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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-08-23 Watermain Easement - 420 Koeller -RecordedWatermain Easement THIS Agreement, made this ) I day of AVM , 2023, By and between 965 South Green Bay Road LLC, a Wisconsin Limited Company (Grantor) and the City of Oshkosh (City), a Wisconsin P Corporation, (Grantee). PURPOSE: The Grantor is redeveloping it's Property. The parties are entering into this Easement Agreement to allow the installation, operation, and maintenance of a public watermain and related facilities benefitting the redevelopment as well as the Grantee's overall water distribution system. 2. EASEMENT: The Grantor grants, and the Grantee accepts, a muni, watermain easement over, across, and through the Easement Property described in this Agreement. The Easement may be used for all purposes related to the City lawful provision of public water D • • NATALIE •III REGISTER OF DEEDS, WINNEBAGO CO RECORDED e RECORDING FEE: 30.0 PAGES: 6 Name and Return Address City Attorney's Office P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh. WI54903-1130 90611630000= Parcel Identification Number (PEN) distribution services. It is anticipated that the municipal watermain facilities, in the present and future, will be primarily underground. However, the approved design of the facilities may require surface level elements which are allowed at Grantee's sole discretion pursuant to the terms of the Easement. 3. CONSIDERATION: The sum of One and N0/100 dollars ($1.00) along with other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged. Each party agrees that it is giving and receiving material benefits that may or may not reflect quantifiable monetary value. The Grantor will benefit new public water services within the redevelopment as well as having more certainty regarding the uses of the surface of the Easement Property, and Grantee will benefit from the protected operation of its public watermain facilities along with more certainty regarding the easement's surface condition, which will result in more efficient maintenance, repair, and construction of its facilities. 4. EASEMENT PROPERTY: The legal description for the Easement Property is attached as Exhibit A 5. LOCATION OF EASEMENT: A map identifying the location of the Easement Property is attached and incorporated into this Agreement as Exhibit B. 6. ACCESS RIGHTS: The Grantee shall have the right to access and use the Easement Property for any purpose described in this Easement Agreement. 7. MAINTENANCE: The City shall be responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and replacing its municipal watermain facilities in the Easement Property. The City shall be responsible for repairing the surface of the Easement Property to the extent that it is disturbed by the Grantee's use of the Easement Property. The City's surface repairs shall return the surface to a condition that is substantially similar to the condition before the disruption. Whe repairing grass, the City may grade, seed, and mulch, and is not required to install sod. When repairing hard surface areas, the City will patch the area disturbed so that the condition thereafter is substantially similar to the condition before disruption. Grantor is responsible for routine maintenance of the surface, including mowing, landscape maintenance, snow and ice removal from driveway, drive aisles, parking, and similar improvements that are part of Grantor's plans approved by the City, as well as any future driveways, drive aisles, or other similar improvements that the City may allow to be constructed within the Easement Property. Grantor is responsible for maintenance of any other improvements, such as private utilities serving the redevelopment Property that Grantor is allowed by the City to place within the Easement Property. Grantor shall not move or place snow or ice onto the Easement Propert3 Grantor is also responsible for maintenance, repair, and replacement of any improvements allowed to be placed within the Easement Property. Grantor and Grantee agree to work together to minimize the effects of any maintenance, repairs, or replacement of the City's municipal watermain facilities that may disrupt Grantor's use of it Property. Except for emergencies, the City will provide Grantor with at least seven (7) calendar days advance notice of any routine maintenance or repairs within the Easement Property that may reasonably materially disrupt Grantor's use of its Property. W 06, 2023 INTERFERENCE WITH EASEMENT: Grantor shall not materially interfere with the Grantees use of the Easement Property. Except as otherwise approved by the Grantee, Grantor shall not install or construct any new or additional structures, improvements, or landscaping on the Easement Property without the permission of the Grantee. Grantor is allowed to install private utilities and certain surface improvements within the Easement Property based on plans approved by the City. Anticipated private utilities include electrical facilities, private laterals and service lines internally serving the redevelopment property, as well as connecting Grantor's development to the City's utilities. Grantor anticipates installing curb, driveways or drive aisles over parts of the Easement Property. All of these private encroachments would be allowed provided they are approved in advance by the City and are constructed according to the approved plans. In all cases, the City's use of the Easement Property will take precedence, and the City reserves the right to require that these private encroachments be located, or moved at Grantor's expense, in the event such private encroachments interfere with or adversely affects the City's use of the Easement Property. Grantor shall not construct or install new structures or improvements, or alter approved structures or improvements, including temporary or permanent building structures, drive