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The closed-session items listed in the motion included a developer\u0000request for a third amendment to the development agreement between the City of Saint Francis and Campbell Capital Group LLC for property at 3700 South Lake Drive and related TID 5 expenditures; and authorizations related to participation in scheduled mediation concerning City of Saint Francis v. B R I 1 LLC et al and a matter involving 2830 East Layton Avenue. The council asked for the motion to close the session in order to discuss the items in the West Room.

A member moved the motion to adjourn into closed session and a second was recorded. The meeting then reflected a roll-call affirmation: Alderman Brickner, Alderman Damon, Alderman Waddahua, Alderman Calderon and Alderman Fliss each responded \"Aye\" on the roll call; the council president (Feier) announced the motion carried and the body recessed for a short break before going into closed session.

No substantive details of the closed-session deliberations are recorded in the public transcript. The public record lists the statutory bases for closing the meeting and specifies the agenda items to be discussed in closed session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","7/01/2025 Common Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At the July 1 meeting the council voted to adjourn into closed session under Wisconsin statutes to deliberate a developer request for a third amendment to a development agreement, related TID 5 expenditures, and to confer with counsel on pending litigation and scheduled mediation.","taxTitle","St. Francis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin","taxId",70764,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6179468,"Council reviews Chapter 10 special-assessment rules as city prepares 2025 street improvement assessments",928,918360,1846460,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5128290-5eec90bfa34b9d76d5f8ab9e20628437&start=918&end=1846","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5128290-5eec90bfa34b9d76d5f8ab9e20628437/thumbnail_918360.jpg","/articles/6179468/St-Francis/Milwaukee-County/Wisconsin/Council-reviews-Chapter-10-special-assessment-rules-as-city-prepares-2025-street-improvement-assessments","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6179468-8b717383df31093956e1f8a698e16a4a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161372&Signature=bSgbAZ1Qah2jd8U9aVGzzMmSDZQk5S0jqn7buZOuE5AbBENiY8~u-trryB-NJ~8k65LWy13UZN~Jv0HG7zNBwBjBYtpS9adA-QVnKGSLVhCGHBw1w8hdJtL8hIHa5vT~7xIx0VR9gbc802073S5q-ZZLDe1CKaMgHtWRdS3yEYIhg8tZss-pvn5J71~m51I3Rza85Lm53sqoLH4nxzbGGzhKidg72rB0uzpJAxtk4y8gJ8I-QxTjKEc3nkFzin6m~FfSro21SSXOU7P5atrdUWQwn6qqbQyCKJ6ToexzFpPLr~jHAPWT-~L3dWmTLqBxYzWKkUej85kXvf97Qd0XYw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff presented the City of Saint Francis\u0000Chapter 10 special-assessment provisions and a preliminary breakdown of how those rules would apply to the 2025 street-improvement program during the July 1 council meeting. The staff presentation included estimated assessment shares for curb, gutter, driveway aprons, pavement and restoration on several streets and explained how milled projects are treated under the current ordinance.

Bill, a city staff member who led the presentation, summarized the project list for 2025 (Pennsylvania, Bombay, Elizabeth, Tripoli, Brook, Alabama, Hately and Waterford) and explained the ordinance requires property owners to bear 100% of curb, gutter and driveway aprons costs while pavement costs are typically split 50/50 between residents and the city. Bill said Pennsylvania Avenue was a milled project and, under the ordinance\u0000provision for milled surfaces, pavement and removal would not be special assessed for residents. \"So again, making you aware of that,\" Bill said, noting the construction contract with Stark Paving was $787,717 and that preliminary assessment calculations based on bid quantities put assessments at about $552,507 (before adjustments); after excluding properties such as DOT and railroad parcels, net assessments were reflected at roughly $515,000 and, with an illustrative 10% administrative fee, a total assessment figure near $566,000. Bill said the city\u0000would borrow to cover initial costs and collect assessments over a period historically set at 10 years.

Council members stressed that the item was a briefing rather than a decision on assessments. Alderman Fliss said the question of changing the ordinance \"would need, like, a meeting in itself, like a committee of the whole meeting and to go through this,\" and urged more study and comparisons with other cities. Another council member said the referendum held several years earlier was close and recommended public outreach before making any substantive changes to assessment methodology. Multiple members said changes to the ordinance would apply to future projects (2026 and beyond) rather than the 2025 program because work on this year's projects had already begun.

