Number
110074
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
081367
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the sale or leasing of the surplus, City-owned property at 1333 North 33rd Street to Northcott Neighborhood House for use as a contractor’s yard.
Analysis
This resolution approves the sale or lease of the surplus, City-owned property at 1333 North 33rd Street (a former Department of Public Works sanitation district office) to Northcott Neighborhood House for minimal consideration ($1 sale price or $1 annual rent on a year-to-year lease). The decision as to whether the transaction is a sale or a year-to-year lease shall be at the discretion of Northcott Neighborhood House.
Body
Whereas, Common Council File Number 081367, adopted February 10, 2009, declared the City-owned property at 1333 North 33rd Street (a former Department of Public Works sanitation district office) surplus to municipal needs; and
Whereas, The property at 1333 North 33rd Street continues to be an underutilized, blighting influence on the surrounding neighborhood; and
Whereas, Northcott Neighborhood House, a community-based organization that has been serving Milwaukee’s low-income residents for 38 years, operates a “Fresh Start” program to increase home ownership among low-income families and to provide employment opportunities in the building trades for unemployed and underemployed Milwaukeeans; and
Whereas, Northcott Neighborhood House has expressed interest in using the property at 1333 North 33rd Street as a contractor’s yard for its construction program; and
Whereas, The Common Council finds that this proposed use of the surplus, City-owned property would be beneficial to residents of the surrounding neighborhood and to Milwaukee as a whole; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the sale or lease of the surplus, City-owned property at 1333 North 33rd Street to Northcott Neighborhood House for minimal consideration ($1...
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