aisles, and/or parking areas that have not been otherwise approved in writing by the City's Department of Public Works and also through the City's zoning process, sheds, change in elevations, vegetation except grass, landscaping or fences. A separate Encroachment Agreement, or other document acceptable to the City, shall be required for any future structure or improvement that is not explicitly allowed by this Agreement. c. Grantor shall register and locate all private utilities within the Easement Property as part ofthe Diggers Hotline process. In the event Grantor will be performing work within the Easement Property, excepting non -intrusive work such as mowing snow removal and the like, Grantor shall be responsible for obtaining a right of way permit in the same manner as if they were performing work in the public right of way. d. The parties are unaware of any existing Encroachments or obstructions within the Easement Property that would limit the City's lawful use of the Easement Property. Encroachments that are not identified within this Agreement or within a separate Encroachment Agreement as being allowed by the City, regardless of whether the Encroachment existed at the time of this Agreement or was installed in the future, shall be removed or relocated in a manner acceptable to the City, at Grantor's expense. In the event the unauthorized Encroachment/obstruction is not removed by Grantor after reasonable notice under the circumstances, then Grantee will remove the Encroachment/obstruction to the extent necessary to complete the City's construction or installation in a manner that will allow the functioning of its facilities in the manner for which they were designed. Grantee shall not be subject to any liability to Grantor for Grantee's removal of any Encroachment/obstruction within the Easement Property. 9. USE OF EASEMENT BY OTHERS: Grantor and Grantee may temporarily delegate or assign construction and maintenance rights within the Easement Property identified herein to any contractor, third party, or other person. Assignees must demonstrate that they have sufficient competence and must give adequate assurances that any work to be performed in or around the Easement Property shall be conducted in a skillful manner. Assignees must also protect the interests in the Easement Property to the same extent as if the party was itself performing the construction or maintenance. 10. DEFAULT: If either Grantor or Grantee reasonably believes that the terms of this Easement Agreement have been breached, then written notification of the alleged breach shall be delivered to the breaching party along with a copy of the same to any other non -breaching party. Any party in breach shall have thirty (30) days to cure any actual breach or, if the breach cannot reasonably be cured within the 30-day period, take appropriate steps to materially comply with the parry's obligation to cure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City is entitled to ensure the continuous proper functioning of its municipal watermain system without waiting thirty (30) days. The City may use its discretion to evaluate any necessary maintenance and/or repairs, or any interference with a permitted use of the Easement Property, and take any immediate reasonable action without notice to ensure the proper functioning of the City's municipal watermain system. All costs and expenses incurred under such circumstances due to any parry's breach or negligence shall be reimbursed the party sustaining damage within thirty (30) days of receipt of a bill for the same. 11. TERM: This Easement is being granted in perpetuity for the purposes described herein without regard of the Grantee's use of the Easement Property at any particular time. All rights, title and privileges herein granted, including benefits and burdens, shall run with the land and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantor and Grantee, their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, and legal representatives. June 06, 2023 12. WAIVER No delay or omission by any party to this Easement Agreement in exercising any right or power arising out of any default under any of the terms or conditions of this Easement Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of the right or power. A waiver by a party of any of the obligations of the other party shall not be construed to be a waiver of any breach of any other terms or conditions of this Easement Agreement. 13. INVALIDITY: If any term or condition of this Easement Agreement, or the application of this Easement Agreement to any person or circumstance, shall be invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Easement Agreement shall not be affected and each remaining term and condition shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 14. NO THIRD -PARTY BENEFICIARY: The terms of this Easement Agreement are for the benefit of the Grantor and Grantee, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, and legal representatives. It is not the intention of either Grantor or Grantee that other parties shall acquire any rights to enforce this Easement Agreement or to benefit from it including, without limitation, other entities that may be considered as "public utilities" by law. 15. MUNICIPAL LIABILITY: Nothing in this Easement Agreement is intended as a waiver of the municipality's right or opportunity to rely upon or use the municipal limitations and immunities contained within Wisconsin law. Municipal immunities and limitations include, but are not limited to, Sections 345.05, 893.80, and 893.83, Wisconsin Statutes. Such damage limits, caps and immunities are intended to be preserved and applied, and are incorporated into this agreement and shall govern all disputes regardless of the underlying theory for relief, whether contractual or otherwise, as they relate to the municipality and its agents, officers, and employees. 