Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the vacation and discontinuance for public street purposes of approximately 67,638 sq. ft. or 1.553 acres of public street right-of-way of University Bay Drive allowing for the future proposed Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center located at 1972 University Bay Drive and accepts a Permanent Limited Easement for public street purposes realigning University Bay Drive. No City funds required.
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Vacating and discontinuing a portion of public street right-of-way of University Bay Drive; realigning and accepting a Permanent Limited Easement for public street purposes; and amending the City of Madison Official Map, all to allow for the future relocation of University Bay Drive and construction of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center. Located in part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 and part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Township 7 North, Range 9 East, City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. (District 5)
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WHEREAS, A Town Road and Public Right-of-Way by Highway Easement was established within the former Town of Madison, which was physically established, renamed, and realigned over the years and is now known as University Bay Drive through parts of Section 16 Township 7 North, Range 9 East; and
WHEREAS, the Right-of-Way of University Bay Drive described above was annexed to the City of Madison from the Town of Madison by Ordinance No. 1390, File No. 5046-97, adopted by the Madison Common Council on September 13, 1962; and
WHEREAS, over time, this portion of the Town of Madison was absorbed into the University of Wisconsin campus, and the road now known as University Bay Drive is maintained by the University as a campus roadway; and
WHEREAS, University Bay Drive is identified on the City of Madison Official Map and on maps maintained by the Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which categorizes the road as an “urban collector”; and
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