ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · February 25, 2014
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS &
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
ALD. JAMES BOHL, CHAIR
Ald. Jose Perez, Vice-Chair
Ald. Willie Wade, Ald. Robert Bauman, and Ald. Nik Kovac
Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 286-2232
Fax: 286-3456, clee@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Jeffrey Osterman, 286-2262,
joster@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:00 AM Room 301-B, 3rd Floor, City Hall
Meeting convened at 9:03 a.m.
Present 5 - Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman, Kovac
1. 131335 Substitute resolution granting historic designation to the Germania
Building at 135 W. Wells Street, in the 4th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: Ald. Bauman
Individual appearing:
Carlen Hatala, Historic Preservation Commission Staff Planner
A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
2. 131505 A substitute ordinance relating to vacant building registration
regulations.
Sponsors: Ald. Wade, Ald. Bauman and Ald. Bohl
Individuals appearing:
Art Dahlberg, Department of Neighborhood Services Commissioner
Danielle Bergner, City Attorney's Office
Ald. Bauman and Bohl added as cosponsors.
A motion was made by ALD. WADE that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
3. 131384 A substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from
Two-Family Residential to Local Business, for parking, on land located
on the west side of South 6th Street, south of West Historic Mitchell
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Street, in the 12th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: Ald. Perez
Individuals appearing:
Matthew Haessly, Department of City Development
Vanessa Koster, Department of City Development
Robert Williams, TDI Associates
A motion was made by ALD. PEREZ that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
4. 131495 Substitute resolution accepting an unsolicited Offer to Purchase from
Mitchell Street Group, LLC to purchase 1721-23 South 6th Street for
combination with its adjoining properties to construct a parking lot, in
the 12th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: Ald. Perez
Individuals appearing:
Matthew Haessly, Department of City Development
Vanessa Koster, Department of City Development
Robert Williams, TDI Associates
A motion was made by ALD. PEREZ that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
5. 131480 Resolution authorizing the sale of the City-owned vacant lots at
3319-23 West Lisbon Avenue to Stephanie Shipley, owner of the
adjacent property at 3327 West Lisbon Avenue, for garden use and
business expansion, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Individual appearing:
Yves LaPierre, Department of City Development
A motion was made by ALD. KOVAC that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
6. 131494 Resolution authorizing the transfer of funds from the Capital
Account-Housing Infrastructure Preservation Fund to a subaccount to
fund repairs to City-owned properties to preserve the structures,
improve marketability and stabilize neighborhoods.
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Sponsors: Ald. Bauman
Individual appearing:
Yves LaPierre, Department of City Development
A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
7. 131479 Resolution authorizing the Department of City Development to expend
funds allocated in the 2014 City Budget for the In Rem Property
Program capital improvement project account.
Sponsors: Ald. Bohl
Individuals appearing:
Maria Prioletta, Department of City Development
Samuel Leichtling, Department of City Development
A motion was made by ALD. PEREZ that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
8. 131498 Substitute resolution approving a Term Sheet providing for
disbursement of a portion of the City Investment to fund Public
Infrastructure costs for the North End Phase III Project and authorizing
expenditures for Tax Incremental District No. 48 (Park East), in the 3rd,
4th and 6th Aldermanic Districts.
Sponsors: Ald. Kovac
Individuals appearing:
Allysa Remington, Department of City Development
Thomas Gartner, City Attorney's Office
Richard Lincoln, Mandel Group, Inc.
Ald. Kovac moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A . (Prevailed 4-0)
A motion was made by ALD. KOVAC that this Resolution be SUBSTITUTED.
This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Bohl, Perez, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
Excused 1- Wade
131498 Substitute resolution approving a Term Sheet providing for
disbursement of a portion of the City Investment to fund Public
Infrastructure costs for the North End Phase III Project and authorizing
expenditures for Tax Incremental District No. 48 (Park East), in the 3rd,
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4th and 6th Aldermanic Districts.
Sponsors: Ald. Kovac
A motion was made by ALD. KOVAC that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
9. 120271 Resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the Project Plan and
authorizing expenditures for Tax Incremental District No. 40 (West
North Avenue/Sherman Boulevard), in the 15th Aldermanic District,
and terminating TID No. 40 upon completion of the work funded in the
Amendment.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Individual appearing:
Jim Scherer, Department of City Development
Ald. Wade moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A . (Prevailed 4-0)
A motion was made by ALD. WADE that this Resolution be SUBSTITUTED.
