HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 418-15 - PleasantPrairieCemetary.DetachR2015003ANXRESOLUTION CONCERNING DETACHMENT OF CERTAIN LAND
PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES §414.06
WHEREAS, the Municipal Boundary Adjustment Unit Docket No. OA-1048-3 was amended
several times and the last time it was amended it included the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery within
property to be annexed to the City of Rochester; and,
WHEREAS, since that time, it has been determined that Pleasant Prairie Cemetery should
not have been included with that annexation as the City; and,
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. §414.06 provides for the detachment of property from a
municipality; and,
WHEREAS, the property owners of Pleasant Prairie Cemetery have petitioned to initiate
the proceeding provided in section 414.06 so as to detach the Cemetery from the City of
Rochester; and,
WHEREAS, the legal description for the petitioned property is as follows:
That part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 107 North, Range 14
West, Olmsted County, Minnesota described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter, thence on
an assumed bearing of North 89011' 09" East, along the north line of said
Southwest Quarter 10 7 1 .07 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 3, Block 2,
PRAIRIE CROSSING WEST, according to the recorded plat thereof and the
point of beginning; thence South 13045' 16" East, along the east line of said
Lot 3 and Lot 2, said Block 2 a distance of 625.18 feet to the corner of said
Lot 2; thence North 76014'44" East, along the north line of said Lot 2 a
distance of 201.00 feet to the northeast corner of said Lot 2 and the westerly
line of MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATI ON RIGHT OF WAY
PLAT NO.55-63; thence northerly along said west line to the intersection with
said north line of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89011'09" West,
along said north line to the point of beginning; and,
WHEREAS, all property owners of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery have signed the petition
and Cascade Township is in support of the request.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the City agrees to the detachment of the above -described property from the boundaries of the
City of Rochester and requests the State to issue an Order confirming the detachment.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DAY OF , 2015.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
APPROVED THIS DAY OF , 2015.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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