HomeMy WebLinkAbout17. 22-14JANUARY 11, 2022 22-14 RESOLUTION
(APPROVED_5-1-1P_ LOST_______LAID OVER_______WITHDRAWN_______)
PURPOSE: APPROVE LAND ACQUISITION OF 0 BROAD STREET AND 400
CEAPE AVENUE FROM THE OSHKOSH HOUSING AUTHORITY
($150,000.00)
INITIATED BY: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approved Land Acquisition
WHEREAS, the Oshkosh Housing Authority has offered to sell the vacant
properties located at 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue to the City of Oshkosh in the
amount of $150,000.00; and
WHEREAS, after acquiring said properties, the City of Oshkosh will transfer them
to the Day by Day Warming Shelter to be utilized for a new year-round facility;
WHEREAS, the acquisition of 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue was included
in the 2021 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan, approved by
Common Council on April 13, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue will improve
the City’s public facilities to serve low and moderate income (LMI) individuals and
address homelessness in our community, outlined by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) as a national objective for LMI areas; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council approved a zone change to Institutional and a
General Development Plan and Conditional Use Permit for an Indoor Institutional Use
for said properties on July 27, 2021 and a Specific Implementation Plan for an Indoor
Institutional Use for said properties on December 14, 2021; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh that the proper City officials are hereby authorized and directed to purchase
said properties in the amount of $150,000.00 and execute any and all documents necessary
JANUARY 11, 2022 22-14 RESOLUTION
CONT’D
to consummate this transaction. Money for this purposed is hereby appropriated from
the following account:
0303-0740-7208-16124 Community Development Block Grant
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Mark Lyons, Planning Services Manager
DATE: January 6, 2022
RE: Approve Land Acquisition of 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue ($150,000.00)
BACKGROUND
The City of Oshkosh Department of Community Development is requesting approval to acquire
the property located at 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue. The property would transferred
to the Day by Day Warming Shelter and be utilized for the new year round facility.
The subject area included in the request consists of a two vacant lots with a total of
approximately 0.94 acres. The vacant lots have frontage on Ceape Avenue, Broad Street, and
Otter Avenue. The surrounding area consists primarily of residential uses to the north and east
along with Riverside Park to the south and Court Tower Condominium to the west. The 2040
Comprehensive Plan recommends Center City land use for the subject properties.
On July 27, 2021, a zone change was approved to have the site zoned Institutional and add a
Planned Development overlay, along with a Conditional Use Permit/General Development Plan
for an indoor institutional development on the subject site. On December 14, 2021 a Specific
Implementation Plan (SIP) was approved for the subject site.
ANALYSIS
Acquisition of the property is consistent with the City of Oshkosh 2021 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan and previously approved SIP. Common Council
approved the 2021 CDBG Action Plan on April 13, 2021 and the SIP for the site on December 14,
2021. The 2021 Action Plan includes Goal 4: CD-1 Community Facilities and Infrastructure. CD-
1 is described as “Improve the City’s public facilities and infrastructure through acquisition of
property for public facility to serve LMI individuals.” It is staff’s opinion that acquisition of the
subject properties would fulfill Goal CD-1 of the 2021 Action Plan. Another overarching goal of
the 2021 Action Plan is to address homelessness in our community and is outlined as a National
Objective for LMI areas according to HUD. The 2021 CDBG Action Plan allocated $150,000 for
Goal CD-1.
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us
The City of Oshkosh Comprehensive Plan 2040 identifies the subject area as Center City. Center City
includes desired land uses such as housing and public land uses. The previously approved warming
shelter land use compliments the Center City desired land uses. Examples of other similar center city
land uses would be: Oshkosh Housing Authority, Transit Center, Governmental facilities, Christine
Ann Center, Clarity Care, Salvation Army, NAMI and many others. The proposed acquisition for the
year round Day by Day warming shelter is consistent with similar land uses within the Center City.
City staff is also recommending that the city acquire the property from the Oshkosh Housing
Authority after Day by Day has demonstrated that they have full funding to construct and
operate the proposed facility.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for the proposed $150,000.00 acquisition will be allocated from Community
Development Block Grant Account No. 0303-0740-7208-16124.
