TRANSITORY ORDINANCE NO. - 19.10

AN ORDINANCE VACATING PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS
(QUEEN AVENUE BETWEEN 65TH½ STREET AND 66TH STREET AND
A PORTION OF A RUSSELL AVENUE SOUTH OF 65TH½ STREET)

THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:

Section 1: The following described lands are subject to the easements as described below for public street right-of-way purposes ("Street Easement"):

The part of Queen Avenue South, Harry Tickner's Subdivision of Lot 15, Richfield Gardens, according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying Southwesterly and Southerly of the following described line: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of Lot 1, Block 2, Harry Tickner's Subdivision of Lot 15, Richfield Gardens, thence Easterly along the North line of said Lot 1, Block 2, and its Easterly extension to the Northwesterly line of Lot 1, Block 3, Harry Tickner's Subdivision of Lot 15, Richfield Gardens, and there terminating.

The part of Russell Avenue South, Harry Tickner's Subdivision of Lot 15, Richfield Gardens, according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying East of the following described line: Commencing at the Northwest Corner Lot 3, Block 2, Harry Tickner's Subdivision of Lot 15, Richfield Gardens, thence South along the West line, a distance of 56.71 feet more or less, to point of curve on the West line of said Lot 3, Block 1, thence continue Southerly along the last described straight line to the intersection of curve on the Westerly line of said Lot 3, Block 2 and there terminating.

Sec. 2: The City Council approved redevelopment plans for the properties surrounding the "Street Easement" on December 11, 2018. These redevelopment plans include a southerly extension of Russell Avenue, which will connect to 66th Street and maintain local traffic circulation.

Sec. 3. The Street Easement is not required for access to the abutting properties.

Sec. 4: The following public facilities are located in the Street Easement: sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and water.

Sec. 5: The City has notified the service providers for gas, electric, telephone, and cable communications services of the proposed vacation; the following facilities are reported to be located in the Street Easement: gas, electric, and cable.

Sec. 6: The Council finds that there is not a public need for the Street Easement.

Sec. 7. The City of Richfield held the first reading on November 27, 2018 and second reading on December 11, 2018. Legal notice was published in the City's official newspaper as required by ordinance.

Sec. 8: The Street Easement is vacated conditioned upon the dedication of street (Russell Avenue), drainage and utility easements in the plat.

Sec. 9: The vacation of the Street Easement is effective 30 days following publication of the ordinance. The ordinance will be published after a plat has been approved by the City Council.

Sec. 10: The City Clerk is directed to prepare a certificate of completion of vacation proceedings and to record the vacation in the office of the Hennepin County Registrar of Titles or Hennepin County Recorder, as appropriate, following publication.

Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 11th day of December, 2018.

	_____ Pat Elliott, Mayor
ATTEST: _____ Elizabeth VanHoose, City Clerk

 

(Bill No. 2018-16)