2002-248RESOLUTION NO. 2002-248
A resolution granting a electric transmission line easement on property owned by the City
at the northeast corner of East Delavan Drive and Beloit Avenue to Wisconsin Power &
Light Company (WP&L) and the American Transmission Company (ATC).
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, is the owner of property located in
the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 6 of Town 2 North., Range 13 East in the 4th P.M.,
City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin;
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Power & Light and the American Transmission Company finds, in
order to transmit and distribute electricity to and for the Public, and also to facilitate the
installation of a overhead electric transmission line upgrade and voltage conversion along Beloit
Avenue, it is necessary to upgrade, relocate, maintain and operate electric utility facilities over,
in and across property owned by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning, Engineering, Leisure Services and Public Works staff have
determined that the location of the proposed easements do not conflict with the current or
planned future use of city-owned lands in the easement areas; and
WHEREAS, American Transmission Company has submitted an offer to provide financial
compensation to the City for the granting of the easements in the amount of $1,000.00; and
WHEREAS, this compensation shall be placed into the General Fund account; and
WHEREAS, the Janesville Plan Commission, pursuant to Section 62.23, Wisconsin Statutes,
reviewed the granting of these easements to Wisconsin Power & Light/American Transmission
Company and found it to be consistent with City plans but did not review the financial aspects of
the transaction; and
WHEREAS, providing these easements are in the best interest of the City and its residents; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF JANESVILLE that the City of Janesville hereby grants the following described
easement located in T.2N., R. 13E. of the 4th P.M., City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin,
to Wisconsin Power & Light and American Transmission Company, as described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly right-of-way margin of B eloit
Avenue and the northerly right-of-way margin of Delavan Drive; thence north a distance
of 55 feet along said easterly right-of-way margin of Beloit Avenue; thence east a
distance of 10 feet on a line parallel with and 55 feet north of said northerly right-of-way
margin of Delavan Drive; thence south a distance of 20 feet on a line parallel with and 10
feet east of said easterly right-of-way margin of Beloit Avenue; thence running in a
southeasterly direction to a point located on a line parallel with and 10 feet north of said
northerly right-of-way margin of Delavan Drive, said point being 35 feet east of the
easterly right-of-way margin of Beloit Avenue; thence east a distance of 40 feet on a line
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parallel with and 10 feet north of said northerly right-of-way margin of Delavan Drive;
thence south a distance of 10 feet on a line parallel with and 75 feet east of said easterly
right-of-way margin of Beloit Avenue; thence west a distance of 75 feet along said
northerly right-of-way margin of Delavan Drive to the place of beginning.
Said easement being a part of lands described and recorded on March 9, 1949, in Volume
374 of Deeds, on Pages 519 through 523, as Document No. 496771a, in the Office of the
Register of Deeds for Rock County, Wisconsin.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Janesville
are hereby authorized to negotiate, draft, enter into and execute, on behalf of the City of
Janesville, a proposed easement between the City and Wisconsin Power & Light
Company/American Transmission Company, prepare and file such other documents, forms and
papers pertaining to this transaction as may, from time to time, be necessary or desirable to
effectuate the intent of this resolution and/or easements; and
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the compensation shall be placed into the General
Fund account.
ADOPTED: May 28, 2002
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attom~y .~, ~r
Proposed by: Applicant
Prepared by: Planning Department
MOTION BY: Brien
SECOND BY: Williams
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
STEEBER X
MURPHY X
DAMRON X
WILLIAMS X
DEGARMO X
BRIEN X
O'LEARY X