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of Littleti andcyd COMMUNITY PRIDE 1953 - 2003 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766-4048 www.ci.httle- canada.mn.us MEMORANDUM A14YOR Michael 1. Fahey COUNCIL Jim LaValle Matt Anderson Rick Montour Bill Blesener ADMINIS'7RATOR. Joel R. Hanson TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: January 17, 2003 RE: Vacation of Excess MN DOT Right -Of -Way and a Portion of Rose Place Sam Roberto has applied for the vacation of excess MN DOT right -of -way we recently obtained (excess of Savage Lane) as well as the northerly 10 feet of Rose Place. Key information for each vacation is as follows: Excess Savage Lane Staff would recommend the vacation of the excess right -of -way as depicted on Diagram A attached. We will need to retain utility easements over this land given the existence of a hydrant at the southwest corner of this property and to protect our sanitary sewer line which runs along the west side of this property. (See Diagrams B and C attached.) In discussing this with MN DOT staff, they did not convey fee interest to us. Therefore, no compensation should be payable from Mr. Roberto to the City for this property as underlying fee ownership comes from the Roberto property. Rose Place Mr. Roberto requested we vacate the northerly 10 feet of Rose Place. When the Council considered the vacation request, a variance was granted of between 10 to 15 feet subject to the outcome of the vacation of Rose Place (see minutes of 3/13/02 attached). Derek Anderson had requested that 5 feet come off of each side of Rose Place. My recommendation would be that the Council should decide between these two options based on the testimony of the affected property owners. In either case, I would recommend that we retain utility and drainage easements over the property to be vacated.