Plan Commission Will Take Up Land Swaps

The Oak Creek Plan Commission next week will discuss proposed land exchanges between the city, school district and Wispark.

The commission will make a recommendation to the Oak Creek Common Council, which is expected to vote on the matter April 2, the day before the general election.

The council was originally scheduled to vote on the proposal Tuesday night but determined it needed to go through the commission first.

Under the plan, which was March 12, the school district would exchange 50 acres of undeveloped property at Oakwood and Howell avenues for the Civic Center site at the corner of Puetz and Howell.

The city would then exchange the Oakwood land with Wispark, the development arm of We Energies, for seven acres at the former Delphi site on which to build a library and city hall. Wispark plans to develop the Oakwood land into a business park.

The Plan Commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in , 8640 S. Howell Ave.