2008-069
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 08-69
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
APPROVING THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF FIRST STREET
WHEREAS, an application for Vacation V AC08-1 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 15.57 feet
to the west line of said 18t Street North; thence South 32 degrees 35 minutes 57
seconds West, along said west line of 18t Street North, a distance of 12.42 feet to
the point of beginning.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application for vacation V AC08-1 is
hereby approved based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the above-described street is not needed for a public purpose.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that application for vacation VAC08-1 is hereby
approved subject to the following condition:
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1. That the utility easement rights to maintain existing UG electric facilities must
be retained in favor of Northern States Power Company.
Adopted this 2nd day of December 2008.
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