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0 CITY OF ORONO Street Address: Mailing Address: Telephone(952)249-4600 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O.Box 66 Fax (952)249-4616 <q Orono,MN 55356 Crystal Bay,MN 55323 www.ci.orono.mn.us kESHO° December 17, 2015 Roxanne Kuhl Property Identification and Platting Hennepin County Recorder/Registrar of Titles 300 South 6th Street Minneapolis, MN 55487 Re: Status of Tax Parcel 17-117-23 14 0034 Dear Roxanne: In our recent attempt to effect a combination of commonly-owned parcels across a City Road to comply with a City requirement for building permit approval, we were advised by your office that the combination would not be allowed because the road in question is in part a separate tax parcel (17-117-23 14 0034) and not a dedicated roadway. This was a surprise to us, as this parcel has been considered as a public roadway since 1950 per the three attached quit-claim deeds. The parcel apparently since 1950 has been carried on County books as a separate tax parcel owned by the Town of Orono rather than being shown as a public road. We do not have tax records in-house prior to 1974, but for unknown reasons the parcel apparently was taxed in 1969 and those taxes apparently went unpaid. We don't have a record as to whether the City certified something to this parcel, or if the County somehow assigned a value to it and taxed it. The tax records for 1974 indicate it was owned by the Town of Orono, had an exempt status, with the earliest delinquent year as 1969, but no current taxes due. The 1978 tax books show it as exempt and now owned by the State Land Department. In 1982 the parcel appeared on a tax forfeit list and the City re-acquired it, as it was/is still being used for public road purposes—see Doc. 4704410 attached. Current tax records show the parcel status as Property Type: Vacant Land—Residential, Non- Homestead. The parcel has not been owned or used as residential property since 1950, and the quit-claim deeds by which the City initially acquired it make it clear that it can only be used for road purposes. What the City desires to have happen is as follows: 1) County re-assign the tax status as public roadway, and remove its designation as a tax parcel. 2) Allow the combination of the commonly-owned tax parcels 07-117-23-14-0029 and 07- 117-23-14-0036 owned by Richard Sundberg, which parcels are directly across the road from each other—see attached map. I believe you have been in contact with Christine Mattson of our office regarding this request.