File #: 24-0089    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution-Council Status: Passed
File created: 1/12/2024 In control: Common Council
On agenda: 1/16/2024 Final action: 1/16/2024
Title: Resolution accepting donation of remaining portion of Schoonmaker Reef National Historic Landmark to the City of Wauwatosa from Wangard Partners, LLC via quitclaim deed
Attachments: 1. R-24-014 - Accepting donation of remaining portion of Schoonmaker Reef National Historic Landmark to the City of Wauwatosa from Wangard Partners, LLC
Related files: 24-0064

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Resolution accepting donation of remaining portion of Schoonmaker Reef National Historic Landmark to the City of Wauwatosa from Wangard Partners, LLC via quitclaim deed

 

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WHEREAS, the Schoonmaker Reef is a 425 million year-old fossil reef located in Wauwatosa located just north of 62nd and 66th Streets and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997; and

 

WHEREAS, an affiliate of Wangard Partners, LLC, the current owner of the Western portion of the Historic Landmark, has offered to donate that land to the City of Wauwatosa via a quitclaim deed, consistent with the Development Agreement previously executed between the parties;

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the remaining portion of the Schoonmaker Reef be transferred to the City of Wauwatosa and that proper city officials execute the quitclaim deed from Tosa Reef LLC.

 

 

By: Board of Public Works

 

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Recommendation: Approve 6-0