RECOMMENDATION
The Plan Commission recommended approval of the land acquisition on January 4, 2022. Please
see the attached staff report and meeting minutes for more information.
Respectfully Submitted, Approved:
Mark Lyons Mark A. Rohloff
Planning Services Manager City Manager
ITEM: APPROVE LAND ACQUISITION OF 0 BROAD STREET AND 400 CEAPE AVE
Plan Commission meeting of January 4, 2022.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Applicant: City of Oshkosh-Community Development
Property Owners: Oshkosh Housing Authority
Action(s) Requested:
The City of Oshkosh Department of Community Development is requesting approval to acquire
the property located at 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue. The property will be transferred to
the Day by Day Warming Shelter and be utilized for the new year round facility.
Applicable Ordinance Provisions:
N/A
Property Location and Background Information:
The subject area included in the request consists of a two vacant lots with a total of approximately
0.94 acres. The vacant lots have frontage on Ceape Ave.,
Broad St., and Otter Ave. The surrounding area consists
primarily of residential uses to the north and east along
with Riverside Park to the south and Court Tower
Condominium to the west. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan
recommends Center City land use for the subject properties.
On July 27, 2021, a zone change was approved to have the
site zoned Institutional and add a Planned Development
overlay, along with Conditional Use Permit/General
Development Plan for an indoor institutional development
on the subject site. On December 14, 2021 a Specific
Implementation Plan was approve for the subject site.
Subject Site
Existing Land Use Zoning
Vacant I-PD
Adjacent Land Use and Zoning
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Existing Uses Zoning
North Residential UMU & TR-10
South Riverside Park I-PD-RFO
East Residential TR-10
West Multi-family residential I
Recognized Neighborhood Organizations
River East
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Recommendation Land Use
2040 Land Use Recommendation Center City
ANALYSIS
The Department of Community Development is proposing to acquire 0 Broad Street and 400
Ceape Avenue for future transfer to Day by Day. Acquisition of the property is consistent with
The City of Oshkosh Community Development Block Grant 2021 Action Plan and previously
approved Specific Implementation Plan (SIP). The City of Oshkosh Common Council approved
the 2021 Action Plan on April 13, 2021 and a Specific Implementation Plan for the site on
December 14, 2021. The 2021 Action Plan includes Goal 4: CD-1 Community Facilities and
Infrastructure. CD-1 was described as – Improve the City’s public facilities and infrastructure
through acquisition of property for public facility to serve LMI individuals. It is staff’s opinion
that acquisition of the subject properties would fulfill Goal CD-1 of the 2021 Action Plan. Another
overarching goal of the 2021 Action Plan is to address homelessness our community and is
outlined as a National Objective for LMI areas according to HUD. The 2021 Action Plan allocated
$150,000 for Goal CD-1.
The City of Oshkosh Comprehensive Plan 2040 identifies the subject area as Center City. Center
City includes desired land uses such as housing and public land uses. The previously approved
warming shelter land use compliments the Center City desired land uses. Examples of other
similar center city land uses would be: Oshkosh Housing Authority, Transit Center,
Governmental facilities, Christine Ann Center, Clarity Care, Salvation Army, NAMI and many
others. The proposed acquisition for the year round Day by Day warming shelter is consistent
with similar land uses within the Center City.
RECOMMENDATION/CONDITIONS
Staff recommends approval of the proposed property acquisition of 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape
Avenue as requested.
The Plan Commission recommended approval of the land acquisition on January 4, 2022. The
following is their discussion on the item.
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Site Inspections Report: Ms. Propp, Mr. Perry, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Scheuermann, and Ms. Davey
reported visiting the site.
Staff report accepted as part of the record.
The City of Oshkosh Department of Community Development is requesting approval to acquire
the property located at 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue. The property will be transferred to
the Day by Day Warming Shelter and be utilized for the new year round facility.
Mr. Lyons presented the item and reviewed the site and surrounding area as well as the land use
and zoning classifications in this area. The Department of Community Development is
proposing to acquire 0 Broad Street and 400 Ceape Avenue for future transfer to Day by Day.
