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Oki COMMUNITY PRIDE 1953 - 2003 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX (651) 766-4048 www.ci.11 ttle -ca nada.nut u s MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Greg Schroeder, Public Works Director DATE: February 21, 2003 RE: Vacation of Rose Place Right -of -Way A1A1'OR Michael 1. Fahey 60 UNCIL Jim LaValle Matt Anderson Rick Montour Bill Blesener /LDA4LNISTR /1TOR Joel R. Hanson Based on Council direction, I have prepared a sketch of the Rose Place right-of-way near the intersection of Savage Lane. As indicated, this right -of -way is 60 feet wide with our sanitary sewer line located near the middle. Mr. Buche's driveway is 20 feet wide and is located in our right -of -way only about 6.5 feet from the south property line. The south right -of -way property line along the Anderson property is actually located on a steep grade that runs parallel to our right -of -way. I do not believe the likelihood that Rose Place would be constructed through this area in the future. However, if the City of Little Canada vacated the north 10 feet of right -of -way from Rose Place, we would end up placing the new street closer to the south property line. By placing the street closer to the steep grade (hill) located along the south right -of -way line, the cost to construct this street would increase. In addition, future snow storage could also impacted. Staff does not recommend we vacate right -of -way on top of the hill to Morrison. That would restrict our ability to place a cul -de -sac or even a modified hammer handle on top of the hill when that section of Rose Place is reconstructed. As shown on the sketch, Mr. Buche's driveway is located about 6.5 feet from the Mr. Anderson's property. Mr. Buche maintains his driveway and plows his snow along both the north and south sides of his driveway. If 5 feet were to be vacated along each side of the Rose Place right -of -way there would only be 1.5 feet of room to store snow along the south side of his driveway. This could result in a potential property owner complaint by Mr. Anderson (or a future owner) that the Buche's are dumping snow on someone else's property. The solution would then be to either 1) move this driveway north to provide enough snow storage area, or 2) as part of the 5 foot vacation, Mr. Anderson would grant a 5 foot snow storage easement along that property line. Based on the above, if the City of Little Canada wishes to vacate 10 feet of Rose Place right -of -way in this area, staff would recommend vacating 5 feet on each side of the Rose Place right -of -way, from Savage Lane to Mr. Buche's east property line, subject to Mr. Anderson granting Mr. Buche a 5 foot easement along his property for snow storage. H: \GregS \Correspondence \Greg 5 2003 \Rose Place Right- of- Waydoc