This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Bohl, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
Excused 1- Perez
120271 Substitute resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the Project Plan
for Tax Incremental District No. 40 (West North Avenue/Sherman
Boulevard) and authorizing expenditures, in the 15th Aldermanic
District.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 3- Bohl, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
Excused 2- Perez and Wade
10. 131478 Resolution dissolving Tax Incremental District No. 44 (Lindsay Heights)
and authorizing the City Comptroller to distribute excess incremental
revenue to overlying taxing districts.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Individual appearing:
Jim Scherer, Department of City Development
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A motion was made by ALD. KOVAC that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
11. 131326 Communication from the Department of City Development regarding
2013 Accomplishments and 2014 Objectives of the Redevelopment
Authority of the City of Milwaukee.
Sponsors: Ald. Davis
Individuals appearing:
Rocky Marcoux, Department of City Development Commissioner and
Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee Executive Director
David Misky, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee
Ald. Joseph Davis, Sr., 2nd Aldermanic District
David Schroeder, Department of City Development
A motion was made by ALD. WADE that this Communication be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Bohl, Perez, Wade, Bauman and Kovac
No 0
Meeting adjourned at 11:44 a.m.
Chris Lee, Staff Assistant
This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center
at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.
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Agenda
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Agenda
ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS &
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
ALD. JAMES BOHL, CHAIR
Ald. Jose Perez, Vice-Chair
Ald. Willie Wade, Ald. Robert Bauman, and Ald. Nik Kovac
Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 286-2232
Fax: 286-3456, clee@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Jeffrey Osterman, 286-2262,
joster@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:00 AM Room 301-B, 3rd Floor, City Hall
Amended 2/21/14 - Item 2 (CCFN 131505) added to the agenda.
1. 131335 Substitute resolution granting historic designation to the Germania
Building at 135 W. Wells Street, in the 4th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: Ald. Bauman
2. 131505 A substitute ordinance relating to vacant building registration
regulations.
Sponsors: Ald. Wade
3. 131384 A substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from Two -Family
Residential to Local Business, for parking, on land located on the west
side of South 6th Street, south of West Historic Mitchell Street, in the
12th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: Ald. Perez
4. 131495 Substitute resolution accepting an unsolicited Offer to Purchase from
Mitchell Street Group, LLC to purchase 1721-23 South 6th Street for
combination with its adjoining properties to construct a parking lot, in the
12th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: Ald. Perez
5. 131480 Resolution authorizing the sale of the City-owned vacant lots at 3319-23
West Lisbon Avenue to Stephanie Shipley, owner of the adjacent
property at 3327 West Lisbon Avenue, for garden use and business
expansion, in the 15th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
6. 131494 Resolution authorizing the transfer of funds from the Capital
Account-Housing Infrastructure Preservation Fund to a subaccount to
fund repairs to City-owned properties to preserve the structures,
improve marketability and stabilize neighborhoods.
Sponsors: Ald. Bauman
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7. 131479 Resolution authorizing the Department of City Development to expend
funds allocated in the 2014 City Budget for the In Rem Property
Program capital improvement project account.
Sponsors: Ald. Bohl
8. 131498 Substitute resolution approving a Term Sheet providing for disbursement
of a portion of the City Investment to fund Public Infrastructure costs for
the North End Phase III Project and authorizing expenditures for Tax
Incremental District No. 48 (Park East), in the 3rd, 4th and 6th
Aldermanic Districts.
Sponsors: Ald. Kovac
9. 120271 Resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the Project Plan and
authorizing expenditures for Tax Incremental District No. 40 (West North
Avenue/Sherman Boulevard), in the 15th Aldermanic District, and
terminating TID No. 40 upon completion of the work funded in the
Amendment.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
10. 131478 Resolution dissolving Tax Incremental District No. 44 (Lindsay Heights)
and authorizing the City Comptroller to distribute excess incremental
revenue to overlying taxing districts.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
11. 131326 Communication from the Department of City Development regarding
2013 Accomplishments and 2014 Objectives of the Redevelopment
Authority of the City of Milwaukee.
Sponsors: Ald. Davis
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