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Approving the release of a drainage and utility easement within the property at 980 Rice Street.
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WHEREAS, Rice Street Professional Building, LLC ("Owner") owns the commercial property located at 980 Rice Street in Saint Paul (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, Owner is planning to construct an addition to the existing building on the Property, and is engaged in the City's site plan review process; and
WHEREAS, when the Property was replatted in 2005 as "MSP Addition," drainage and utility easements were dedicated along the borders of the platted lots; and
WHEREAS, in order for the planned construction to proceed, portions of the drainage and utility easements must be released; and
WHEREAS, Owner is now requesting the release of said drainage and utility easements, described as:
The west 10.00 feet and the southerly most 10.00 feet of Lot 1, Block 2,
MSP Addition, Ramsey County, Minnesota,
and depicted in the "Easement Release Sketch" attached hereto; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that with the Certificates of Intended Non-Use, filed voluntarily on behalf of Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy - Gas Division; Northern States Power d/b/a/Xcel Energy - Electric Division; Comcast; CenturyLink; Saint Paul Regional Water Services; Verizon (MCI Network Services, Inc); Ever-Green Energy, LLC for District Energy St. Paul, Inc. & District Cooling St. Paul, Inc.; and the City's Department of Public Works - Sewer Division, the City, for itself and on behalf of said utilities, hereby waives all rights to the above-described drainage and utility easements; and be it further
RESOLVED, that upon passage of this resolution and the City's receipt of a $300.00 administrative processing fee, the proper city officials are hereby authorized and directed to record a copy of said resolution in the office of the Ramsey County Recorder and/or Registrar of Titles, and that the Office of Financial Services Real Estate Section shall maintain on file a copy of the Certificates of Intended Non-Use referenced in this resolution.