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CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO: 2023-43
APPROVING VACATION OF EXISTING
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ROADWAY EASEMENTS.
WHEREAS, M/I Homes of Minneapolis/St. Paul, LLC has initiated vacation of existing public roadway
easements as described by Exhibit A identified on the Otsego Road Right-of-Way map; and,
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has reviewed request and determined that the public right-of-way is
unnecessary for public purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing at their regular meeting on 12 June 2023 to consider
the vacation, preceded by required published and mailed legal notice; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council heard all parties interested therein and closed the public hearing.
WHEREAS, the Request for Council Action dated 12 June 2023 prepared by the City Planner, The
Planning Company LLC, is incorporated herein; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council having considered all information received finds that the existing public
right-of-way and roadway easements serve no useful public purpose and vacating the public right-of-
way and roadway easements would be in the public interest; and,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Otsego that Otsego hereby orders:
1. That the existing public right-of-way and roadway easement described by Exhibit A is hereby
vacated.
2. The City Council hereby determines that the vacation of said existing right-of-way and roadway
easement shall cause no damage to any abutting or nearby property owners and therefore no
damages are awarded to any such property owners.
MOTION BYOoede
SECOND BY: Dahl
ALL IN FAVOR: Stockamp, Dahl, Dunlap, Goede, and Moores
THOSE OPPOSED: none
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 12t" day of June, 2023.
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Jessica i. Stockamp, Mayor
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Audra Etzel, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A 66.00 foot easement for public right of way purposes across the following described property:
The Southwest Quarter of Section 26 and the Southeast Quarter of Section 27 all in Township
121, Range 23, Wright County, Minnesota.
The center line of said easement is described as follows:
Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast Quarter; thence South 89° 58’ 16” West
assuming the south line of said Southeast Quarter bears North 89° 57’ 38” West, a distance of
846.91 feet to the point of beginning of said center line to be described; thence North 41° 48”
41” East, a distance of 329.68 feet; thence northerly along a tangential curve concave to the
west having a radius of 550.60 feet and a central angle of 27° 40’ 35”, a distance of 265.97 feet;
thence North 14° 08’ 06” East tangent to said curve, a distance of 226.12 feet; thence
northeasterly along a tangential curve concave to the southeast having a radius of 662.96 feet
and a central angle of 27° 48’ 03”, a distance of 321.68 feet; thence North 41° 56’ 09” East
tangent to said curve, a distance 565.98 feet to the center line of a township road and said
center line there terminating.
The side lines of said easement are to be prolonged or shortened to terminate on the south line of said
Southeast Quarter of Section 27 and said center line of a township road.