Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development meeting summary
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The committee approved the sale of two city-owned tax-deeded properties, recommended a minor exterior modification for a duplex in Kane Commons, and received a Department of City Development briefing on anticipated Tax Incremental District (TID) revenues for affordable housing.
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Committee members voted to sell two city-owned properties: one will include a renovated upstairs apartment, a commercial space planned for a woman-owned café and community gathering spot, and office/training space for the buyer’s business; the other will be sold back to its former owners. The panel also approved exterior changes to a duplex in the Kane Commons development. Staff reported that no TID (a financing tool that uses new tax revenue from a designated area) extensions and related revenues are expected for affordable housing in the 2027 budget, with two possible TID extensions and revenues anticipated in 2028. For residents, this means nearby property reuse and neighborhood projects can move forward, but new TID-driven affordable housing funding is unlikely next year.
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- Approved sale of city-owned property at 3276-78 North Holton Street with conditions in the Land Disposition Report (buyer will renovate residential and commercial spaces; commercial unit to be prepared for a woman-owned café; garage/warehouse to serve as buyer's Milwaukee office and training facility).
- Authorized sale-back to former owners of city-owned tax-deeded property at 2409-11 West Hopkins Street.
- Recommended for adoption a Minor Modification to the Kane Commons, Phase 1 Detailed Planned Development to allow exterior alterations at 1162-64 East Kane Place (windows, doors, porch, deck, roofing, siding).
- Placed on file a Department of City Development communication on anticipated TID revenues for affordable housing, noting no TID extensions/revenues for 2027 and two potential extensions/revenues for 2028.
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ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
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- Resolution authorizing the sale-back to former owners of the City-owned tax-deeded property located at 2409-11 West Hopkins Street, in the 7th Aldermanic District.
- Resolution approving a Land Disposition Report and authorizing the sale of the City-owned tax deed property at 3276-78 North Holton Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
- Substitute resolution relating to a Minor Modification to the Detailed Planned Development known as Kane Commons, Phase 1 to allow exterior alterations to the existing residential structure at 1162-64 East Kane Place, located on the north side of East Kane Place, east of North Humboldt Avenue, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.
- Communication from the Department of City Development relating to anticipated revenues that may be available from Tax Incremental District extensions for affordable housing programs in the 2027 Budget.
- Meeting convened at 9:02 a.m.
- Meeting adjourned at 9:53 a.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant Council Records Section City Clerk's Office
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