Council discussion ended with agreement that staff should proceed with the current ordinance for 2025, prepare the required calculations, and—if no changes are directed—set up the public hearing and notice process so affected property owners will be informed of their preliminary assessments. Bill said staff would complete the preliminary calculations and begin the notification process so that assessments could be placed on the October tax roll if the public hearing and subsequent steps proceed.

No formal ordinance changes or assessment resolutions were adopted at the meeting; the record shows a direction to proceed under the existing Chapter 10 provisions unless council later directs modifications.","City staff reviewed Chapter 10 special-assessment provisions and preliminary cost allocations for the 2025 street-improvement program; council members requested further study before any ordinance changes and indicated staff should proceed under the current ordinance for 2025 projects.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6179472,"Saint Francis council rezones St. Francis DeSales Seminary property, approves detailed PUD plan and agreement",832,37370,869560,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5128290-5eec90bfa34b9d76d5f8ab9e20628437&start=37&end=869","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5128290-5eec90bfa34b9d76d5f8ab9e20628437/thumbnail_37370.jpg","/articles/6179472/St-Francis/Milwaukee-County/Wisconsin/Saint-Francis-council-rezones-St-Francis-DeSales-Seminary-property-approves-detailed-PUD-plan-and-agreement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6179472-a3943c92d005fbdee23bf8db73869358/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161372&Signature=EdZzOvpaenI2V22Bcg3pHwKv4fr61Yi99fI5o2ZOqPQB-0Eq8PBV6KnKQh9GS9RyCWV1Cs9L8UWmWesXUvh4RX7a-cjKST9t6XO-6xRpXyLCLeSsx5I8LWbXRlJobF8JA1V0oWqlDFJCikdga~6kl9lYS3i2C2HrCsZjb1UgFG7vZFntEImvaBlGHbGoFWdRbNo6Ooh9CfzVnNAHhdh0pIK-hvtTrTzIvkGrkEzUjSXWSFOxvlvID-xu7tR4b5Z3~Pax1sB0L6LPXbxslZQDqIn~oVbMCRHaOKxPWU9Pa05L4xAPyZXI4H5ESb75QO48m9kv4FZ~C4bDU4sValLwfg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Saint Francis Common Council voted July 1 to conditionally rezone 3257 South Lake Drive — the Saint Francis DeSales Seminary property — from a planned unit development to an amended planned unit development and to approve the development\u0000plan and a related agreement with the seminary.

The council took the actions after a brief public hearing held at 7 p.m. at the Saint Francis Civic Center. A resident who identified himself as Andrew Teshinski of 3284 South Illinois Avenue asked the council for a map of the property, saying the legal description in the notice was difficult to use to visualize the parcel. \"I don't see what we're looking at...It would certainly be easier if you could just say, this is what we're talking about for everybody to see,\" Teshinski said. A city staff member replied that public notices use the legal description, parcel numbers and address but offered to show a map at the meeting.

Following the public hearing, a council member moved to adopt an ordinance to amend the zoning for the seminary property under the City of Saint Francis zoning code; the motion passed on a voice vote. The council also moved to approve a resolution adopting the detailed planned unit development plan for the seminary property and approved an agreement between the city and Saint Francis DeSales Seminary Inc.; those measures likewise passed on voice votes. The council referred a separate ordinance to repeal and recreate the use table for nonresidential districts to a public hearing.

The public notice read into the record lists the parcels and tax keys included in the rezoning review and gives the hearing date and location; the notice stated the hearing concerned a change from planned unit development to amended planned unit development for 3257 South Lake Drive. The council did not discuss project financing, phasing, or specific building plans on the public record beyond taking the land-use and agreement votes. The record does not indicate any formal amendments to the ordinance or plan at the meeting.

The seminary property was referred to repeatedly in the meeting materials by address and parcel identifiers (including the tax-key numbers read as part of the public notice). Council members and staff indicated that additional, more detailed materials (such as maps or plan drawings) are available to interested parties on request. The record shows the council completed the procedural steps on July 1 to change zoning classification and to adopt the PUD plan and agreement; any implementation steps (permits, construction phasing, or subsequent council approvals) were not described in the meeting transcript.

The council closed the matter and proceeded to other business.","On July 1, 2025 the Saint Francis Common Council held a public hearing on and then voted to rezone 3257 South Lake Drive (St. Francis DeSales Seminary) to an amended planned unit development, approved a detailed PUD plan, and approved an agreement with the seminary.","actionData","errors"]

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