Acquisition of the property is consistent with The City of Oshkosh Community Development
Block Grant 2021 Action Plan and previously approved Specific Implementation Plan (SIP). The
City of Oshkosh Common Council approved the 2021 Action Plan on April 13, 2021 and a Specific
Implementation Plan for the site on December 14, 2021. The 2021 Action Plan includes Goal 4:
CD-1 Community Facilities and Infrastructure. CD-1 was described as – Improve the City’s
public facilities and infrastructure through acquisition of property for public facility to serve LMI
individuals. It is staff’s opinion that acquisition of the subject properties would fulfill Goal CD-1
of the 2021 Action Plan. Another overarching goal of the 2021 Action Plan is to address
homelessness our community and is outlined as a National Objective for LMI areas according to
HUD. The 2021 Action Plan allocated $150,000 for Goal CD-1.
The City of Oshkosh Comprehensive Plan 2040 identifies the subject area as Center City. Center
City includes desired land uses such as housing and public land uses. The previously approved
warming shelter land use compliments the Center City desired land uses. Examples of other
similar center city land uses would be: Oshkosh Housing Authority, Transit Center,
Governmental facilities, Christine Ann Center, Clarity Care, Salvation Army, NAMI and many
others. The proposed acquisition for the year round Day by Day warming shelter is consistent
with similar land uses within the Center City. Staff recommends approval with the findings and
listings as stated in the staff report.
Ms. Propp asked for any public comments and asked if the applicant wanted to make any
statements.
Bill Wyman, Community Foundation Board/Donors Representative, stated that the board and the
donors strongly support the homelessness community. Where they disapprove of is the site
selection. 20 years ago the City, the Chamber and the Community Foundation hired a city
planning consultant firm. They were hired to plan for the future development of our downtown
in our central city. Their findings were to promote the river front. The city has done a great job
promoting the river front by adding to the river walk, Waterfront Hotel, the Convention Center,
the Leach and private donors have donated to the Howard and downtown. Building a homeless
shelter at Ceape and Broad will negatively affect the development over the central city and the
downtown. I wouldn't be willing to bring my children to Touch-a-Truck or the Tuesday family
nights at the Leach knowing there's a chronic homeless shelter across the street. There are also
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concerns about weddings in relation to the location. It’s an awful location for a homeless shelter.
The location is not close to many of the services that they use like the Salvation Army, St. Anne’s
Clinic and Most Blessed Sacrament. The location is right next to a residential neighborhood that is
improving. There are more owner occupied homes in that location than there has been in years.
There's been some advancements on two other sites in the community.
Jim Erdman and Kelsie Lally, speaking on behalf of TJ Rogers, stated that they are in strong
opposition of the location. They support of homeless, understanding its situations and creating
and supporting continuum programs. They are a funder of the tiny homes community project
that is in its process. They have recently acquired the Oshkosh Northwestern building and polled
the community with a majority interest in creating a boutique hotel at that location. In
communication with investors and owners, it was simply stated that the community will not get a
boutique hotel 800 feet from this project. Homelessness is an issue there's no doubt and we're
certainly doing what we can to help resolve the situation but this location with the amount of
community money and effort that's gone into this area. Our stand is we're extremely
disappointed that this is even being considered as the site this close to this entertainment district.
Ms. Propp asked for clarification on if the boutique hotel will replace the Northwestern building.
Mr. Erdman confirmed that is the plan.
Bradford Lasky, resident, said he wanted to follow up with the email that he had sent and is also
disappointing to learn that the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation was not involved in the
site selection. The proper site selection is a key process in the sighting of emergency homeless
shelters. The key partner, the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation is important to Day by
Day’s success and it raises a bunch of red flags.
Jeff Trembly, Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Board President, said they have made a
great deal of progress working on the homeless continuum especially in the last 1 to 2 years. Day
by Day has been a part of that continuum and we fully support their mission. This location is not
the best site. The location they are proposing is in a job desert, and transportation is lacking.
