RZ08-08 CITY OF HOPKINS
�" Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: RZ08-8
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING FOR
APPROVAL THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF FIRST STREET
WHEREAS, an application for Vacation VAC08-1 has been made by Opus Northwest
LLC;
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for a vacation of the alley was made by Opus Northwest LLC
on October 29, 2008;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed and
published notice, held a public hearing on the application and reviewed such
application on November 25, 2008: all persons present were given an opportunity
to be heard;
�" 3. That the written comments and analysis of City staff were considered; and
4. Legal descriptions of the alley and street to be vacated are as follows:
That part of First Street North as dedicated in the plat of EXCELSIOR
CROSSINGS, according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County,
Minnesota, described as beginning at the northwest corner of Lot 4, Block 1 said
EXCELSIOR CROSSINGS; thence on an assumed bearing of South 87 degrees
31 minutes 58 seconds East, along the north line of said Lot 4, a distance of 17.50
feet; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 44 seconds West a distance of 17.57 feet
to the west line of said ls` Street North; thence South 32 degrees 35 minutes 57
seconds West, along said west line of lst Street North, a distance of 12.42 feet to
the point of beginning.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application far vacation VAC08-1 is
hereby recommended for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the above-described street is not needed for a public purpose.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that application for vacation VAC08-1 is hereby
recommended for approval subject to the following conditions:
L That the utility easement rights to maintain existing UG electric facilities must
be retained in favor of Northern States Power Company.
Adopted this 25th day of November 2008.
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Kyle Skiermont, Chair
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