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AN ORDINANCE DEDICATING AN EASEMENT FOR STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO WOODLAND AVENUE.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That the city of Duluth does hereby dedicate to the general public a perpetual easement for street and utility purposes over that portion of Lots 9, 10, and 11, Block 10, Highland Park Addition to Duluth, in St. Louis County, Minnesota, legally described below and as depicted on the map attached as Exhibit A:
That part of Lots 9, 10, and 11, Block 10, HIGHLAND PARK ADDITION, which lies westerly of a line described as follows: Commencing at the Most Easterly Corner of said Lot 9, Block 10, HIGHLAND PARK ADDITION; thence southwesterly along the northerly right-of-way line of 4th Street 60.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence northwesterly deflecting to the right 111 degrees 08 minutes 25 seconds to the southerly right-of-way line of Woodland Avenue and said line there terminating.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its passage and publication.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this ordinance is to dedicate a street and utility easement across city-owned property bounded by Woodland Avenue, 20th Avenue East, and East 4th Street that is currently occupied by Heritage Park. This easement is needed for the re-alignment of Woodland Avenue where it intersects with 4th Street. This intersection re-alignment is part of the St. Louis County project to reconstruct 4th Street. As part of this project, 20th Avenue East has been vacated; most of the east one-half of 20th Avenue East has been acquired by St. Louis County and will be conveyed to the City. This property and the City’s one-half of vacated 20th Avenue East will be reallocated for park purposes, thereby resulting in a net gain of parkland. This reconfiguration will also include sidewalks to provide easier and safer access. This street re-alignment was approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission at their February 11, 2015 meeting.