Going forward if Day by Day is willing to come to the table to work with both community
foundation and other members in the community that have stepped forward that we can find a
resolution to this that would satisfy everybody
Jason Havlik, Day by Day Board Member, said that there is an issue with homelessness that needs
to be addressed. There is continually not enough capacity for the guests each day. This is not the
first time this project has come up and has already been delayed several times. . They have
spoken many times on the efforts that our team has put forward in trying to do the right site
selection, whether it’s a remodel of an existing building, looking at geographic locations, safety
and security and being financially responsible. Ceape and Broad makes logical sense to the team.
They understand that the community foundation is looking at alternative sites and the Day by
Day board has not asked them to do that. It is something that they have taken upon themselves.
We want to be good community partner but we have a homeless problem, and as the community
we need to address this soon. We can't continue to go year after year and continue to have our
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guests on the street not being able to take advantage of the many needed programs in order to
make sure our guests are taken care of.
Gretchen Withers, Day by Day Board President, said that in 2017 or 2018, there was a feasibility
study conducted and then numerous community members were interviewed. There were 6 or 7
people from the community foundation were also included to get their input. We took that
feasibility study seriously and took the advice and that was offered from our community
members to go out and educate our public educate on the subject of homelessness. The location is
centralized next to Court Towers which is a great transition for the guests to go from
homelessness to having an apartment.
Molly Yatso Butz, Day by Day Executive Director, said that this project has been stalled three
times in the last 11 years. There is now a situation where every night is critical. So we are unable
to support the people who are homeless in our community. We turn away every night, which
means we turn people to the streets, giving them nothing but food and a sleeping bag, because
we have no other alternatives. We have no sufficient washing machines. So, when you're seeking
basic needs, so when we talk about a chronic situation, or even a non-chronic situation in which
people are coming to us, and probably the worst situation, worse predicament of their life and we
provide them basic needs food, shelter and clothing. We have a nonfunctional kitchen. We have
not adequate restrooms. We have 1 toilet for every man who uses this facility. We don't have the
laundry capacity to even do people's laundry and provide them clothing. We're in a critical time
so If this project is stalled again, it’s pushing it another two years out. More people sleeping at the
Convention Center, The Leach and the public bathrooms.
Mr. Mitchell asked Ms. Yatso Butz why she thinks it’s a good space for the Day by Day Shelter.
Mr. Havlik assisted by saying that they wanted to put a shelter that’s geographically located
where the guests are and where the amenities they need are located. When looking at vacant
land, Ceape and Broad met that criteria. They wanted to ensure that we would have the safety
and wellbeing of our staff and guests in our community. As we design this building safety and
security were put into every aspect of the process. Lastly is being financially responsible and
making sure that the dollars are utilized and that we're spending the money to better enhance our
guests and giving them the best experience versus spending it on additional operating costs or
heating costs or tear down whatever it may be. So when you look at safety and security
geographic locations near amenities and financial responsible as a facilities team we felt that
Ceape and Broad met that criteria.
Ms. Yatso Butz said that the previous Housing Authority Executive Director said that space was
being saved for Day by Day and they wanted it to go there for the last 11 years. Our research also
led us to the site. This site is good for our mission because the timing is critical. Day by Day is
consistently over capacity and turning away between 7-15 people per night.
Ms. Scheuermann stated there seems to be disconnect between the two groups. One team wants
to move forward because they have a viable spot. Then it also seems like there are two other spots
that might be even better. It doesn’t seem like the two groups or talking, and it seems like we’re
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missing a piece which is important in making this decision. She asked for clarification from Ms.
Yatso Butz and Mr. Wyman.
Ms. Yatso Butz said they have received alternative plans from the Community Foundation. Day
by Day has not yet seen the proposals. During previous meeting, we had said Day by Day needed
a blank state. What had been proposed prior was a redo of the building they are currently in,
which is not recommended.
