Fiscal Note
This transfer of 1,291.5 sq. ft. of vacated public street right-of-way to adjoining landowner at 3702 Gregory Street to eliminate existing house encroachment and be added to the tax roll. No expenditure of City funds is required.
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Vacating a portion of Ravine Street unimproved public street right-of-way dedicated by the subdivision plat of Briar Hill, and located adjacent to and reversion rights to, Lot 12, Block 7, Briar Hill, being located in part of the Northwest ? of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 28, Town 07 North, Range 09 East, City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. (10th AD)
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WHEREAS, the Plat of “Briar Hill” was recorded June 6, 1916 in Volume 5 of Plats on Page 38A as Document No. 353997, Dane County Registry; and
WHEREAS, the Plat of “Briar Hill” dedicated Ravine Street, a sixty (60) feet wide public street, from Gregory Street northwest to the former Illinois Central Railroad Company (now owned by Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Bureau of Rails and Harbors and containing the Southwest Commuter Bike Path); and
WHEREAS, Kathleen Wernigg is the owner of the abutting property at 3702 Gregory Street, with legal reversionary interest, of the proposed Ravine Street vacation area; and
WHEREAS, Kathleen Wernigg, the owner of said abutting property, petitioned the City of Madison to vacate/discontinue a portion of Ravine Street to accommodate the existing house encroachment as identified on the Street Vacation Plot Plan drawing which is attached and part of this resolution; and
WHEREAS, City of Madison Engineering Division has created Project No. 53B0410-Public Street Vacation-Ravine Street; and
WHEREAS, the City Of Madison has not improved the proposed vacated Ravine Street public right-of-way area with any public street facilities, nor does the City have plans for future public street improvements within the proposed vacated/discontinued public street lands; and
WHEREAS, the City Of Madison Engineering ...
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