Number
160492
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution authorizing the designation of portions of West Kilbourn Avenue and portions of North 32nd Street, located in the 4th Aldermanic District, as private roads.
Analysis
To support the renovation and construction of new buildings on the Wgema Campus (formerly the Concordia College campus), the property owner, the Potawatomi Business Development Corporation, has requested that the City designate the following portions of West Kilbourn Avenue and North 32nd Street as private roads:
1. Vacated West Kilbourn Avenue between North 31st Street and North 33rd Street.
2. Vacated North 32nd Street between West Wells Street and vacated West Kilbourn Avenue.
The names of these private roads will be the same as the public street names of West Kilbourn Avenue and North 32nd Street, with which they align.
These private road designations will allow for assignment of addresses for Wgema Campus buildings, support commercial use of the property and facilitate emergency dispatch to the area.
Body
Whereas, The Potawatomi Business Development Corporation (Potawatomi Development), owner of the Wgema Campus (formerly Concordia College Campus), is renovating structures and constructing new buildings on the Wgema Campus in the area surrounding vacated West Kilbourn Avenue and North 32nd Street; and
Whereas, Potawatomi Development desires the City designate vacated West Kilbourn Avenue between North 31st Street and North 33rd Street, and vacated North 32nd Street between West Wells Street and vacated West Kilbourn Avenue as private roads; and
Whereas, The City’s formal designation of these portions of vacated West Kilbourn Avenue and vacated North 32nd Street as private roads will facilitate emergency service dispatch to the campus, as well as mail delivery; and
Whereas, Potawatomi Development has requested the names of these private roads be the same as the public street names of West Kilbo...
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