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File #: 33697    Version: 1 Name: Amending Contract for Subdivision Improvements Morgan Plat, Contract 1795.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/8/2014 In control: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
On agenda: 4/8/2014 Final action: 4/29/2014
Enactment date: 4/30/2014 Enactment #: RES-14-00347
Title: Amending Contract for Subdivision Improvements Morgan Plat, Contract 1795. (17th AD)
Sponsors: Joseph R. Clausius
Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact. The City is holding funds originated from the Subdivision Contract and will not have any related costs associated with this Subdivision Contract modification.
Title
Amending Contract for Subdivision Improvements Morgan Plat, Contract 1795. (17th AD)
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PREAMBLE

The City of Madison and Bartell Limited Partnership (“the Developer”) have entered into a Contract for Subdivision Improvements for the Morgan Plat, dated February 23rd, 2005 (“the Subdivision Contract”). In the Subdivision Contract the Developer was required to construct a ped/bike path within a ped/bike easement across Lots 5 and 6 and within a 20-ft wide ped/bike easement to be conveyed on Lot 3, as noted on the recorded plat and as approved by the City Engineer. Since there were no immediate development plans for these properties at the time of plat recording the exact location was to be determined at the time of the site development for the individual lots.

The Developer has since constructed portions of the required ped/bike path improvements and has dedicated the required ped/bike easements within Lots 5 and 6 as required under the Subdivision Contract.

In 2005, the Developer had sold Lot 3 to a private entity for development and as a condition of sale the Developer had required the purchaser, Miller Construction, Inc., to construct the required ped/bike path and convey the necessary 20-ft wide ped/bike easement that was a condition of the Subdivision Contract. Unforeseen circumstances with the economy have caused Lot 3 to never develop as originally proposed and in 2013 the property was conveyed back to the original lender, Anchorbank.

In 2012, the Developer sold his remaining interest in the Morgan Plat to Thompson Engineering, LLC. The City had renewed the existing letter of credit as required under the Subdivision Contract for the completion of the ped/bike path improvements and easements. In 2012, the City made a demand on the letter of c...

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