Number
160717
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution to vacate the unimproved street and alley in the block bounded by East Becher Street, South Robinson Avenue, East Ward Street and the Soo Line Railroad Company Right-of-Way, in the 14th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This substitute resolution vacates the above public right-of-way in accordance with vacation proceedings under power granted to the City of Milwaukee by Section 62.73, Wisconsin Statutes, and Section 308-28, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. This vacation was requested by Cobb Real Estate Holdings, LLC to create a site for new development.
Body
Whereas, It is proposed that the unimproved street and alley in the block bounded by East Becher Street, South Robinson Avenue, East Ward Street and the Soo Line Railroad Company Right-of-Way be vacated pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.73, Wisconsin Statutes; and
Whereas, The Department of Public Works has been directed to prepare a coordinated report estimating all costs and benefit assessments that will be incurred with said vacation; and
Whereas, That as provided by Sections 62.73(1) and 840.11, Wisconsin Statutes, a lis pendens must be filed with the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds; and
Whereas, Said vacation has been reviewed in accordance with Section 308-28, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that said public right-of-way as indicated by Exhibit A and bound and described by:
All of South Austin Street, originally platted as Alexander Avenue, in Robinson’s Subdivision, a recorded subdivision, in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Township 6 North, Range 22 East, lying between the southerly line of said subdivision and the west line of said subdivision; and
All of the Northwest-Southeast 15-foot-wide alley, as originally platted, in Block 2 of Robinson’s Subdivision, a recorded subdivision, in the Southwest 1/4 of Section...
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