Legislation Details

File #: 95248    Version: 1 Name: Detachment Agmt - Felland Road, Town of Burke
Type: Resolution Status: Council New Business
File created: 10/14/2026 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: 10/20/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a Detachment Attachment Agreement with the Town of Burke and the Owners of Town parcels located at 4792, 4806, and 4814 Felland Road.
Sponsors: Derek Field
Attachments: 1. Detachment Agreement_10-13-26.pdf, 2. Exhibit Map.pdf, 3. Link to Detachment Petition_ID 95256
Fiscal Note
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Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a Detachment Attachment Agreement with the Town of Burke and the Owners of Town parcels located at 4792, 4806, and 4814 Felland Road.

Body
WHEREAS, the City of Madison (hereinafter referred to as the “City”), the Town of Burke (the “Town”), the City of Sun Prairie and the Village of DeForest entered into a Cooperative Plan (the “Plan”) approved by the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0307 on May 4, 2007; and,

WHEREAS, under Section 3 of the Plan, any of the municipal parties, by agreement with the Town and the affected property owner, may detach lands to Burke in order to consolidate parcels under common ownership into a single jurisdiction, said agreement to be effected by a detachment ordinance enacted by the detaching municipality. Upon detachment of any territory under the Plan, land detached to the Town shall be added to the Boundary Adjustment Area of the detaching municipality and governed by the applicable provisions of the Plan until subsequently reattached to the municipality or final attachment and dissolution of the Town on October 27, 2036; and,

WHEREAS, during the review of the proposed Reiland Grove subdivision adjacent to the Town properties at 4792, 4806, and 4814 Felland Road (the “Properties”), numerous ownership and boundary issues were identified. The ownership and boundary issues were the result of historic errors in the legal descriptions and property conveyances that do not match the boundaries of the Properties as they have been developed and understood for years; and,

WHEREAS a portion of the Properties were annexed to the City of Madison by Ordinance 12791 (ID 29074), adopted by the Common Council on March 20, 2001, said annexation legal description it was later determined having been impacted by the aforementioned surveying errors; and,

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