Kenosha redevelopment authority receives Uptown Island 4 plan; staff says no public comments received

The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Kenosha on a voice vote received and filed a draft redevelopment plan for the Uptown Island 4 redevelopment project area.

Taylor, a city staff member presenting the plan, said the draft was sent to property owners within the project area, the city administrator and the mayor and was posted on the authority's web page for public comment. “We have received no comments from the public or any of the people that I listed above,” Taylor said.

The staff presentation outlined the approval sequence that must follow: the redevelopment authority will consider declaring the area one that needs redevelopment and approving the plan; the plan then must be considered by the plan commission and by the common council, with required notices and public hearing opportunities sent to every property owner within the project area and publication in local media.

Authority members did not raise objections during the item. Chairperson Eric Meigren noted he expected opportunities in the area as anticipated when the plan was discussed previously and signaled support for moving the process forward. The authority took a voice vote to receive the report; the chair recorded an aye vote.

No formal amendments or conditions to the draft were made at the meeting. Staff indicated the plan would proceed through the next steps in the statutory process, including notices and public hearings before plan commission and common council review.

The authority's action to receive and file does not itself change land use or authorize spending; formal adoption would require subsequent votes by the plan commission and common council and publication and notice steps described by staff.

Meeting discussion of this item appears on the redevelopment authority agenda as Item 1 and will be included in the formal record forwarded to the plan commission and common council.