HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020-91 Resolution Vacating Drainage and Utility Easements within Outlot A Rolling Green Business CenterMember Martin introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
CITY OF MEDINA
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-91
RESOLUTION VACATING DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS
WITHIN OUTLOT A, ROLLING GREEN BUSINESS CENTER
WHEREAS, the city of Medina (the "City") is a municipal corporation, organized and
existing under the laws of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, Rolling Green Business Park, LLC (the "Owner") owns property located
south of Meander Road, east ofJubert Trail which is legally described as:
Outlot A, Rolling Green Business Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota (the "Property");
and
WHEREAS, drainage and utility easements were dedicated to the public upon certain
portions of the Property on the plat of Rolling Green Business Center; and
WHEREAS, US Home Corporation, dba Lennar (the "Applicant"), intends to purchase the
Property and has requested approval of a subdivision of the Property and the land to the west to be
called Meadowview Commons; and
WHEREAS the Applicant has requested that the City to vacate those platted drainage and
utility easements within the Property and have proposed to dedicate new easements within the
Meadowview Commons plat; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 412.851, the City scheduled a public hearing to
consider the proposed vacation; and
WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing was posted, published in the official newspaper
and mailed to the owners of affected properties, all in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed vacation on October
20, 2020 and November 4, 2020 at which hearing all interested parties were heard; and
WHEREAS, following the public hearing, the City Council determined that the drainage
and utility easements proposed within the Meadowview Commons plat would better serve the public
interest than those originally dedicated; and
WHEREAS, upon such finding, the City Council determined that the vacation of the
previously dedicated drainage and utility easements is in the public interest, subject to required
easements being dedicated to the public within the Meadowview Commons plat.
Resolution No. 2020-91
November 17, 2020
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city council of the city of Medina,
Minnesota as follows:
1. Subject to the Owners dedicating all easements required by the city within the
Meadowview Commons plat, the drainage and utility easements described in Exhibit
A are vacated.
2. The city administrator or his designee is authorized and directed to prepare and
present to the Hennepin County Auditor a notice that the City has completed these
vacation proceedings and record with the Hennepin County Recorder the vacation of
the easements described in Exhibit A only in coordination with and immediately
prior to the recording of the Meadowview Commons plat.
Dated: November 17, 2020.
Kathleen Martin, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Jodi M. Gallup, City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member DesLauriers
upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Albers, Anderson, DesLauriers, Martin, Pederson
And the following voted against same:
None
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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November 17, 2020
EXHIBIT A
Legal Description of Vacated Drainage and Utility Easements
All drainage and utility easements dedicated to the public on the plat of Rolling Green Business
Center that are within the following described property:
OutlotA, Rolling Green Business Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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November 17, 2020