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� - _.. <br /> , ���, <br /> � <br /> ` O O `',`, <br /> '� � `,�'',� CITY o� ORONO <br /> `, ,�a `: � � .� ,; <br /> � � �,,; Municipal Offices <br /> '� � <br /> �,� '� ;�G;'� Street Address: Mailing Address: <br /> `9lj'�Hpg' . 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O. Box 66 <br /> - Orono, MN 55356 Crystal Bay, MN 55323•0066 <br /> August 12, 2005 <br /> Craig Olson <br /> 4775 North Shore Drive <br /> Orono MN, 55365 <br /> Re: 4795 North Shore Drive &Adjacent 33' Right-of-way <br /> Dear Mr. Olson: <br /> To follow up our recent phone conversation regarding your request of August 2, the City <br /> is not interested in releasing for private acquisition the tax-forfeited property at 4795 <br /> North Shore Drive, nor in vacating the 33' extended right-of-way along the west <br /> boundary of that property, for the following reasons: <br /> 1. The 33' dedicated right-of-way leads from County Rd. 19 to Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Hennepin County may have some legal interest in this right-of-way. The <br /> Department of Natural Resources adamantly opposes the vacation of such rights- <br /> of-way. The Orono 2000-2020 Community Management Plan (CMP) indicates it <br /> is not appropriate for the City to give up its extremely limited public lakeshore <br /> properties. <br /> 2. City ordinances (Zoning Code Section 78-9, attached) only allow abutting <br /> landowners to petition for a street vacation. Because your property does not abut <br /> the right-of-way you wish to have vacated, you are not eligible to be a petitioner <br /> for such a vacation. <br /> 3. 4795 Shoreline was obtained by the City via tax forfeiture in 1970 for the <br /> purpose of"lake access lanes", deed#136852. This parcel cannot be vacated, and <br /> cannot be directly sold by the City, but would have to be released to the County <br /> for disposal. <br /> 4. The right-of-way and the tax-forfeited parcel potentially now serve or may in the <br /> future serve a variety of public functions, including but not limited to: <br /> - Walking access to the lake for use by area residents <br /> - Utility comdor <br /> - Public open space <br /> - Stormwater drainage corridor <br /> - etc. <br /> Telephone(952)249-4600 • Fax(952)249-4616 <br /> www.ci.orono.mn.us <br />