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Shakopee City Council
May 17, 2022
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| | | | | | | | | FROM: | Mark Noble, Senior Planner | | TO: | Mayor and Council Members |
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| | | | | | | | Subject:
Vacation of Public Roadway Easement | | |
| | | | | | | | Policy/Action Requested:
Adopt Resolution R2022-070 approving the vacation of a segment of public roadway easement located east of 125th Street. | | |
| | | | | | | | Recommendation:
Approve staff’s and the Planning Commission’s recommendation to vacate the Easterly 180 feet of this Roadway Easement. | | |
| | | | | | | | Discussion:
Steve Breeggemann, property owner, and Vicki VanDell, Loucks Inc., applicant, are requesting the City Council approve the Vacation of a public roadway easement located east of 125th Street.
The Breeggemann family are presently working with a developer to create a residential subdivision of their property. This easement has primarily served as an access to their farm field. This roadway (farm) access would no longer serve a purpose; therefore, they are requesting vacation of that easement.
City departments and other outside agencies were given the opportunity to review and provide comments regarding this application. As shown on the aerial maps attached to this report, there are 3 private residential residences that currently access 125th Street to Old Brick Yard (County State Aid Highway 69). This access is a steep gravel roadway that is not up to current City and County design standards (see attached street view image). The long-term plan is for that intersection to be eliminated, and should these properties still be utilized for residential purposes, this Roadway Easement would serve as an access to a new roadway proposed to the east as part of a new residential subdivision. There would be no need for the Easterly 180 feet of this Roadway Easement, based on preliminary conceptual plans for that proposed subdivision.
The three residential properties are identified on the City’s Comprehensive Plan as Open Space, with the long-term plan being that once the homes are no longer occupied, the properties would be incorporated into the surrounding bluff open space being developed in this area of the community. Based on the short and long term scenarios, staff recommend that only the easterly 180 feet of the Roadway Easement be vacated at this time and that a title search be conducted to confirm other interest from utility holders in any existing/underlying easements on the property.
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