1994-110
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO 94-110
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT FOR
APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR A SETBACK VARIANCE
TO KATHERINE CURREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHEREAS, an application for a variance, VN94-3, made by School District #270 for a setback
vanance to construct an additIon to the existmg school at 1600 Mainstreet is hereby approved
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the applicatIon is as follows
1 That an application VN94-3 was filed with the City of Hopkins on November 17, 1994
2 That the Hopkms PlannIng COmmIssion, pursuant to mailed notices, held a meeting on the
application and reviewed such applicatIon on November 29, 1994, all persons present at
the hearing were given an opportunity to be heard
3 That the written comments and analysis of the City Staff and the PlannIng Commission
were considered
4 A legal description of the subject property IS as follows
Par 1 All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of SectIOn
24, Township 117 North, Range 22 West, described as commencmg at a point in the
South line of Excelsior Road where said South line of said road is mtersected by the center
line produced Southward of SIxteenth Avenue as said avenue is laid out in the plat of
Gibbs First Addition to West Minneapolis, thence Southerly along the extended center line
of Sixteenth Avenue produced Southerly 60827 feet, thence Westerly to a point in the
West line of said Southwest Quarter of said SectIon 24,608 12 feet South measured along
the said West line from the intersection of said West line with the Southerly line of said
Excelsior Avenue, as said Excelsior Avenue is laid out Easterly and Westerly across said
section, thence Northerly along the said West line to the South line of Excelsior Avenue,
thence Easterly along the SaId South line of Excelsior Avenue to the beginning
Subject to a reservation by the County of Hennepm of all iron ore and
other valuable minerals in and upon said premises, with the right to explore for, mme and
remove the same as created by deed of record m Book 1733 of Deeds, page 301, in the
office of the Register of Deeds of said Hennepin County,
Subject to an easement in favor of the County of Hennepin, its successors,
lessees or assigns, to use the South 150 feet of said premises as a motor vehicle parking
place for public use during such times as the property known as the Hennepin County
Fairgrounds in Hopkins, Minnesota, may be used for conducting the Hennepin County
Fair or for conductmg thereon any other exhibitions or attractIOns whIch may mvite public
attention at the Hennepin County Fairgrounds, also subject to the charge that prior to
August 1, 1949, Independent School District Number Nmeteen, Hennepin County,
Minnesota, will surface said portion of the premises with bItuminous material so as to fit it
adequately for said use,
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Par 2 All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of SectIOn
24, Township 117, North of Range 22 West, bounded and described as follows, to-wit
Commencing at a point in the South line of Excelsior Road where the said South line of
said Excelsior Road is intersected by the center lIne produced Southward of 16th Avenue
as platted in the plat of GIbbs First Addition to West Minneapolis, Hennepm County,
Minnesota, thence Southerly along the extension of said center line of 16th Avenue
produced Southerly a distance of 63827 feet, thence Easterly on a line parallel WIth said
South line of Excelsior Road 331 2 feet, more or less, to the intersection of saId line with
the extensIOn of the center line of 15th Avenue as platted in said Gibbs First Addition and
as platted in West Minneapolis Second DiVIsion produced m a straIght lIne southward,
thence Northerly along said center line of 15th Avenue extended as aforesaid, a distance
of 638 27 feet to the South line of said Excelsior Road, thence West along the South line
of said Excelsior Road 329 2 feet, more or less, to the point ofbegmrung, except that part
thereof which lIes northerly of a line and its extensions, drawn from a point on the
westerly line of said above described property, distant 248 00 feet southerly from the
northwest comer of said above descnbed property, to a point on the easterly line of said
above descnbed property distant 272 00 feet southerly from the northeast comer of SaId
above described property, and west of the east 30 00 feet thereof
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the applIcation VN94-3 is hereby approved based
on the following Findings of Fact
1 That the lot line on Mainstreet is an irregular lot line
2 That the proposed addition will follow the existing building line
Adopted this 6th day of December, 1994
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