City of Madison - File #: 61878

• File #: 61878
• Version: 1
• Name: Discontinuing and vacating a portion of the public road right-of-way of Parkside Drive, being located in part of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ and also part of the SW ¼ of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Township 8 North, Range 10 East, City of Madison, Dane County, Wis
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/24/2020
• In control: Engineering Division
• On agenda: 10/20/2020
• Final action: 10/20/2020
• Enactment date: 10/26/2020
• Enactment #: RES-20-00708
• Title: Discontinuing and vacating a portion of the public road right-of-way of Parkside Drive, being located in part of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ and also part of the SW ¼ of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Township 8 North, Range 10 East, City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. (17th AD)
• Sponsors: Samba Baldeh

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/20/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt and Close the Public Hearing	Pass
10/7/2020	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
9/14/2020	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
9/1/2020	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	Referred
9/1/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
8/24/2020	1	Engineering Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Discontinuing and vacating a portion of the public road right-of-way of Parkside Drive, being located in part of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ and also part of the SW ¼ of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Township 8 North, Range 10 East, City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. (17th AD)
Body
WHEREAS, a four (4) rod road (66 feet wide) was ordered to be laid out by the Town of Burke Supervisors in July of 1857 lying north of the center of Sun Prairie and Madison Road (now known as E. Washington Avenue) and the centerline of said Town Road was located along the center of Section 28, T 8 N, R 10 E, said Town Road ultimately becoming Portage Road and currently City of Madison right-of-way upon its annexation into the City of Madison; and

WHEREAS, the intersection of Portage Road and E. Washington Avenue was moved to the southwest of the original location realigning Portage Road as part of State Highway Commission of Wisconsin Project T 017-2(15) circa 1957. Related acquisitions of lands adjacent to and lying easterly and westerly of the existing Portage Road right-of-way (former Town Road) were made by Dane County per Document No. 928361 (subsequently conveyed to the State of Wisconsin per Document No. 1878774) and to the State of Wisconsin per Document No. 927256; and

WHEREAS, a portion of Parkside Dr. (formerly Portage Rd per the Resolution) was discontinued and vacated by the City of Madison Common Council by a Resolution adopted on July 27, 1971, Resolution No. 22365, File No. 4600-97 and subsequently recorded and made effective on August 6, 1971 as Document No. 1299258, Dane County Register of Deeds; and

WHEREAS, the above said relocated portion of Portage Road from the intersection with E. Washington Avenue northerly to a point approximately 700 feet north of E. Washington Ave. was renamed Parkside Drive per an Ordinance adopted by the City of Madison Common Council on June 15th, 1973 as Ordinance No. 4254, File No. 5055...