CR 05-037 Vacation of Alleys and Goodrich
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HOPKINS
March 10, 2005
Council Report 2005-037
Public Hearing
Vacation of Various Unimproved Alley Rights of Way and Vacation of portion of
Goodrich Street Right of Way
Proposed Action.
Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move that Council adopt
Resolution 2005-025 Resolution to vacate various unimproved allev riqhts of way. as
described and shown bv staff. and the vacation of a portion of the Goodrich Street Riqht
of Way.
Overview.
There is resident interest in the vacations of certain unimproved alley rights of way and
the vacation of a portion of the 80' wide Goodrich Street right of way. Staff has
discussed these vacations with City Council at worksession; sent preliminary letters to
affected property owners, (except the owners affected by the Goodrich Street ROW
partial vacation), published the public hearing notice and sent notice of the public
hearing to all affected property owners and public utility companies. Minnesota State
Statutes allow cities to vacate public rights of way when they have determined it to be in
the best interest of the public. In accordance with City Charter and Minnesota State
Statutes the vacations are accompli!?hed by resolution and ordinance after a public
hearing is held. If City Council proceeds with the vacation by approving the proposed
resolution, a second reading of the vacation ordinance will be held on April 5. If
approved, the vacation resolution will be recorded at Hennepin County and become
effective. Public comments received are summarized in the report.
Primary Issues to Consider.
· Resident comments and concerns
. Vacation Schedule
Supportinq information.
· Resolution 2005-025
. Ordinance 2005-946
. Maps showing proposed vacations and photo of 205 20th Avenue N driveway
. ~ments
Steven J. Stadler, Public Works Director
Financial Impact: $ 0 Budgeted: Y/N _n/a_ Source: n/a
Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.):
Notes:
Council Report 2005-037
Page 2
Analysis of Issues.
. Resident comments and concerns
Staff has not heard many comments regarding the unimproved alley vacations.
The owner at 10 Van Buren Avenue South is opposed to the proposed
vacation. She does not want to own or maintain the additional property.
The owners at 205 20th Avenue North are concerned as at least part of their
current driveway is on what will be their neighbor's property if the vacation is
approved. By State Statute, an abutting property owner who suffers specific
and unique damages as the result of vacating a street or alley may be entitled
to damages, but no damages are awarded if the vacation merely requires the
property owner to travel a farther route to access his property or over an inferior
road. If City Council decides this owner does suffer damages and desires to
proceed with the vacation, it may consider a damage award.
Some property owners are in favor because the additional private property
created by the vacation wlll give them the ability to better protect or buffer their
property from abutting land uses.
Staff took many calls regarding the Goodrich Street partial right of way vacation. What
follows is a summary of the concerns expressed from those homeowners.
The 10' vacation will mean there may be boulevard trees currently maintained
by the city that would become private trees for homeowners to maintain. Staff
has not determined the number or species of trees that fall within the proposed
area to be vacated. However, there are elm trees along this corridor and at
least one that is currently marked for removal. Given the number of tree
removals this past year due to disease, it's understandable that this is a
concern of homeowners. If City Council decides these trees cause the abutting
property owners damage, one remedy could be that the city would continue to
maintain these trees for a period of time, say until January 1, 2007.
The 80' wide right of way js an historical part of what creates the Interlachen
neighborhood character and should be protected.
A few homeowners were concerned about the impact on property values and
taxes. Staff referred this question to our residential appraiser, Rob Winge. His
opinion is that the additional 10' wide strip of land will not affect values as
market values are primarily based on sales of similar residential properties, not
specific lot size or lot dimensions.
. Vacation Schedule
April 5: Second Reading, Vacation Ordinance
April 20: Date of Publication
April 20: Date vacation ordinance takes effect
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-025
RESOLUTION FOR VACATING A PARTIAL STREET RIGHT OF WAY AND
SEVERAL UNIMPROVED ALLEY RIGHTS OF WAY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA,
WHEREAS, the City Council of Hopkins has determined to vacate all or portions
of several street or alley rights of way (described below);
AND WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on March 15, 2005 before the City
Council in the city hall after due published and posted notice had been given by
the clerk, a reasonable attempt was made to give personal notice to all affected
property owners, and all persons interested were given an opportunity to be
heard;
AND WHEREAS, any person, corporation or city owning or controlling
easements contained upon the property vacated, reserves the right to continue
maintaining the same or to enter upon such way or portion thereof vacated to
maintain, repair, replace, remove or otherwise attend thereto;
AND WHEREAS, any public utility with existing facilities within the vacated rights
of way reserves the right to obtain easements equal in area to the right of way
vacated and to enter upon such way or portion thereof vacated to maintain,
repair, replace remove or otherwise attend thereto;
AND WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted ordinance 2005-946, ordinance
vacating various street and alley rights of way;
AND WHEREAS, it appears that it will be in the best interest of the city to vacate
such street and alley rights of way;
AND WHEREAS, four-fifths of all members of the City Council concur in this
resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following unimproved alley
public rights of way and partial street right of way are hereby vacated:
. Twelve foot wide public alle~ right of way located between 2nd Street North
and 3'd Street North and 20t Avenue North and 21st Avenue North.
