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Planning commission recommends Engel/Angle Street vacation to council to enable Topgolf development
Summary
The commission recommended that City Council vacate a remaining segment of Engel/Angle Street to allow the planned Topgolf development, with conditions to preserve emergency access, utility easements and coordinate timing with recorded certified survey map (CSM).
The Monona Planning Commission recommended on Monday that City Council approve a vacation of the remaining portion of Engel (Angle) Street — roughly 404 linear feet — to allow site assembly for the proposed Topgolf development (Case 2-002-2025), while preserving utility easements, maintaining emergency access and coordinating the vacation with the certified survey map (CSM) and project timing.
Applicants said the vacation is intended to permit development of the Topgolf site and that public utility easements would be provided for existing water and sanitary sewer lines; applicants and staff are coordinating with utility providers on retaining necessary access. The proposed vacation was introduced to council by resolution Nov. 18, 2024, and a class 3 notice has been published; a city council public hearing was scheduled for Feb. 3, 2025.
Commissioners focused questions on three issues: (1) ensuring an adequate, recorded emergency access agreement for the affected area (school, police and fire are engaged in discussions), (2) securing adequate easements for public utilities (commission members noted a 10-foot sanitary easement may be insufficient for maintenance) and (3) coordinating the timing so the street is not vacated before the project and necessary documentation (such as the CSM and utility agreements) are finalized. Staff reported the development agreement had been approved by council the prior Monday and that documentation for easements is being drafted for review.
After discussing conditions to protect emergency access and utilities and to coordinate timing with the certified survey map, the commission moved and seconded a recommendation to council that included the three items. Commissioners emphasized that the vacation should not leave landlocked parcels and that recorded easements be adequate for maintenance and repair.
The motion to recommend the vacation to council carried by voice vote. The item will next appear at City Council for the public hearing and final action scheduled Feb. 3, 2025.
