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Item No: 08A Meeting Date: Sep 23, 2019 MO- - Type of Business: Council Business UNDS VIEW City Administrator Review: City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: PUBLIC HEARING: Second Reading, and Adoption of Ordinance 966, Vacating portions of Greenfield Avenue Right -of -Way and Easements, as part of Crossroad Pointe ROLL CALL VOTE Introduction: INH Properties is proposing to build a 127 -unit apartment building at the South corner of Mounds View Boulevard and County Road H2 to be known as Crossroad Pointe. The project will require that a portion of Greenfield Avenue (highway easement) through the site be vacated, along with easements for utilities, storm sewer, driveways, and parking, associated with the former land use (Roberts, Taiko, and Premium Stop). Discussion The project is divided by Greenfield Avenue. The approved Preliminary Plat and Development Review includes the closure of the street, terminating as a hammerhead dead end inside the project area. Once the street is vacated and the property sold, the street will be blocked off. This will occur by December 31, 2019. Strategic Plan Strategy/Goal: Continue BR&E program, maximize utilization of development space and updated list of available sites, encourage landowners to maintain their properties, & consider residential redevelopment. Financial Impact: The Development Agreement includes an allowance for infrastructure expenses. The Developer will pay any additional costs. Recommendation: Staff recommends the Council conduct a Public Hearing, Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 966, vacating portions of Greenfield Avenue, and private easements. A Public Hearing was notice' was published in the September 11, 2019 edition of the New Brighton/Mounds View Bulletin, and mailed to property owners affected by the closure of Greenfield Avenue. Affected utilities were notified via Gopher One Call locate. Respectfully submitted, Jon Sevald, AICP Community Development Director ATTACHED 1. Ordinance 966 Mounds View City Charter, Section 12.06 (Vacation of Streets): The Council may by ordinance vacate any street or alley or other public grounds or part thereof within the City. Such vacation may be made only after published notice in the official newspaper and an opportunity for affected property owner and public to be heard, and upon such further terms and by such procedure as the Council by ordinance may prescribe. A notice of completion of such procedure shall be filed in accordance with law. 611151 v2MU205-46