2015-1239 Resolution No. 2015 -1239
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to proceed with the sale of property
located at 1623 Beloit Avenue
WHEREAS, Wis. Stats. 62.22(1), 62.23(17)(a), 62.23(17)(b), 660101, and 62.11(5) and
other pertinent Wisconsin Statutes permit the City's acquisition, development,
ownership, protection, and subsequent sale and /or other conveyance of surplus real
property; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville owns the following described parcel, better known as
1623 Beloit Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin:
Lot 1 CSM 940714 in Volume 10, Pages 327 and 328 of Certified Survey maps of Rock
County Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville acquired the property located at 1623 Beloit Avenue
through a Tax Foreclosure and environmentally remediated the site through a
Brownfield Site Assessment Grant (SAG) from the State of Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville has negotiated an agreement to sell the property to
GEH Holdings, LLC for an amount of $25,000; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Janesville hereby find that the sale of
this surplus property is in the best interest of an benefit to the City and community; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission reviewed this purchase and designation as surplus
upon completing environmental remediation at its September 17, 2007 meeting and
found the purchase and sale to be consistent with established City plans and
recommended that the City Council proceed with the purchase, remediation and sale of
this property, but further noted that the Plan Commission had not reviewed the financial
aspects of the transaction; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of
Janesville that it hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager and the City Clerk to
execute on behalf of the City of Janesville, the sale of such property; and to negotiate
and execute such documents, papers and forms as may from time to time be necessary
and /or desirable to effectuate such transaction and the intent of this resolution as the
City manager may decide; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to take
whatever other actions or to make whatever other changes that may be necessary to
effectuate this land transaction.
Resolution No. 2015 — 1239
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ADOPTED: September 28, 2015 Motion by: Liebert
Second by: Deupree
APPROVED: / Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Bobzien X
,� Deupree X
Mark A. r reitag, City Manager Farrell X
Gruber X
ATT T. /- -- Liebert X
f,or Marklein X
Tidwell X
David T. Godek, City Clerk- Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wald Klim zyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: Economic Development Department
Prepared by: Economic Development Department
and City Attorney