Fiscal Note
Estimated costs are $500,000. Funds available from 2005 Capital Budget Project No. 10 placed in account CS53-58120-810508-00-53B0963-Other - Bike Path, W. Branch Starkweather Creek Bike Path-Land/Easement - Relocation Costs.
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Determining a Public Purpose and necessity and adopting a Relocation Order for the City of Madison to purchase the properties at 3052 and 3054 East Washington Avenue required for the planned public bike path improvements and Starkweather Creek improvements and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign all necessary documents necessary to accomplish the acquisition of said properties.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Engineering Division has established Project No. 53B0963 - Starkweather Creek Corridor from Olbrich Garden to Aberg Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Starkweather Creek Corridor Project from Olbrich Garden to Aberg Avenue is a planned improvement project which will include construction of a bike path and improvements to the Starkweather Creek , and
WHEREAS, the proposed project will also provide a much needed safe pedestrian and bicycle transportation link to employment, educational and recreational needs for area neighborhoods across the existing access controlled STH 30 / Aberg Avenue corridor; and
WHEREAS, the proposed improvement project requires land interest acquisitions from the subject properties at 3052 and 3054 East Washington Avenue to facilitate said improvements, and
WHEREAS, the subject property at 3052 East Washington Avenue is a vacant commercial property previously licensed for restaurant with bar and liquor license and the property on the opposite side of the Starkweather Creek at 3054 East Washington Avenue provides the parking for that vacant business, and
WHEREAS, the subject properties are currently listed for sale by the existing owner, and is likely to be in the best interest of both the existing owner and the City of Madison, that the City purchase these properties, and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Real Estate Section of the Community and Economic Development Unit has established a Master File / Project No. 8072 to administer the property acquisition required for the proposed improvements for the Starkweather Creek Corridor adjacent to each of these two parcels; and
WHEREAS, a copy of this plat of right-of-way is attached to this resolution; and
WHEREAS, all required funding for the land interest acquisitions by the City of Madison will be available in Account No. CS53-58120-810508-00-53B0963;
NOW COMES the City Of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, by its City Council and for its relocation Order hereby resolves as follows:
1. That this Resolution is a Relocation Order in accordance with Section 32.05(1) and 62.22, Wisconsin Statutes for the purpose of the within described public acquisition project and that this acquisition is determined to be necessity in accordance with Section 32.07(2), Wisconsin Statutes, and the acquisition shall allow for the construction of planned public improvements of Starkweather Creek Corridor, Engineering Project No. 53B0963.
2. That the City of Madison Real Estate Section of the Community and Economic Development Unit and the City Attorney are hereby authorized to proceed by negotiation or condemnation under authority of Section 32 and 62.22 of the Wisconsin Statutes to acquire the real estate interests shown on said Relocation Order, and the Real Estate Section is further authorized to obtain title reports, appraisals, survey information, environmental site assessment reports, and any other essential material or reports as may be necessary to perform due diligence in accomplishing the acquisition.
3. That the City of Madison Real Estate Section of the Community and Economic Development Unit is hereby authorized to execute the jurisdictional offer, lis pendens, and award of the compensation if condemnation proceedings under Section 32 of the Wisconsin Statutes are necessary.
4. That the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign all necessary documents necessary to accomplish the acquisition.