City of Milwaukee - File #: 060908

• File #: 060908
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/24/2006
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/14/2006
• Title: Substitute resolution removing a deed restriction on a portion of the property at 2566 North Bush Lane, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.
• Sponsors: ALD. D'AMATO
• Indexes: DEED RESTRICTIONS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/21/2006	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/14/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
10/31/2006	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	4:0
10/31/2006	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
10/26/2006	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/24/2006	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
060908
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. D’AMATO
Title
Substitute resolution removing a deed restriction on a portion of the property at 2566 North Bush Lane, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This substitute resolution releases a deed restriction on a former City-owned property.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee (“City”) acquired the property at 2566 North Bush Lane (“Property”) in April 1979 for recreational purposes using funds from the federal Land and Water Conservation Act (“LAWCON”); and

Whereas, On June 3, 1980, the City recorded a Declaration of Restrictions with the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds as Document No. 5402507 that required the Property “be used exclusively for outdoor recreational purposes and shall not, in the future, be sold, leased, assigned or mortgaged without consent of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee and the prior written approval of the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (“WDNR”) and the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) or their designee or successor” as required by the LAWCON funding; and

Whereas, After approval by the Common Council, WDNR and DOI, the City conveyed the Property to Milwaukee County because the County was a more appropriate governmental agency to maintain the Property for recreational purposes; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors on June 23, 2006, by passage of Resolution File No. 01-540(a)(a) authorized an exchange of approximately 60,763 square feet of the Property to facilitate development of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee dormitory (Parcel A on the Release of Deed Restriction Map, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File) for approximately 70,000 square feet of adjacent land at 1194 East North Avenue (Parcel B on the Release of Deed Restriction Map) for extension of the Oak Leaf Bike Trail in the Riverwest neighborhood; and

Whereas, The land exchange will provide Milwaukee Cou...