Number
010126
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Resolution declaring surplus to municipal needs the City Ward Yard at 942 North Hawley Road, the City Waste Transfer Station at 970 North Hawley Road and a portion of the City Warehouse at 1016-28 North Hawley Road and accepting an unsolicited Offer to Purchase from the Badger Association for the Blind, Inc. subject to a public access easement for the Henry Aaron Bicycle Trail and other easements, in the 16th Aldermanic District. (DCD-Real Estate)
Analysis
This resolution will declare two City properties and a portion of a third property surplus to municipal needs and permit the City of Milwaukee to convey the properties according to the conditions in this resolution and to accept all necessary easements.
Body
Whereas, The Department of Public Works no longer needs the Ward Yard at 942 North Hawley Road and the Waste Transfer Station at 970 North Hawley Road and has requested that the properties be declared surplus to municipal needs; and
Whereas, A portion of the City of Milwaukee ("City") Warehouse at 1016-28 North Hawley Road is situated across the Menomonee River from the rest of the warehouse site and adjacent to the Waste Transfer Station, but is not needed by the City Warehouse; and
Whereas, The City has received an unsolicited offer from the Badger Association for the Blind, Inc. ("Buyer") to purchase these properties for expansion of its adjacent facility at 912 North Hawley Road for $1.00 and consideration of the following items:
1. The Buyer has reviewed the available environmental information and is willing to purchase the properties in their existing condition and to develop the site in a manner that minimizes disruption of any contaminated soil, which will save the City significant money if it had to remediate the properties.
2. The Buyer has agreed to accept the properties with all necessary easements including, but not limited to, a public access easement for the Henry Aaron Bicycle Trail and an easement for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District facilities.
3. The Buyer has agreed to construct at no cost to the City a storage facility on the site for the City's trash carts and to grant a temporary easement that allows the City to continue to store trash carts on the site until an alternate location can be secured; and
Whereas, The Department of City Development ("DCD") has reviewed the preliminary site plan and recommends negotiation and acceptance of the Offer to Purchase from the Buyer; and
Whereas, The City Plan Commission has determined that these properties are surplus to municipal needs; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the City Ward Yard at 942 North Hawley Road, the City Waste Transfer Station at 970 North Hawley Road and the portion of the City Warehouse at 1016-28 North Hawley Road that is south of the Menomonee River are declared surplus to municipal needs; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the unsolicited Offer to Purchase submitted by the Badger Association for the Blind, Inc. is accepted and that the Commissioner of the DCD, or her designee, is authorized to negotiate and execute an Offer to Purchase and/or an Agreement for Sale on behalf of the City according to the terms of this resolution and to close the transaction upon DCD approval of final site plans for these properties and of final building plans for the proposed expansion; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the proper City officials are authorized to execute the appropriate deed and easements for the sale; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City is authorized to grant, prior to closing or to accept after closing, any necessary easements on the properties including, but not limited to, a public access easement for the Henry Aaron Bicycle Trail, an easement for Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District facilities and a temporary easement for the City's trash cart storage.
Drafter
DCD-Real Estate
EMM:bmm
05/08/01/B