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Council approves Angle Street vacation, easement cleanups tied to Topgolf site; approval contingent on staff sign-offs
Summary
The Monona City Council approved vacating a portion of Angle Street and signed off on related corrections to a certified survey map and utility-easement cleanups to advance the Topgolf development. Council attached contingencies requiring final approval by planning staff, city attorney and the Public Works Committee where specified.
Monona’s City Council voted to vacate a portion of Angle Street and approved related cleanup actions to allow the Topgolf development to move forward.
The council considered a resolution to vacate part of Angle Street east of Gisholtz, presented as tied to the Topgolf project and necessary for reorienting lots on a certified survey map (CSM). Planning staff said the vacation is a sequential step needed to record the CSM and close on the development. A Birbecker representative attended to represent the applicant and answer technical questions.
Councilmembers added and approved an amendment making the vacation contingent on final approval by Director Plowman and the city attorney. City staff explained utility easements beneath the affected portion of Angle/Ingalls Street would be retained and that staff and the city attorney would resolve concerns about pole locations and overlapping easements. Council approved the amended motion by voice vote.
Separately, the council approved a correction instrument to remove Wisconsin Department of Transportation requirements shown on an existing CSM. Planning staff said the DOT setback shown on the earlier CSM was later ruled unlawful statewide and that the correction instrument is a cleanup step; a state representative had already signed the instrument. Council approved the correction instrument by voice vote.
A third item tied to the same development — a resolution affecting approximately 5600 Gishol Drive to release and then re-grant certain utility easements as part of preparing a new CSM — was approved with an amendment making the action contingent on approval by the Public Works Committee. Planning staff described this as a cleanup to allow the proposed CSM to proceed while preserving the city’s right to future utility easements beneath Angle Street.
Discussion vs. decision: council discussion focused on sequencing to meet the developer’s closing deadlines, utility easement clarifications, and staff/city-attorney sign-offs; each of the three items was approved with the contingencies detailed above. Staff indicated the timing matter was driving the requests for single-read/administrative approval.
