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:at RESOLUTION NO. 1062 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF PORTLAND PLACE cati WHEREAS, on the original plat of Saga Hill Revised as recorded in the Hennepin County Recorder's Office there was dedicated a public street by the name of "PORTLAND PLACE"; and WHEREAS, that portion of Portland Place lying between Block 1 and Block 2 of Saga Hill Revised is not and has never been developed or opened for use as a public street; and WHEREAS, the plat maps prepared by the Hennepin County Surveyor's Office show that a vacation was filed with the Hennepin County Recorder's Office on December 2, 1964 for that portion of Portland Place described above; and • WHEREAS, the City and the owners of property abutting the above described portion of Portland Place consider the street to have been officially vacated and have in fact entered into separate easement agreements for sanitary sewer and drainage improvements which have been or will be constructed across and under portions of their property including portions of said Portland Place as originally platted; and WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Registrar of Title's Office has informed the City that there is no certificate of vacation recorded on the registered title of Lot 4", Block 1, Saga Hill Revised: that said Registrar will not record a newly, agreed upon easement until such vacation is properly recorded; and that the City has no knowledge as to why the Hennepin County Recorder's Office and the Hennepin County Surveyor's Office have records differing from those of the Registrar's Office; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT, RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Orono hereby confirms the vacation of that part of Portland Place lying between Block 1 and Block 2 of Saga Hill Revised as recorded in the office of the Hennepin County Clerk and Recorder except for preservation and continuation of all recorded drainage and/or utility easements on, across or under any portion of said street.