2002-276 RESOLUTION NO. 2002-276
A resolution granting underground electric line easements in the public greenbelt on the
City's east side to Wisconsin Power & Light Company.
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, is the owner of property located in
the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) and Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section 28 and the
Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) and Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section 29 ofT.3N., R. 13E. in the
4th P.M., City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin;
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Power & Light has requested that the City grant them the requested
easements to facilitate the installation of an underground transmission line upgrade extending
across property owned by the City to provide greater reliability of electric service to this area;
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, Wisconsin Power & Light has agreed to provide financial compensation to the City
for the granting of the easements in the amount of $22,050.00; and
WHEREAS, this compensation shall be placed into the City bicycle and pedestrian trail
construction account and expended for those purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Janesville Plan Commission, pursuant to Section 62.23, Wisconsin Statutes,
reviewed the granting of these easements to Wisconsin Power & Light 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 easements all located in
Sections 28 and 29 ofT.3N., R. 13E. of the 4th P.M., City of Janesville, Rock County,
Wisconsin, to Wisconsin Power & Light as described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a
part hereof.
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,
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 bicycle
and pedestrian trail construction account and expended for those purposes.
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-276
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ADOPTED: September 23, 2002
S eret~ve~ E. Sheiff~r, Ciw~~ana~ger
Jean )~n Wulf, City Clerk-Treasuf
City Atto~e~ / ! ' "' t
Proposed by: Applicant
Prepared by: Planning Department
MOTION BY: Williams
SECOND BY: Damron
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
DAMRON X
WILLIAMS X
O'LEARY X
DEGARMO X
BRIEN X
MURPHY X
STEEBER X
EXHIBIT A
ATTACHMENT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2002-276
UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC LINE EASEMENT
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS
Parcel Identification Number 0228100500
A 10 foot wide by approximately 180 foot long easement strip, of which the centerline lies
more or less 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the west edge of the paved bike trail on the
Public Greenbelt being shown on Harmony Meadows First Addition, located in the SW¼ of
the NW¼ of Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City of Janesville, Rock County,
Wisconsin, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the south right-of-way margin of Park View Drive, said point being
25 feet westerly of the said west edge of the paved bike trail; thence running in a southerly
direction, 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, said west edge of the paved bike trail for a
distance of approximately 180 feet, to the point where the centerline of said easement strip
intersects the south line of said Public Greenbelt, and there terminating.
Parcel Identification Number 0228100504
A 10 foot wide by approximately 1100 foot long easement strip, of which the centerline lies
more or less 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the west edge of the paved bike trail on the
Public Greenbelt, located in the NW¼ of the NW¼ and the SW¼ of the NW¼ of Section 28,
Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly line of said Public Greenbelt, said point being
approximately 30 feet northwesterly of the northeast comer of Lot 70 of Harmony Meadows
First Addition; thence running in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately 50 feet
to a point 25 feet westerly of the said west edge of the paved bike trail; thence running in a
southerly direction, 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the said west edge of the paved bike
trail for a distance of approximately 1050 feet to the point where the centerline of said
easement strip intersects the north right-of-way margin of Park View Drive, and there
terminating.
Parcel Identification Number 0228400500
A 10 foot wide by 1015 foot long easement strip, of which the centerline lies more or less
25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the west edge of the paved bike trail on the Public
Greenbelt, located in the NW¼ of the SW¼ and the SW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 28,
Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point on the westerly line of said Public Greenbelt, said point being 5 feet
southerly of the south right-of-way margin of Brunswick Lane; thence running in an easterly
direction, 5 feet southerly of, and parallel with, said south right-of-way margin of Brunswick
Lane to a point 25 feet westerly of the west edge of the said paved bike trail for a distance of
approximately 40 feet; thence running in a southwesterly direction, 25 feet westerly of, and
parallel with, the said west edge of the paved bike trail for a distance of approximately 975
feet to the point where the centerline of said easement strip intersects the east right-of-way
margin of North Wright Road, and there terminating.
