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MOUNDS V��:w <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No: 08B <br />Meeting Date: March 25, 2024 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and View City Council <br />From: Phil Carlson, AICP, Stantec, City Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Vacate Easement, Alexander Gardens, 8441 Fairchild Avenue <br />Introduction: <br />The residential property owners at 8441 Fairchild Avenue (Alexander) and 8492 Long Lake Road <br />(Wilcox) were granted preliminary plat approval for the Alexander Gardens plat, which adjusted <br />the common rear lot lines, adding property from the south end of 8492 to the rear yard of 8441, <br />and also adding a new easement in the middle of the new rear yard of the Alexanders' lot next to <br />an existing 5-ft-wide easement. The Alexanders are now petitioning to have the original 5-ft-wide <br />easement vacated. If approved, they would resubmit the Alexander Gardens plat without the <br />easements, to be considered at this same Council meeting. Other easements at the edges of the <br />lot would remain. See graphic on the next page. <br />Discussion: <br />The City Public Works Director and City Engineer recommend approval of the vacation request. <br />Staff Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends the City Council adopt Ordinance 1013 approving vacation of the easement <br />by motion and majority vote. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Ain, AICP <br />City Planner <br />Application I Submitted I Complete <br />Easement Vacation I Nov. 2, 2023 I Nov. 2, 2023 <br />Attachment: <br />1) Map of Property & Request <br />2) Application <br />3) Ordinance <br />Planning <br />Commission <br />N/A <br />City Council <br />Mar. 25, 2024 <br />Deadline for <br />City Action _ <br />N/A <br />