Mr. Wyman said that the Community Foundation has been working with Most Blessed
Sacrament and the local church who has the St. Mary’s project on Merritt. They have worked with
the Diocese in Green Bay and changed some of their location. Most Blessed Sacrament is willing
to tear down and make that site ready to build. CR Meyer and American Air Environmental
Services are working to give us a dollar amount of what it would cost to get that site ready to
build. The other option is right along Jackson right next to the Most Blessed Sacrament. There are
two lots, Jackson and High, and Jackson and Pearl that are already owned by the RDA. That
would save the city funds from having to acquire that property. There are some environmental
issues because there are some old gas station tanks that would have to be removed. That location
is .84 acres and the site at Ceape and Broad is .94 acres, so it is a little smaller. The Most Blessed
Sacrament site is over one acre, which is larger than the Ceape and Broad site. By January 11th
there will be estimates available.
Ms. Davey asked who currently owns the Ceape and Broad lots.
Mr. Lyons said the Housing Authority owns those lots.
Ms. Davey asked Mr. Wyman what he would like to see in that area if not a homeless shelter.
Mr. Wyman said the area has been developed as an entertainment district and they would like to
see something similar in that site.
Ms. Scheuermann asked for clarification on what they are voting on and if these funds are tied to
this location.
Mr. Lyons said the funds are not specifically tied to the action plan to this site. This site meets the
criteria for those funds. The funds through the action plan are just allocating 150 thousand dollars
for assisting acquisition of a property for a facility of this type. Staff is recommending this site for
them.
Ms. Scheuermann asked if they change the location down the road if they have to come back to
Plan Commission.
Mr. Lyons confirmed they do.
Ms. Scheuermann asked if essentially they are approving the funds to purchase.
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Mr. Lyons said they are approving the funds to be used to purchase this site. The funds are not
earmarked or tied specifically to it, but we are recommending through this process they be used
for Ceape and Broad.
Ms. Nieforth said that when the action plan was being created the funds were allocated which is
150,000 dollars of our 850,000 dollars that are allocated annually to the city that were set aside for
this. So the funds can be used for any type of facility that would service low to moderate income
citizens in our community, if it's this site, if it's another site, we are able to use it, we have the
funds.
Mr. Erdman said that all of the things that this project is considering. So all of you who are voting
on this, just consider location. When voting, don’t vote on behalf of an emergency situation. The
project needs to be placed in the correct location.
Mr. Coulibaly said that it seems the two major parties don’t seem to have collaborated enough to
find a consensus. Thinking of sustainability and the community, these major players need to get
along for the betterment of the community in the long run. How much willingness is there to
reassess and to come back to negotiate.
There were no other public comments on this item.
There were no public comments on this item.
Ms. Propp closed public comments and asked if the applicant wanted to make any closing
statements.
There were no closing statements from the applicant.
Motion by Mitchell to adopt the findings and recommendation as stated in the staff report.
Seconded by Coulibaly.
Mr. Perry said he greatly appreciates the opinions of all the speakers who have spoken here
tonight. He works at the library which a small not for profit that provides services for many of the
individuals we talk about here. His office looks out down the street at a potential public boutique
hotel. The people that we are talking about, will go by this hotel, whether it's this homeless
shelter is where it's proposed, or where it's anywhere else because the public library is where they
going during the day. They will be more than to provide anybody with a personal tour during the
day at the public library to show you where the individuals go because it's warm, because there is
an electric socket to charge up phones, where there's resources to try and find jobs. The library
isn’t the only agency in the area that provides these services. No matter where the homeless
shelter is located, the group will come downtown during the day. It seems that we're only being
concerned about the night or our image as to the public, but they will come. This is our 3rd
COVID winter. When the library was closed at the beginning of this pandemic and the homeless
shelter stopped operating overnights, it was the saddest thing you could see. I will be
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emphatically supporting this resolution tonight. Please make an appointment to come visit the
library. We are happy to show you the things that are probably not seen.
