08-10-1998 Council Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

CITY of ORONO Municipal OfHces Street Address: 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono, MN 55356 H-l Mailing Address: P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay. MN 55323-0066 John C. DeMoss, Attorney at Law 6950 France Avenue South, Suite 119 Edina, Minnesota 55435-2024 Re: Land Title Registration, W. Wyatt Moe and Nancy S. Moe Dear Mr. DeMoss: This letter is in response to the information requested by your above named clients regarding registration of the title to their properties in Orono, per the Report of Examiner dated April 14,1998, specifically items 4(c) through 4(g) on pages 3 and 4. In regards to item 4(c), documentation of Portland Place vacation: The comment requests documentation of a City Resolution vacating Portland Place. The Hennepin County plat map suggests that the entire segment of Portland Place lying between Blocks 1 and 2, Saga Hill Revised, is vacated, with a note stating "Vac 12-2-64 Filed"; however, the shading of the map consistent with a vacation is not apparent on that map. Pursuant to your request, I researched City records, including Planning Commission minutes. City Council minutes, and Resolution Files for the years 1963-64-65 and find no record that the City took such a vacation action. Dr. Moe noted to me he thought this might have been dealt with around 1976, and I also can find no such action during that time period. In discussing this with Dennis Hill at the Hennepin County Property Descriptions office, he noted that the portion of Portland Place north of Moe's property adjacent to Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Saga Hill Revised, was vacated on October 23, 1961 and recorded as Document #3514499. I have enclosed a copy of the City Council minutes approving that vacation. Mr. Hill also noted he finds no specific documentation in Countv records of the vacation of the remainder of Portland Place, 6nd that the County maps may in fact be drawn incorrectly. My subsequent review also found tl<a? the County maps have been inconsistent on this topic through the years (see attached County maps dating to 1976). The City installed sewer in Portland Place in 1970. Design plans for that sewer do not indicate Telephone (612) 473-7357 • FAX 473-0510