2003-334RESOLUTION NO. 2003-334
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to acquire by purchase real property located at 2120
Beloit Avenue for the Janesville Transportation Improvements Project.
WHEREAS, the Janesville City Council has previously approved the right-of-way plat for the Janesville
Transportation Improvements Project and has authorized the City Manager to file a Relocation Order with
the Register of Deeds for Rock County, Wisconsin for Transportation purposes in accord with this project;
and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City of Janesville to acquire various land and land interests for the
Janesville Transportation Improvements Project, City of Janesville, Rock County, Project I.D. 5990-03-52,
as approved by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, MRB Investment Limited Partnership owns the real property located at 2120 Beloit Avenue,
Janesville, WI, which is on the selected route for this transportation project as previously approved by the
Janesville City Council in Resolution No. 2001-171 approved and adopted on the 25th day of June, 2001;
and
WHEREAS, The City Administration has negotiated an offer to purchase 0.05 acres of land, rights of
vehicular access, and a Temporary Interest to grade slopes and driveways on 0.10 acres, as shown in
attached Exhibit A, contingent upon Common Council approval as the means to acquire the MRB
Investment Limited Partnership property in the amount of Eight Thousand Five Hundred and no/Dollars
($8,500.00); and
WHEREAS, the acquisition, plan and use(s) were .tPhroperly reviewed and approved by the Janesville Plan
Commission after public hearing thereon on the 15 day of October, 2001, but without review, comment
or recommendation concerning the financial aspects of this transaction; and
WHEREAS, acquiring this property for such public transportation and related purposes is authorized by
Section 62.22 and other related provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes, and it is in the best interest of the
City and of benefit to the Community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Janesville that they
hereby authorize and direct the City Manager and/or his designees to purchase and acquire said property
from the owner, MRB Investment Limited Partnership, in accord with the plan, Offer to purchase and
public purposes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and his designee(s) may, from time to time,
negotiate, draft, amend, execute and enter into such contracts, documents, and agreements and take
such other actions as the City Manager and/or his designees may deem necessary or desirable to
effectuate the intent of this resolution.
ADOPTED: Jazm~ary 13, 200-3~
"Stev~-~. S6eiffer, C~y Manager ~
ATTEST:
J~l¥'Ann Wulf, City Cl~rk-Treasurer 0,
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney~
MOTION BY: 0 ~ Leary
SECOND BY: Steeber
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
STEEBER X
MURPHY X
DAMRON X
WILLIAMS X
DEGARMO X
BRIEN X
O'LEARY X
Proposed by: City Administration
Prepared by: Community Development Planner
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Fee Title in and to the following tract of land in Rock County, State of Wisconsin,
described as follows:
That part of Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 1238942, recorded in Volume 17,
Pages 318-319, as Document No. 1238942, being part of the Northeast 1/4 of the
Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, in Town 2 North, Range 12 East, in the City of Janesville,
County of Rock, State of Wisconsin, bounded and described as follows:
The East 15.00 feet of Lot 2, Certified Survey Map Number 1238942, Volume 17,
Pages 318-319, recorded as Document Number 1238942, as measured at right angles
from the East line of said Lot 2.
This parcel contains 0.05 acres, more or less.
Also, all existing, future, or potential common law or statutory easements or rights
of vehicular access between the right-of-way of the highway, currently designated as
Beloit Avenue, and all of the abutting remaining real property of the owner, whether
acquired by separate conveyance or otherwise, where the remaining real property of the
owner abuts Beloit Avenue.
Except the right of access to Beloit Avenue, from said abutting real estate on the
West side of Beloit Avenue by means of one access point,
Also, a Temporary Interest for the right to grade slopes and a driveway, including
for such purposes the right to operate the necessary equipment thereon and the right of
ingress and egress as long as required for such public purposes, including the right to
preserve, protect, remove or plant thereon any vegetation that the highway authorities
may deem necessary or desirable, in and to the following tract of land in Rock County,
State of Wisconsin, bounded and described as follows:
The Easterly 30.00 feet of the owners remaining land in Lot 2 of Certified Survey
Map No. 1238942, recorded in Volume 17, Pages 318-319, as Document No. 1238942,
abutting the Westerly right of way line of Beloit Avenue, as measured at right angles from
said right of way line.
This parcel contains 0.10 acres, more or less.
The above temporary interest is to terminate upon the completion of this project or
on the day the highway is open to the traveling public, whichever is later.
Project I.D. 5990-03-52 Rev. 09/20/02 Parcel 11