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PLAN COMMISSION STAFF REPORT AUGUST 5, 2025
ITEM 2: Authorization to Acquire Property and Dedicate Right-Of-Way Needed for
Street Reconstruction and Sidewalk Installation on Bowen Street from Otter
Avenue to East Parkway Avenue
Applicant: City of Oshkosh Department of Public Works
Owners: Multiple
Action(s) Requested: This request is part of the City’s proposed reconstruction of Bowen Street
from Otter Avenue to East Parkway Avenue. New construction will include upgrading utilities,
pavement, street lighting, and traffic calming features. The project will also replace existing
sidewalk and accessibility ramps. The City has entered into an agreement with the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation (WDOT) to partially fund the project with Surface Transportation
Program – Urban (STP-U) funds. As a part of working with the WDOT, a Transportation Project
Plat (TPP) is required to begin acquisition of land, dedicate public right-of-way, and acquire
Temporary Limited Easements needed to accommodate right-of-way improvements.
Property Location and Type:
Properties impacted by the acquisition of dedicated public right-of-way will be limited to various
intersections within the project corridor. The properties where the land is proposed to be
acquired consists of single-family residences and small businesses.
Analysis:
The proposed land acquisitions will be used to dedicate public right-of-way for the purposes of
reconstructing public sidewalk and street crossing handicap ramps. The public right-of-way
services the needs of a large variety of community members who use the public right-of-way to
travel to and from local businesses, schools, places of worship, community centers, or other
destinations. The additional right-of-way will allow the City to appropriately construct accessible
ADA sidewalk pathways and street crossings accessibility ramps. See Table 1 for properties
impacted by the City’s permanent dedicated right-of-way for these right-of-way improvements.
Proposed land acquisition specifically at the northeast corner of Merritt Avenue and Bowen
Street, which is currently a part of 506 Bowen Street, is for the placement of intersection signals
and street lighting control cabinets. The City determined after the review of the Merritt Avenue/
Bowen Street intersection traffic control study that this intersection shall receive upgraded traffic
control signals and street lighting for vehicle safety and visibility. The placement of these
aboveground utility cabinets was selected to avoid conflicts with pavement and sidewalk
construction, and for traffic visibility while limiting the impact footprint to adjacent properties.
See Table 2 for property impacted by newly-dedicated right-of-way for these utility structures.
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Item 2 - Land Acquisition for ROW Dedication along Bowen Street – Otter Avenue to E. Parkway Avenue
For those properties which will have Temporary Limited Easements (TLE’s) as part of the active
construction process, these will only be needed for the purposes of installing the public sidewalk,
regrading adjacent turf areas, and reconnecting to private driveways and active private utilities.
No permanent public infrastructure will be constructed within any of the TLE areas.
Table 1
Table 2
RECOMMENDATION
Staff is supportive of the proposed land acquisitions and right-of-way dedications. The expanded
public right-of-way areas are critical to providing a safe public right-of-way and critical to the
right-of-way upgrades and improvements being installed as part of the Bowen Street
reconstruction project.
Land Acquisition for Dedicated Public Right-of-Way (Sidewalk)
Owner Address Sq. Ft.
Valley Christian School 819 School Avenue 90
Sylvia Stang 334 Bowen Street 24
Joshua A. Belville 721 Washington Ave 18
Aaron Busse 344 Bowen Street 6
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 370 Bowen Street 40
Mikkelsen Family Title Holding Trust 802 Washington Ave 32
Wismo Properties LLC 721 Merritt Avenue 25
Eileen W. Bauman Rev Living Trust 811 Merritt Avenue 60
Mark S. Ratchman & Debora A. Ratchman 720 Merritt Avenue 17
Dustin Collett & Melissa D. Collett 586 Bowen Street 32
Land Acquisition for Dedicated Public Right-of-Way (Utilities)
Owner Address Sq. Ft.
Mark S. Ratchman 506 Bowen Street 120
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