File #: 21-0749R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/2021 In control: Planning and Economic Development
On agenda: 9/27/2021 Final action: 9/27/2021
Title: RESOLUTION VACATING STREET EASEMENTS IN THE PLAT OF CENTRAL ACRES 2ND DIVISION, THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER (SE1/4 OF NW1/4) AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER (NE1/4 OF SW1/4) SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 50 NORTH, RANGE 14 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND ACCEPTING A STREET AND UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE DULUTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1, 2. Exhibit 2, 3. Exhibit 3, 4. Exhibit 4
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RESOLUTION VACATING STREET EASEMENTS IN THE PLAT OF CENTRAL ACRES 2ND DIVISION, THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER (SE1/4 OF NW1/4) AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER (NE1/4 OF SW1/4) SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 50 NORTH, RANGE 14 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND ACCEPTING A STREET AND UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE DULUTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD

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CITY PROPOSAL:

WHEREAS, the city council finds a sufficient petition was filed with the city requesting the vacations of street easements legally described below;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 100 of the City Charter and Section 50-37.6 of Chapter 50 of the Duluth City Code, as amended, such petition was duly referred to the city planning commission and such commission gave due notice of public hearing and did consider same in a public hearing and the city planning commission found that the street easements described below are not needed for public purposes;
WHEREAS, the city planning commission, at its special meeting on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, recommended approval of the vacation petition; and
WHEREAS, the city council finds that the street easements proposed to be vacated:
(i) are not and will not be needed for the safe and efficient circulation of automobiles, trucks, bicycles, or pedestrians or the efficient supply of utilities or public services in the city; and

(ii) are not otherwise needed to promote the public health, safety or welfare of the citizens of Duluth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city council of the city of Duluth approves the vacation of the following described street easements, contingent on the dedication of the street and utility easement by RFP LLC described below:
(1) That portion of Upham Road legally described and depicted on the attached Exhibit 1; and
(2) That portion of Blackman Avenue legally described and depicted on the attached Exhibit 2.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the vacations of the street easements described in t...

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