Council Member Ford said that his mother worked in a food pantry for decades, as a child he
volunteered helping the homeless and gave away meals in downtown Milwaukee for many
years. His children volunteer through their faith community to also help the homeless. They are
seeing firsthand the distance between those of us well off, and those of us who are not is not as far
as many of us think. There’s a lot of valid reasons to not like this location, but hopefully it just
came out poorly in that we don’t make fear of the homeless population in this community of
residents who are part of the reason we oppose any specific location. That is saying it’s not going
to be put anywhere. That’s opposite of the message they have been preaching as a community
saying we care about those experiencing homelessness in our community. This is still very much
a dispute between two independent organizations, Day by Day, and the Community Foundation
who doesn't like this location. We, as a city cannot be the arbiter in this in this dispute. All that
said this is the first time we're being asked as a city to commit any type of public funds to this
initiative. It's federal funds that pass through us, but we were in control of those funds. There
should be a reasonable expectation moving forward that Day by Day shares more operational
details with individuals, not just the city, but individuals from the public that want them and that
work together with the community foundation to try to resolve this dispute. The Foundation
brings up this plan from 20 years ago, and members of the community are asking me why
nothing is there. There is no good answer to that and it’s something that needs to be addressed in
the eyes of the public. Hopefully this can be worked out because there is a clear need in our
community. It’s something where we can't afford for the legacy of this to be divisive because all
of those other efforts that we've talked about, that are all great, like tiny homes, et cetera. All that
stuff is, is going to have a shaky foundation if we start this very noble project from place of
division.
Mr. Mitchell said that the question of why something isn’t there related back from the downtown
study that was done. There was a medical clinic on that site that was operational and so the
downtown plan left it alone and didn’t include it in any river front plans. The Housing Authority
acquired that in 2003 and since there has been no approach for a development of any sort of
entertainment. A former director of the Housing Authority did indicate that they attempted to
work with local real estate development, and individuals to see if there could be some sort of
mixed income development, where on the upper levels would be a high end luxury apartment
that would be overlooking the river. The consensus across the board was the proximity to Court
Tower would eliminate anybody that had the financial resources from supporting or wanting to
live in that sort of venue. The opportunity has been available in the last 12 years and that kind of
they comment that it's never been approached to the extent where the Housing Authority actually
approached Day by Day and said you should consider this as a potential lot. The thing about
shelters is that it's not necessarily the field of dreams where, if you build it, they will come, it's 1
of those things where if you build it where they are they will utilize that service. Everybody has
to be aware that we have a population of individuals that are present in that area. Bill mentioned
that he wouldn't take his children to Touch-a-Truck if there was a shelter present. The population
is present now and having a shelter that provides supportive services and provides the work to
meet the individual basic need. Wouldn’t that change the dynamic outside of that they would be
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more supported in that area. The idea of an entertainment district may be a valid idea. It's just not
one that's been developed in any sort of city planning or city anything. We encourage you if that's
of interest to you to pursue potentially developing that. Mr. Laskey indicated that he was upset
that The Foundation wasn't involved in the process. From 2013 when members of the housing
continuum said there is a need for a shelter for Day by Day, they were directed to go to The
Foundation. They need to support that with data and funded a yearlong comprehensive
affordable housing in partnership with the Wisconsin Partnership for Housing and Development.
In communication with this project for the better part of six years and ongoing. It doesn’t mean
they agree with the placement, but to the point that they were not involved at all is not accurate.
Regarding the representative from the board who indicated that it’s not close to transportation, it
is directly along route 1 of the transit line with stops on Otter and Broad and Court and Broad
and is within walking distance. This is one of the key features of this location is the distance to the
library. It’s near the Salvation Army, the County Department of Human Services, and the
Housing Authority. The population is there because a lot of the amenities they use are present.
The placement of a shelter at that site has gone through our Plan Commission twice, and gone
through Council twice. The plan that was presented was done in partnership with the Planning
department and today we are looking at if it’s appropriate to use CDBG funds to support putting
the shelter at that location which we have already said is an appropriate land use for that
location. These funds are not development funds. They cannot be used for a building, but can be
used for land acquisition.
Ms. Scheuermann said that she will not be supporting this because there's new information out
there that she wasn’t aware of. The information hasn't been shared with the two parties. The
information hasn’t been talked about which is unfortunate. There is an obligation in the next 7
days if this goes before council to talk about if one of those locations is even better than the
proposed one.
