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RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES FROM THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OVER, UNDER, AND ACROSS CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE CHESTER PARK-UMD NEIGHBORHOOD, AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to accept, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 1, from the Regents of the University of Minnesota, a Minnesota constitutional corporation, a perpetual easement for street and utility purposes over, under, and across the real property legally described on Exhibit A attached to Exhibit 1 and depicted as “Parcel A” and “Parcel E” on Exhibit B attached to Exhibit 1, at no cost to the City.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes the acceptance of a permanent easement for street and utility purposes from the Regents of the University of Minnesota (the “University”) over, under, and across certain property in the Chester Park-UMD neighborhood, at no cost to the City. The easement areas accepted under this resolution are depicted as “Parcel A” and “Parcel E” on Exhibit C attached to Exhibit 1.
Later this year, the City will be reconstructing College Street between Junction Avenue and Woodland Avenue (the “Project”). The Project includes utility work, a new shared-use path, and sidewalk and stormwater improvements.
The City’s real estate records were reviewed during the design phase of the Project, and it was discovered that there were areas within the University’s property that contained a road and/or utilities that did not have a valid easement (there are various stretches within the Project where the City does have an easement). The City and University have worked together since the 1950’s to clean up the missing easements, but no agreements have ever been finalized or signed. This easement creates the proper rights for the north half of College Street, approximately between Junction Ave. and W. Clover St.
The acceptance of this easement allows: (i) the City to complete the Project, (ii) the City to accept local road improvement grant funds from the State of Minnesota for the construction of the Project, and (iii) for public use of the reconstructed street and provision of utilities.