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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 7445 1 A RESOLUTION VACATING PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY #LA23-000045 WHEREAS, the City of Orono, (the “City”) has jurisdiction over the public right-of- way described as follows: That part of the new street location of Lake Street shown on a survey by Arleigh C. Smith dated October 26, 1959 in Doc. No. 3213583 which lies easterly of a line drawn from the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 10, Saga Hill Revised to the Southwest corner of Lot 6, Block 1, Saga Hill Revised, Hennepin County, Minnesota (hereinafter the “Right-of-Way”); and WHEREAS, Ellette Anderson (“Anderson”) is the owner of the property addressed 1260 Spruce Place (“Lot 1, Block 6, Saga Hill Revised”) the Right-of-Way on the south side, and James B. Easley and Melissa J. Easley (“Easley”) are the owners of the property addressed 1250 Spruce Place (“Lot 1, Block 6, Saga Hill Revised”) abutting the Right- of-Way on the north side (herein collectively as the “Owners”); and WHEREAS, the Owners have filed a petition seeking a vacation of the Right-of- Way; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the existing Right-of-Way as depicted in attached Exhibit A and described in attached Exhibit B (“Proposed Vacation”) has no apparent present or future benefit to the public for lake access; and WHEREAS, there are existing public stormwater drainage ways within the Right- of-Way that serve a public purpose; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 412.851, notice of the Proposed Vacation was submitted to the Commissioner of the DNR by certified mail for their comment on August 24, 2023. WHEREAS, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes § 412.851, a notice of a public hearing on the vacation of the Right-of-Way was published in the Laker Pioneer Newspaper on November 4, 2023; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes § 412.851, said notice of public hearing was posted at the Long Lake and Crystal Bay Post Offices on November 4, 2023; and 52