Ms. Propp said the new information is concerning because the message we are hearing is that big
donors won’t be supporting the Day by Day Shelter in spite of the fact that they say they do. The
council should insist that the parties get together prior and come up with something reasonable.
It is concerning that Day by Day has not seen this new plan that was outlines to us briefly.
Having the shelter a few blocks down from the proposed boutique hotel should not be a
deterrent.
Ms. Davey said that it is odd that every time this gets really close to somewhere, there's suddenly
new information that comes up. If this was happening at a federal level, we'd all be very
suspicious. People can become homeless from a single medical event they haven’t anticipated.
Oshkosh does not have enough low-income housing which makes it more difficult to get people
into a home or a situation where they could be self-supporting. People are missing the point
when it comes to the boutique hotel. Why would we want people sleeping in sleeping bags on the
grass when they could be inside safe, warm and unseen.
Mr. Marshall said that the question is do we approved funding and it’s not whether this is the site
or whether we think this is a good place for the site or not, but it’s do we think the funding is
appropriate for this. It would be good for the two institutions to come together and have a
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conversation to decide the potential properties and is there somewhere that might even be better
than this site.
Mr. Coulibaly said his concern was the proximity to railroad track and how staff feels about it. If
the two parties can come back together and work something out that’ll be ideal.
Mr. Lyons said that because this being a relatively low traffic generating use staff does not see
any concern with the proximity to the railroad.
Motion carried 8-1.
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OSHKOSH, WI 54904
JOHN B SULLIVAN
406 OTTER AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
KEITH A/AMANDA M WIRCH
N787 COUNTY ROAD U
WEYAUWEGA, WI 54983
BRIAN A/MARGART BREUER
5255 IVY LN
OSHKOSH, WI 54904
CITY OF OSHKOSH
PO BOX 1130
OSHKOSH, WI 54903
SARAH A MUELLENBACH
421 OTTER AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
KAKOLA B AUGUSTIN/FURAHA
LUTONDE
415 OTTER AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
GABRIELSON PROPERTIES LLC
1731 MILL POND LN
NEENAH, WI 54956
ANGELA J KOHNKE
112 BROAD ST
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
SYMPHONY HOMES LLC
1130 SYMPHONY BLVD
NEENAH, WI 54956
CARMEN LEAL
521 OTTER AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
KATHY WEBB
543 OTTER AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
TAMMY HACKETT
349 BOWEN ST
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
DAY BY DAY WARMING SHELTER
449 HIGH AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
OSHKOSH HOUSING AUTHORITY
600 MERRITT AVE
OSHKOSH, WI 54901
Riverside Park
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Printing Date: 12/21/2021
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City of Oshkosh maps and data are intended to be used for general identification purposes only, andthe City of Oshkosh assumes no liability for the accuracy of the information. Those using theinformation are responsible for verifying accuracy. For full disclaimer please go towww.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/GISdisclaimer
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C:\Users\Public\Desktop\2020 Plan Commission Site Plan Map Template.mxd User: hannahs
Prepared by: City of Oshkosh, WI
Printing Date: 12/21/2021
1 in = 500 ft1 in = 0.09 mi¯400 CEAPE AVE/ 0 BROAD ST400 CEAPE AVE/ 0 BROAD ST
City of Oshkosh maps and data are intended to be used for general identification purposes only, andthe City of Oshkosh assumes no liability for the accuracy of the information. Those using theinformation are responsible for verifying accuracy. For full disclaimer please go towww.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/GISdisclaimer
C:\Users\Public\Desktop\2020 Plan Commission Site Plan Map Template.mxd User: hannahs
Prepared by: City of Oshkosh, WI
Printing Date: 12/21/2021
1 in = 100 ft1 in = 0.02 mi¯400 CEAPE AVE/ 0 BROAD ST400 CEAPE AVE/ 0 BROAD ST
City of Oshkosh maps and data are intended to be used for general identification purposes only, andthe City of Oshkosh assumes no liability for the accuracy of the information. Those using theinformation are responsible for verifying accuracy. For full disclaimer please go towww.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/GISdisclaimer