2020-1770 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-1770
A resolution authorizing the City Manager to proceed with the sale of surplus property
located at 1901 Quixote Drive.
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville owns the following described parcel: TAMARACK FIRST
ADDITION, LOT 45, 0220300358 & 0220300359
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville acquired the property located at 1901 Quixote Drive through
the 2017 Tax Foreclosure Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville is selling the property AS IS; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville has negotiated an agreement to sell the property to Alexander
Buchanan-Meitner for $178,000; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission reviewed this transaction during their September 18, 2017
meeting and found the purchase and sale to be consistent with established City plans and
recommended that the City Council proceed with the sale of this property, but further noted that
the Plan Commission had not reviewed the financial aspects of this transaction; and
WHEREAS, this property is now surplus and no longer needed for any public purpose; and
WHEREAS, Wis. Stats. §§ 62.22 (1), 62.23 (17)(a), 62.23 (17)(b), 62.11(5), Chapter 32, and
other pertinent Wisconsin Statutes permit the City's acquisition, development, ownership,
protection, improvement, conservation, public use, demolition, disposition, sale, conveyance,
and other disposal of parkland, open space, riverfront properties, blighted properties,
redevelopment, and development properties; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council hereby find the sale to be consistent with City plans and in
the best interest of and benefit to the City and community.
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-Treasurer 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 minor changes that he may determine necessary
and/or beneficial to effectuate this land transaction and/or the intent of the resolution.
ADOPTED: May 26, 2020 Motion by: Consent
Second by: Consent
APPROVED: Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Benson X
Conley X
Farrell X
Mark A. Fr tag, City Manager Johnson X
Marklein X
ATTEST: Williams X
Wolfe X
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Derrek Hesse, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: Neighborhood and Community
Services
Prepared by: Housing Services Director