TRANSITORY ORDINANCE NO. - 18.26

AN ORDINANCE VACATING PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY

The City of Richfield does ordain:

Section 1. The following described land is subject to an easement for public right-of-way purposes ("Vacated Area"):

The alley dedicated in the plat of GLENN'S ADDITION, lying southerly of the southerly right of way line of 76th Street and northerly of the northerly right of way line of 77th Street, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Sec. 2. The City of Richfield has initiated the vacation of the Vacated Area.

Sec. 3. The Cornerstone Group has proposed to acquire all of the property abutting the Vacated Area for a redevelopment project.

Sec. 4. The Council finds that there are no City water main, sanitary sewer, or storm sewer facilities located within the Vacated Area and that the following private utilities are located within the Vacated Area: buried telephone cable (Qwest), telecommunications cable lines (Time-Warner), and overhead electric lines (Xcel).

Sec. 5. The Council finds that, at such time that the fee title to Lots 1 through 6 and 9 through 15, Block 1, GLENN'S ADDITION are held in common ownership, there will no longer be a public need for a public alley within the Vacated Area.

Sec. 6. Upon completion of the redevelopment of this block, all existing utilities will be relocated and any necessary utility easements will be granted to the City as a condition of subdivision approval that the Cornerstone Group has proposed for Block 1, GLENN'S ADDITION.

Sec. 7. The alley easement over the Vacated Area, as described in Section 1 of this Ordinance, is hereby vacated.

Sec. 8. The vacation will be effective on the latter of (a) 30 days following publication or (b) the date upon which the fee title to all of Lots 1 through 6 and 9 through 15, Block 1, Glenn's Addition is held in common ownership.

(Bill No. 2003-17)