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Shakopee City Council
October 17, 2023
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| | | | | | | | | FROM: | Mark Noble, Senior Planner | | TO: | Mayor and Council Members |
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| | | | | | | | Subject:
PUBLIC HEARING - Vacation of Public Drainage & Utility Easements within the OPUS MVW plat | | |
| | | | | | | | Policy/Action Requested:
Adopt Resolution R2023-116, a resolution approving the vacation of the public drainage and utility easements as dedicated within the OPUS MVW plat. | | |
| | | | | | | | Recommendation:
The Planning Commission considered this item at their October 5, 2023 meeting, and by a 7-0 vote, recommended approval of this request. | | |
| | | | | | | | Discussion:
Woolpert, Inc., applicant and representative of J & J Minneapolis, LLC (property owner), has requested vacation of public drainage and utility easements located within the OPUS MVW plat, which would allow for a more viable lot for new construction.
Presently, the SanMar building is located on this property. They have recently replatted the property to allow for a new buildable lot to the east of the SanMar building, north of Unbridled Avenue and west of Canterbury Road (as part of the J & J Minneapolis plat). Staff is presently working with them on the layout and construction of that building to ensure compliance with all City Code and SPU requirements. A condition of the J & J Minneapolis plat approval was for this vacation to occur, with new easements to be dedicated within the J & J Minneapolis plat.
City Engineering provided a memo with conditions of approval, should the City Council support the request. It was their condition of the J & J Minneapolis plat that requested this vacation, with new easements to be provided on the J & J Minneapolis plat at time of recording.
Shakopee Public Utilities (SPU) provided comments stating that dedicated electric and water utility easements to SPU are to remain. The public drainage and utility easements do not appear to contain SPU facilities and can be vacated. However; if existing SPU facilities do exist in the vacated easements, SPU would require new easements to be dedicated around those facilities per their policy.
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