HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 128-25 - Resolution - CD2025-005VAC Onward
RESOLUTION
Approving Vacation Petition No. CD2025-005VAC by Onward Investors, for Vacation
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of Right-of-Way and Easements associated with portions of 4 St NW and 5 Ave NW
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south of Civic Center Dr NW and east of 6 Ave NW.
WHEREAS Onward Investors requests that the city vacate right-of-way and easements
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associated with 4 St NW and 5 Ave NW.
WHEREAS Section 17.00 of the City of Rochester Home Rule Charter states that, “the
Common Council may, by resolution adopted by five affirmative votes, vacate any public
street, alley, way, grounds, or easement, or any part thereof, upon its own motion or by
acting upon a petition filed by the owners of at least fifty percent of the lands which abut
the line of the portion of the public street, alley, way, grounds or easement, or parts
thereof, proposed to be vacated”; and
WHEREAS Section 17.00 of the City of Rochester Home Rule Charter further states that
“no vacation shall be made unless the Common Council finds that to do so is in the public
interest”; and
WHEREAS Rochester Community Development filed the petition in their 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 on June 2, 2025; and
WHEREAS on the basis of the petition filed, the testimony and evidence presented by
interested parties, and the investigation and consideration of the matter by the Common
Council, it appears that it is in the best interests of the members of the public to vacate
the right-of-way and easements; and
WHEREAS the specific areas in which are to be vacated are provided by the following
legal description and as depicted by the Maps attached to this resolution.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the right-of-way and easements described as follows are hereby vacated and
abandoned with the following conditions of approval:
1. Prior to the Recordation of the Vacation Resolution, the applicant shall dedicate all
applicable Water Main Utility Easements and will be required to pay for all costs
associated with the relocation.
2. Prior to the Recordation of the Vacation Resolution, the applicant shall dedicate all
applicable Utility Easements and will be required to pay for the costs associated
with their relocation.
AREA OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AND EASEMENT RELEASE
See attached exhibits.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City approved Vacation Application No. CD2025-
004VAC.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2025.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2025.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)