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File #: 14163    Version: 1 Name: Annex Petition - Wheeler Open Space Parcel
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/24/2009 In control: Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development
On agenda: 3/31/2009 Final action: 3/31/2009
Enactment date: 4/2/2009 Enactment #: RES-09-00343
Title: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a joint annexation petition with Cherokee Park, Inc. to cause a 77.06-acre property located on the north side of Wheeler Road west of Comanche Way, including land commonly referred to as the Wheeler Open Space Parcel, to be annexed into the City from the Town of Westport. 18th Ald. Dist.
Sponsors: Michael Schumacher
Attachments: 1. Draft Annexation Map.pdf
Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required for this Annexation Petition.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a joint annexation petition with Cherokee Park, Inc. to cause a 77.06-acre property located on the north side of Wheeler Road west of Comanche Way, including land commonly referred to as the Wheeler Open Space Parcel, to be annexed into the City from the Town of Westport. 18th Ald. Dist.
Body
WHEREAS Resolution 09-00056 authorized the acceptance of a Dedication and a Purchase Agreement for the acquisition by the City of the remaining interests of Cherokee Park, Inc. in approximately 48 acres of land located adjacent to Wheeler Road, referred to as the Wheeler Open Space Parcel, and said acquisition having occurred by Special Warranty Deed on January 26, 2009, and
 
WHEREAS the City and Cherokee Park, Inc. desire to annex to the City of Madison a total of 77.06 acres generally located along and north of Wheeler Road west of Comanche Way, including remnant lands owned by Cherokee Park, Inc. in the Wheeler Triangle area as identified in the 2007 Cherokee Special Area Plan, and the open space recently acquired by the City, and
 
WHEREAS the acquisition and annexation of these parcels to the City is called for by the Annexation/ Attachment Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding between the City and Cherokee Park, Inc., and
 
WHEREAS the City and Cherokee Park, Inc. have determined that a joint annexation petition to attach these lands in the City from the Town of Westport would be the most cost effective and expeditious means of proceeding,
 
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute a joint annexation petition and all documents related thereto with Cherokee Park, Inc. to cause these approximately 77acres to be annexed to the City .
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Real Estate Services is authorized to work with Cherokee Park, Inc. on the filing of the annexation petition with the Town of Westport, City Clerk and State of Wisconsin Department of Administration.