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Resolution Designating Spot Blight of the Rogers Memorial Hospital Project Site located at 11101 W. Lincoln Ave.
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Authority of the City of West Allis, Wisconsin (the "Authority") is a public body corporate and politic duly organized by the City of West Allis, Wisconsin (the "City") and is authorized by Sections 66.1333 and 66.1335 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as amended (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Act") to prepare redevelopment plans and urban renewal plans and undertake and carry out redevelopment and urban renewal projects within the corporate limits of the City, including but not limited to:
(a) to acquire property necessary or incidental to an urban renewal program and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer such property to a public body or private party for use in accordance with a redevelopment plan and to assist private acquisition, improvement and development of blighted property for the purpose of eliminating its status as blighted property;
(b) to enter into contracts determined to be necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Act; and
(c) to issue revenue bonds to finance its activities; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Authority have been provided with information regarding existing conditions at 11101 W. Lincoln Avenue (the “Project Site”), West Allis, Wisconsin, which property is owned by Rogers Memorial Hospital (the “Property”) (the “Blight Report”), a summary of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the full report is on file with the Authority and the City); and
WHEREAS, the Property has been preliminarily identified as blighted Property in need of rehabilitation and blight elimination in accordance with the Act; and
WHEREAS, a notice of public hearing in the form attached as Exhibit B was published and the Authority held a public hearing in accordance with Section 66.1333(5)(c)(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes on June 10, 2008; and
WHEREAS, following the public hearin...
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