Number
100606
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN AND WITKOWIAK
Title
Substitute resolution appropriating $95,000 from the Development Fund for a retaining wall replacement project at the Council for the Spanish Speaking’s Hillview Building.
Analysis
This resolution approves the transfer and expenditure of $95,000 from the Development Fund capital account for a retaining wall and exit stair addition project at the Council for the Spanish Speaking’s Hillview Building, 1615 S. 22nd Street.
Body
Whereas, The Development Fund is a Department of City Development-administered capital account that provides funding to complement and support a wide variety of private economic development projects and activities to expand the City’s tax base; and
Whereas, Pursuant to s. 304-31 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances, the Development Fund may be used to:
1. Provide grants to projects that redevelop taxable property, resulting in tax base growth.
2. Fund infrastructure work to facilitate private investment.
; and
Whereas, Since taking ownership of the Hillview Building, 1615 S. 22nd Street, in 2007, the Council for the Spanish Speaking has invested thousands of dollars into renovating the building -- a former nursing home -- into a community center that provides job training, education and other social services to over 2,000 persons; and
Whereas, Thirty-two persons are now employed in the Hillview Building, while another 350-plus persons per month receive services from an Adult Education/ESL/Works Solution program that prepares them for employment and job training; and
Whereas, By employing 32 persons and providing facilities for education and job training, as well as office space for community organizations that offer job placement services, the Hillview Building project contributes to economic development on the Near South Side; and
Whereas, Because the Council for the Spanish Speaking rents space in the Hillview Building to various organ...
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