The City of Racine Executive Committee met on July 13, 2026, at City Hall beginning at approximately 5:45 PM. The committee approved the minutes from the June 18 meeting and then addressed two main agenda items: an ordinance amendment regarding nuisance properties and a proposed long-term lease for the operation and redevelopment of Shoop Park by the Leipold Johnson Golf Group. The meeting adjourned at 8:25 PM.
Public comments were heard only on the second agenda item (Shoop Park lease). Speakers included:
Item 0307-26: Nuisance Properties Ordinance Amendment
Item 0609-26: Shoop Park Agreement with Leipold Johnson Golf Group
Hi, everyone. We're still waiting for the finance and personnel committee to finish up in room three or three. So you may have noticed the committee tonight was noticed to start at five forty-five or upon adjournment of finance and personnel. It's taking a little bit longer than we had imagined. However, if you are here and would like to offer public input on this item on either of the items, I'm guessing most people are here for the second item and not the first. But if you would like to offer public comment on either of the items on the agenda this evening, if you could please sign in on the clipboard there that's on the rail, uh, then uh we will know to call those who want to testify. And as we're waiting, just to let people know in terms of what the rules are, everybody gets three minutes to speak when your three minutes are up. Uh, the the microphones are turned off. That's not a reflection of your commentary or the validity or lack thereof of anything having to say. It's just an uh an opportunity to treat everyone who's here to comment equally. So if you if you want to speak to the items tonight, uh again, please, there's a clipboard right there on the on the rail or the bar there. Uh, please sign in if you'd like to comment on those items. Uh, otherwise, uh, we will begin as soon as finance and personnel has adjourned from upstairs. Uh, and comment then. Thank you. If all thers can please be seated, we will begin momentarily. If alders could please be seated, we will begin momentarily. Okay. You have the sheets. Well, good evening, everyone. The hour of five forty-five having arrived and the finance and personnel committee having adjourned. I will now call to order the city of Racine Executive Committee. The first order of business is the approval of minutes for the June eighteenth meeting. Is there a motion from executive committee members to approve said me? So there's a motion and a second to approve the minutes of June 18th, 2026. All those in favor, please say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. Okay, so we have a number of people here to talk on. We have two items on the agenda tonight, one regarding an amended ordinance regarding nuisance properties, uh, that attorney Matt Pearr's will uh have a discussion of uh as we go through that item. And then I'm guessing most people are here to discuss uh the second item, which is item zero six zero nine dash two six. If you want to speak to that item again, we'll be taking public input. Uh it is up to three minutes that you can speak on an item. Um there is a clock that will count down your time. Uh, when your time is up, the microphones are turned off. That is not a reflection on the merit or lack thereof of what you're saying, but rather an effort to treat everybody equally and give everyone uh equal time. So uh if you have uh desire to sign uh or to speak to the item and have not signed in, we do need people signed in on the clipboard, uh so we want to be able to do that. So um uh the first item is item zero three zero seven dash two six. This is a communication sponsored by Mayor Mason presenting proposed ordinance zero zero zero one dash two six nuisance properties amendments. If uh Mr. Purrz could come to the DS and describe the uh amended change to the nuisance property. Good afternoon. Thank you. Well, you have before you are some proposed changes to chapter sixty-six article thirty dealing with nuisance properties. Primarily these ordinance amendments deal with the chronic nuisance premises ordinance. Currently, we have an ordinance which allows a code enforcement officer, which could be the chief of police, public health director, um, building director, building inspector, I apologize. And others to essentially move to declare a property a chronic nuisance if they have three responses or uh inspections within a certain time period. Currently, that's a three pe three police calls within sixty days, or three public health building inspection responses within a hundred and eighty days. Well, the ordinances as before you is attempt to essentially consolidate efforts and clarify the process so this can go smoother. Primarily there are five or six main changes.