16. FORCE MAJEURE: Neither Grantor or Grantee shall be in default under this Easement Agreement if its failure to perform is caused by any of the following events: act of God; fire; flood; severe storm; power outages; material shortages or unavailability or other delay in undertaking their responsibilities identified in this Easement Agreement that do not result from the parties' failure to maintain their property or facilities. In order to claim relief under this Section, the other party must be notified in writing of the existence of the event relied upon and the expected cessation or termination of that event. For the duration of any valid Force Majeure event as defined by this Section, the affected parry's performance shall be excused. However, the affected party is still required to take appropriate means to minimize or remove the event causing Force Majeure and, within the shortest possible time, attempt to resume performance of the obligation affected by the event of Force Majeure. 17. GOVERNING LAW: This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin. Venue for any action regarding this Agreement shall be the Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court or, if a federal court action, then the appropriate district and/or branch within which Winnebago County is located. 18. NOTICES: Grantee shall provide reasonable notice prior to entering the Easement Property for any purpose related to this Easement Agreement. Any notices related to a possible breach of this Easement Agreement shall be in writing and delivered via certified mail, return receipt requested, as follows. Changes to these addresses shall be in writing. In addition to formal notification, both parties agree to take reasonable measures to keep the other party informed of issues or questions regarding the Easement Property. 965 South Green Bay Road LLC c/o aei 5 PRk4l' 3305 N Ballar . Road, Suite C Appleton, WI 54911 And City of Oshkosh c/o Director of Public Works 215 Church Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54902 19. AUTHORITY: The Grantor and Grantee assert and affirm that all approvals for this Easement Agreement necessary according to its municipal or corporate structure have been obtained and have approved the granting and acceptance of this Easement, and that the undersigned have the authority to sign this Easement on behalf of the Grantor and Grantee. [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] June 06, 2023 GRANTOR: 965 SOUTH GREEN BAY ROAD LLC I am signing this document based upon the contents of a Statement of Authority filed with the State of Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions pursuant to Wis. Stat. 183.0302, which authorizes my signature to bind this Limited Liability Company without restrictions applicable to this document. Alternatively, this Limited Liability Company has not filed a Statement ofAuthority, but I explicitly assert that I do have the authority to bind the Limited Liability Company to the terms of this document without limitation or restriction. By: Christopher A. Winter, Managing Member STATE OF WISCONSIN ) ) ss. OUTAGAMIE COUNTY ) By: x�. d ~i (print n(title) Personally came before me this 184t, day of emu`V 1 2023, the above named , to me known to be such persons who executed fhe foregoing instrument anddo purpo6e herein contained. F --, Notaty�iblic, State of Wisconsin My Commission expires: "7 / / *COVO U70 GRANTEE: CITY OF OSHKOSH By: ✓ 3�-�'— vci k A. Rohlofl,Qfy Manager By: e B Lett, Ci erk STATE OF WISCONSIN ) ) ss. WINNEBAGO COUNTY ) A. Winter and ie same, for the Personally came before me this N-"' day of QS1F- 2023, the above named Mark A. Rohloff and Diane Bartlett of the City of Oshkosh, to me known to be such persons who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledgedg��n�e 4for the purpose herein contained. ••••.•.•GGp•AND/4*1.•+.y�o S Notary Public, State of Wisconsin �; R .,% My Commission expires: o�}�o $ % .'n �o TA - .�... ,, . $ -.3, ii�i► i �jil D Drafted by: Attorney David J. Praska Deputy City Attorney Oshkosh, Wisconsin A o'-A �/gLIG N WI-s" "Aft loll 11100 June 06, 2023 4 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PART OF LOT 3 OF VOLUME 1, CERTIFIED SURVEY MAPS, PAGE 4996 (DOC. #1180343), WINNEBAGO COUNTY RECORDS, LOCATED IN PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 AND THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 16 EAST, 13TH WARD, CITY OF OSHKOSH, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WISCONSIN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE SOUTH TWENTY-FIVE FEET OF LOT 3 OF VOLUME 1, CERTIFIED SURVEY MAPS, PAGE 4996 (DOC. #1180343), COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 3 OF CSM 4996 ALSO KNOWN AS THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 3 OF CSM4996 A DISTANCE OF 25'; THENCE WEST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3 OF CSM 4996 409.65FT TO A POINT WHICH INTERSECTS WITH THE WEST LINE OF LOT 3 OF CSM 4996, THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOT 3 OF CSM 4996 25' TO A POINT KNOWN AS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 3 OF CSM 4996 ,THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3 OF CSM 4996 BACK TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EASEMENT AREA CONTAINS 10,250 SQUARE FEET / 0.235 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. EXHIBIT A (1 of 1) POINT OF BEGINNING P.O.B A PART OF THE SW i OF THE SIN i OF SECTION 22 T22N W STH "E R1BE IN THE 13TH WARD OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH. I WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WISCONSIN LOT /3 ♦ `� CSM 4996 P CEL 90611530000 I I � PROPOSED NEW PROPERTY LINE FOR440 S KOELLER ST� 25 MUNICIPAL WATER MAIN EASEMENT 1 �26'� 1 I 1 I Y S KOELLER ST CITY OF OSHKOSH ENGINEERING DIVISION MUNICIPAL WATER MAIN EASEMENT UTILITY EXHIMB DRAWN: 420 KOELLER STREET 25 5o GRAPHIC 0 SCALE: (IN FEET) -� EXHIBIT B (1 of 1) 1INCH =5oFEET