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City of ORONO
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NO. 2557
A RESOLUTION VACATING AN UNUSED PORTION OF A
DEDICATED DRAINAGE EASEMENT AT
1410 SHORELINE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF ORONO, MINNESOTA
FILE NO. 1351
WHEREAS, the City of Orono is a municipal corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 1988, Jensen Homes, Inc., on behalf of
Alfred and Ingrid Harrison, filed a petition with the City of Orono
requesting the vacation of a portion of drainage easements originally
dedicated within the plat of Lot 1, Block 1, Dragonfly Hill, Hennepin
County, Minnesota, and legally described as follows:
That part of the most southerly drainage easement on Lot 1, Block 1,
Dragonfly Hill, which lies west of a line drawn south perpendicular to
the North line of Government Lot 1, Section 11, Township 117, Range
23, Hennepin County, Minnesota, from a point on said North line
distant 139.00 feet west, as measured along said north line, from the
Hennepin County monument at the Meander corner on the South line of
Government Lot 4, and the North line of Government Lot 1, in said
Section 11; and
WHEREAS, after due published and posted notice a public hearing
was held before the Planning Commission on November 21, 1988 regarding said
vacation and all persons interested were given an opportunity to be heard;
and
WHEREAS, after due standing and consideration, the Planning
Commission recommended approval of the requested vacation and the Council
of the City of Orono finds that said vacation as proposed is in keeping
with the public interest in consideration of the following findings:
1. The vacation does not affect access to or use of any adjoining
property.
2. The City has not and does not intend to develop, improve, or use
the portion of dedicated drainage easement described above.
3. The portion of dedicated drainage easement as it exists serves no
public purpose.
• 4. The portion of dedicated drainage easement no longer is considered
as a wetland area due to re -grading approved in 1985 of the pre-
existing pond area, which re -grading revised the boundaries of that
pond.
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City of ORONO
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NO. 2557
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the petition of Jensen Homes,
Inc., on behalf of Alfred and Ingrid Harrison, is hereby granted, and that
the portion of dedicated drainage easement legally described above is
hereby vacated. This approval is to be construed as concurrent vacation of
a similarly described portion of the Flowage and Conservation Easement
filed with the County as Document No. 4856970 on January 6, 1984.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono, Minnesota at a
regular meeting held December 12, 1988.
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orothy M �7 llin, City Clerk J
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R. Grabek;
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