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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO 2010-072 <br />A RESOLUTION OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED DETACHMENT <br />OF REAL PROPERTY FROM THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing <br />under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has been presented with a petition for detachment of <br />the land identified in Exhibit A hereto; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has never previously been approached by the <br />petitioners concerning the real property in question; and <br />WHEREAS, the property is currently partially developed for commercial purposes and <br />used for such purposes, specifically part of the property is used for materials recycling and <br />composting; and <br />WHEREAS, the property is bordered on its north by a major geographic boundary <br />between it and the municipality it purports to request detachment to (Stillwater Township) <br />because the property is bordered on its north by Highway 36; and <br />WHEREAS, the request for detachment would be disruptive and does not remotely <br />satisfy the requirements contained in the statutes governing detachment or the cases applying <br />those statutes; and <br />WHEREAS, there are numerous other factors which clearly establish that detachment is <br />not reasonable, appropriate or necessary in this case. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo, <br />Minnesota as follows: <br />That the City of Lake Elmo objects to and opposes the detachment demanded in the <br />petition of Bernard and Loella Nass and Robert Buberl attached hereto. <br />Bruce Messelt, City /Administrator <br />