010	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
6/7/2010	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Karen Dettmer, Senior Environmental Project Coordinator, Dept. of City Development Joe'Mar Hooper, Budget & Management Reporting Manager, Dept. of City Development Ald. Davis requests from Ms. Dettmer that a list of eligible properties to be awarded be distributed to the Council members.	Pass	5:0
6/4/2010	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/25/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
100158
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing environmental testing, remediation and demolition on brownfield properties from the Development Fund.
Analysis
This substitute resolution directs the Department of City Development to proceed with a proactive program of testing and remediation of brownfield sites with redevelopment potential, utilizing $500,000, which was appropriated to the Development Fund in 2010 for this purpose.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee (“City”) has recognized that brownfield properties, whose use and redevelopment are complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination, are an important factor affecting tax delinquency, blight and other development issues facing the City; and

Whereas, State laws, particularly regarding municipal liability exemptions and cost recovery, allow the City to be more aggressive in dealing with brownfields with limited risk; and

Whereas, The City desires to take a proactive approach toward reclaiming brownfields and specifically provided funds to the Department of City Development's (“DCD”) Development Fund for brownfield activities as a replacement for the previously existing Environmental Testing Subfund; and

Whereas, Environmental testing is important to demonstrate either that properties are clean or to define the extent of contamination so that property transactions and redevelopment may occur; and

Whereas, The additional funding will provide DCD with the tools and the flexibility needed to address brownfield sites, including assessment, remediation, demolition and other costs, across the spectrum of brownfield properties, including those on the “Do Not Acquire” List; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City Comptroller is directed to transfer $500,000 from the Development Fund Project Account No. 9900-UR03309000A to the Environmental Fund Account No. 1910-UR03393102; ...