Parcel Identification Number 0228400502
A 10 foot wide by approximately 300 foot long easement strip, of which the centerline lies
more or less 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the west edge of the paved bike trail on the
Public Greenbelt being shown on Parkview Estates East, located in the NW¼ of the SW¼ of
Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin,
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the north line of the Public Greenbelt as dedicated and shown on said
Parkview Estates East, said north line of the Public Greenbelt also being the south line of the
Public Greenbelt as dedicated and shown on Parkview Estates North First Addition, and said
point being 25 feet westerly of the said west edge of the paved bike trail; thence running in a
southerly direction 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the said west edge of the paved bike
trail for a distance of approximately 300 feet to the point where the centerline of said easement
strip intersects the north right-of-way margin of Brunswick Lane, and there terminating.
ALSO, a 10 foot wide by approximately 455 foot long easement strip lying northerly of, and
immediately adjacent to, the north right-of-way margin of Brunswick Lane on the Public
Greenbelt, located in the NW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 13 East,
City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Parcel Identification Number 0228400600
A 10 foot wide by approximately 640 foot long easement strip, of which the centerline lies
more or less 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the west edge of the paved bike trail on the
Public Greenbelt being shown on Parkview Estates North First Addition, located in the SW¼
of the NW¼ and the NW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City
of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the north line of the Public Greenbelt as dedicated and shown on said
Parkview Estates North First Addition, said north line of the Public Greenbelt also being the
south line of the Public Greenbelt as dedicated and shown on Harmony Meadows First
Addition, and said point being 25 feet westerly of the said west edge of the paved bike trail;
thence running in a southerly direction 25 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the said west
edge of the paved bike trail for a distance of approximately 640 feet to the point where the
centerline of said easement strip intersects the south line of the Public Greenbelt as dedicated
and shown on said Parkview Estates North First Addition, said south line of the Public
Greenbelt also being the north line of the Public Greenbelt as dedicated and shown on
Parkview Estates East, and there terminating.
Parcel Identification Number 0229200236
A 10 foot wide by approximately 164 foot long easement strip across the Public Greenbelt
shown on Laramie Heights, located in the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 29, Township 3 North,
Range 13 East, City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, the centerline of which is more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the most easterly comer of Lot 2, Block 3, of said Laramie Heights; thence
running easterly to the most westerly point of Lot 3, of that certain Certified Survey Map
recorded in Volume 2, Page 51, as Document No. 766573, and there terminating.
ALSO, a 10 foot wide by approximately 156 foot long easement strip across the Public
Greenbelt shown on Laramie Heights, located in the SE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 29,
Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, the centerline
of which is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the most easterly comer of Lot 14, Block 3, of said Laramie Heights; thence
running in an easterly direction to the most westerly point of Lot 8, Block 6, of Park View
Estates, and there terminating.
Parcel Identification Number 0229300301
A 10 foot wide by 670 foot long easement strip across the Public Greenbelt shown on Sussex
Place, located in the SE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 29, Township 3 North, Range 13 East, City of
Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, being more particularly described as follows:
The most southerly 670 feet of a 10 foot wide strip lying westerly of, and immediately
adjacent to, the west right-of-way margin of Wright Road, on all that part of said Public
Greenbelt that is located in the SE¼ of the SE¼ of said Section 29.
ALSO, a 10 foot wide by approximately 376 foot long easement strip across the Public
Greenbelt, located in the NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 29, Township 3 North, Range 13 East,
City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, the centerline of which is more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast comer of Lot 1, Block 3, of Sussex Place; thence South 71 degrees
56 minutes 30 seconds West for a distance of 95.37 feet along the north line of said Lot 1 to
the northwest comer thereof; thence continuing South 71 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds West
along the west extension of said north line for a distance of approximately 280 feet, and there
terminating at an existing utility pole (Pole No. 26/26).
ALSO, a 10 foot wide by approximately 65 foot long easement strip across the Public
Greenbelt, located in the NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 29, Township 3 North, Range 13 East,
City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, the centerline of which is more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest comer of Lot 4, Block 9, of Second Sussex Place; thence North
89 degrees 58 minutes West along the west extension of the north line of said Lot 4 for a distance of
approximately 65 feet, and there terminating at an existing utility pole (Pole No. 26/44).