HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 491-06 RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, the Rochester Area Family Y initiated a proceeding to vacate approximately
67 Y2 feet of the 15-foot wide alley right-of-way located between Block 106 and Block 107,
Willson's Addition or west of First Avenue S.W., and north of the existing Rochester Area Family
•Y facility; and,
WHEREAS, the City Clerk gave notice in the manner prescribed by the Charter of the
City of Rochester that this petition would be heard and considered by the Common Council at a
public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on September 18, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk filed the petition in her office and, by publication in the official
newspaper at least ten days prior to the public hearing, gave notice that the petition had, been
filed, briefly stating its request, and stated that the petition would be heard and considered by the
Common Council at 7:00 p.m. on September 18, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council convened on September 18, 2006, investigated and
considered the matter of the vacation of a portion of the right-of-way, and gave all interested
parties an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence;and
WHEREAS, on the basis of the petition filed, the testimony and evidence presented by
interested parties, the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the
investigation and consideration of the matter by the Common Council, it appears that it is in the
best interests of the City of Rochester, its inhabitants and all other members of the public to
vacate a portion of the right-of-way in question.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the following described right-of-way is hereby vacated and abandoned:
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Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 1 in said Block 107; thence South
00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, assumed bearing, along a line
drawn from the southwest corner of said Lot 1 to the northwest corner of
said Block 106, a distance of 67.50 feet to a line which is 7.50 feet northerly
of, as measured at right angles to and parallel with, the north line of said
Block 106; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds West, along
said parallel line, 15.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds West, 67.50 feet to the westerly prolongation of the south line of
said Block 107; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds East,
along said westerly prolongation, 15.00 feet and there terminating.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS DAY OF 2006.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
RItpu%- CITY CLERlk
APPROVED THIS 1 l QjDAY OF ', 2006.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester,,Minnesota) ;
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