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• • AGENDA ITEM 6.B.i STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson CC MEETING DATE: September 26, 2005 TOPIC: 2nd Reading of Ordinance 08 -05 Vacation of North Road and Street and Utility Easement (Old TH49) Rice Lake Professional Center E.G. Rud and Sons Surveying VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority BACKGROUND E.G. Rud and Sons Surveying has requested approval of a Preliminary and Final Plat for property located adjacent to the northeast corner of Lake Drive and Hodgson Road. The applicant has already obtained Site and Building Plan Review approval administratively on July 18, 2005; executed a performance agreement for the site; and has pulled building permits for construction of a 25,000 square foot multi- tenant building on the site. The applicant is now pursuing a Preliminary and Final Plat to clarify the legal descriptions and easement documentation on the subject property. The subject site was purchased from the City of Lino Lakes earlier this year. A portion of the site is encumbered with right of way from North Road and a Street and Utility Easement for the old alignment of Trunk Highway 49. Both North Road and Trunk Highway 49 were realigned in 1995. The applicant is requesting vacation of the North Road right -of -way and the TH 49 street and utility easements. The applicant will dedicate new utility easements in conjunction with the Final Plat of the site. ANALYSIS As stated both North Road (east of Lake Drive) and TH 49 north of Hodgson Road were removed as part of a realignment project constructed by the City in 1995. However the road right -of -ways and easements were never vacated. The City does maintain an existing staun sewer in the North Road right -of -way as well as trunk sanitary sewer and water main within the old TH 49 alignment. Do to the 1995 street realignment the North Road right -of -way lying east of Lake Drive is no longer needed for street purposes. The former TH 49 street easement lying north of Hodgson Road and the centerline of North Road is no longer needed street purposes. Public Utilities exist within both these corridors. New easements covering the existing utilities will be dedicated as part of the Final Plat.