Number
110102
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
041537, 060071
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Substitute resolution relating to a requirement for Commissioner of City Development design review and approval for projects receiving financial support from the City’s Housing Trust Fund.
Analysis
This resolution adds to the City’s adopted guidelines for the operation of the Housing Trust Fund a requirement that all projects financed by the Housing Trust Fund and involving new construction or substantial exterior renovation be subject to design review and approval by the Commissioner of City Development. It further requests the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board to add, to its application form for Housing Trust Fund awards, language requiring design review and approval by the Commissioner of City Development prior to the issuance of a building permit for any Housing Trust Fund-financed project involving new construction or substantial exterior renovation.
Body
Whereas, On September 26, 2006, the Common Council adopted File Number 060071, a resolution endorsing a framework and strategy for the financing and operation of the City of Milwaukee’s Housing Trust Fund, including the establishment of a 13-member Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board responsible for evaluating requests for funding from the Housing Trust Fund and making funding-award recommendations to the Common Council; and
Whereas, File Number 060071 further directed City staff to draft the legislation necessary to implement the framework and strategy endorsed therein, including an ordinance establishing the Housing Trust Fund and provisions relating to its operation and funding; and
Whereas, On November 14, 2006, the Common Council passed File Number 041537, the ordinance creating the City of Milwaukee’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides financial support to developers and community-based organizations for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and modification of affordable and accessible housing f...
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