HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-113MARCH 8, 2011 11 -113 RESOLUTION
(CARRIED 6 -1 LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN )
PURPOSE: DECLARE AND APPROVE DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS
PROPERTY AT 221 -225 WESTFIELD STREET TO HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY OF OSHKOSH RESTORE
INITIATED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER HERMAN
WHEREAS, the City has purchased residential property located at 221 -225
Westfield Street in the City of Oshkosh for demolition in connection with a storm sewer
project; and
WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity of Oshkosh Restore has requested that its
volunteers be allowed to remove from the property cabinets, windows, fixtures, and any
other salvageable goods for the sole purpose of reuse to be resold in their Restore; and
WHEREAS, the cost to the City to advertise and solicit proposals for removal of the
property, or for the city to remove the property either through the use of city employees or
contractors, exceeds the value of the property to be removed, resulting in the property
having no or a negative value; and
WHEREAS, Section 12 -12(A) of the City of Oshkosh Municipal Code provides that
where property has no apparent value, the City may dispose of such property by any
appropriate means.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh that pursuant to Section 12 -12(A) of the City of Oshkosh Municipal Code that the
cabinets, windows, fixtures, and any other salvageable goods and remaining personal
property located within the structures is hereby declared to be surplus property with no
apparent value and that the request to remove such property by Habitat for Humanity of
Oshkosh Restore is hereby approved with the following conditions:
1) That Habitat for Humanity of Oshkosh Restore coordinate all activities
to remove salvageable items and secure the property, at Habitat for Humanity of
Oshkosh ReStore's expense, with the Department of Public Works;
2) That before entering the property, Habitat for Humanity of Oshkosh Restore
and all volunteers and /or employees of Habitat for Humanity of Oshkosh
Restore execute appropriate waivers of liability;
3) That Habitat for Humanity of Oshkosh Restore file with the City Clerk a
Certificate of Insurance in the amount of $2,000,000.00 showing City of
Oshkosh as an additional insured.