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Resolution approving a Cooperation Agreement by and between the Community Development Authority and the City of West Allis for the administration of various funds for demolition-related expenses of Zombie properties, and approving funding for oversight of Zombie property-related projects and requesting transfer of $100,000 from the Zombie Property Fund.
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WHEREAS, the Building Inspections and Neighborhood Services ("BINS") Department Director has obtained the proper court-ordered raze/repair orders for various properties around the City and has identified various other properties that are recommended for court-ordered raze/repair orders (the "Properties"), to eliminate blighting and unsafe environments that the Properties present; and,
WHEREAS, Properties to be demolished shall be recommended to the Common Council for final approval by a committee consisting of the Mayor, the President of the Common Council, the Chief of Police, the Director of BINS, the Director of Development and/or any of their designees, and priority shall be given to Properties with criminal activity, and/or life safety issues, and/or visible blight; and,
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of West Allis (the "Common Council") is using the term "Zombie Properties" as a general expression to define properties where a mortgage servicer files a foreclosure and then does not complete the process, properties that have been abandoned by the owners and no foreclosure has been filed for, create a blighting influence, and/or properties that are on BINS' nuisance and abandoned list; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into a professional consulting services contract for the preparation of plans and specifications in order to bid out the demolition of the various Zombie Properties, and a demolition contract for the demolition work that would be required per court-ordered raze/repair orders; and,
WHEREAS, the Common Council controls various funding sources that would be...
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