. Twelve foot wide public alle~ right of way located between 2nd Street North
and 3'd Street North and 191 Avenue North and 20th Avenue North.
Resolution 2005-025
Page 2
· The westernmost 121.6' by 10' wide (measured from the south alley right
of way line) area of the fourteen-foot wide east-west unimproved alley
right of way located between Monroe Avenue South and Jackson Avenue
South and Excelsior Boulevard and 1st Street South.
· The easternmost 120.0' by 10' wide (measured from the south alley right
of way line) area of the fourteen-foot wide east-west unimproved alley
right of way located between Jackson Avenue South and Van Buren
Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard and 1st Street South.
· The westernmost 121.8' by 10' wide (measured from the south alley right
of way ling) area of the fourteen-foot wide east-west unimproved alley
right of way located between Van Buren Avenue South and Harrison
Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard and 1st Street South.
· The northern 10 feet and the southern 10 feet of the Goodrich Street 80
foot wide right of way extending from Blake Road to Meadowbrook Road
Adopted by the City Council of Hopkins, Minnesota, this 15th day of March 2005.
By
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Terry Obermaier, City Clerk
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE No. 2005-946
AN ORDINANCE VACATING UNIMPROVED ALLEY RIGHT OF WAYS, AS DESCRIBED, AND
A PORTION OF THE GOODRICH STREET RIGHT OF WAY
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
The following street or unimproved alley public rights of way are hereby vacated:
. Twelve foot wide public alley right of way located between 2nd Street North and 3rd Street
North and 20th Avenue North and 21st Avenue North.
. Twelve foot wide public alley right of way located between 2nd Street North and 3rd Street
North and 19th Avenue North and 20th Avenue North.
. The westernmost 121.6 ' by 10' wide (measured from the south alley right of way line)
area of the fourteen-foot wide east-west unimproved alley right of way located between
Monroe Avenue South and Jackson Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard and 1st
Street South. .
. The easternmost 120.0' by 10' wide (measured from the south alley right of way line)
area of the fourteen-foot wide east-west unimproved alley right of way located between
Jackson Avenue South and Van Buren Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard and 1st
Street South.
. The westernmost 121.8' by 10' wide (measured from the south alley right of way ling)
area of the fourteen-foot wide east-west unimproved alley right of way located between
Van Buren Avenue South and Harrison Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard and 1st
Street South.
. The northern 10 feet and the southern 10 feet of the Goodrich Street 80 foot wide right of
way extending from Blake Road to Meadowbrook Road
Public Hearing and First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance takes effect:
March 15,2005
April 5, 2005
. April 20, 2005
Apirl 20, 2005
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Terry Obermaier, City Clerk
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Glydewell Burdick Jr. & Lois Bell
201 21st Avenue North
Hopkins, Minnesota 55343
(952) 933-5094
February 28,2005
Members of the City Council
City of Hopkins, MN
10IO 1st Street South
Hopkins, MN 55343
Reference: Vacation of undeveloped alley ROW
between 20th and 2 I st A venues N. from
the undeveloped 2nd Street N ROW to
the undeveloped 3rd Street N ROW.
For consideration at Your March 15th, 2005 Hearing
We are the Owners of the property at 201/203 21st Avenne North. Although our schedule prevents
us from attending the Council Hearing where this will be taken up, we wish to express our strong
support for vacation of this unusable Right of Way. We believe the additional property will offer
the adjoining property owners greater flexibility in using and improving their properties.
We strongly urge your support for this vacation.
Sincerely, ,
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/ Glydewell Burdic, r LOIS M. Bell
cc: Mr. Steven J. Stadler, Public Works Director
GL2'05Alley Vacation
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Steve Stadler
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From: Jon Kagan Ukagan@kaganmedlcal.com]
Sent: Friday, F,ebruary 25, 2005 08:09
To: Steve Stadler
Subject: Re: Goodrich street right of way
Steve
Thank you for your quick response and I am pleased that the city is taking this action.
Jon Kagan
200 Homedale Rd
Hopkins, MN 55343
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Stadler
To: 'Jon Kaqan'
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 7:37 AM
Subject: RE: Goodrich street right of way
Jon,
Thanks for the email - vacation is when property is given up by the public entity who has jurisdiction of It and
returns it to the abutting property owners. In this case, the city is considering abandoning a 10' portion on the
north and south side of the existing 80' wide Goodrich Street public right-of-way; the resulting right-of-
way would then be 60' wide. If your property abuts Goodrich and City Council approves the vacation, you
would own an additional 1 0' strip of land. The city really doesn't need an 80' wide ROW (most city ROWs are
50' - 66' wide for local roads) and the wide ROW can prevent certain property improvements such as home or
garage additions because the homeowner can't meet the setback criteria from the property line. I hope this
explains the proposed vacation.
Sincerely,
Steve Stadler
Public Works Director.
[Steve Stadler]
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Kagan [mailto:jkagan@kaganmedical.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 2.4, 2.005 14:16
To: sstadier@hopkinsmn.com
Subject: Goodrich street right of way
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