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Approving the petition of the City of Saint Paul, Department of Fire & Safety Services, to vacate Worchester Avenue adjacent to its property at 2530 Edgcumbe Boulevard
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BE IT RESOLVED, that upon the petition of the City of Saint Paul, Department of Fire & Safety Services ("Petitioner"), as documented in Office of Financial Services Vacation File Number 01-2015, the public property described as:
All that part of Worcester Avenue located in Granport Addition lying West of the Northerly extension of a line 20 feet West of the East line of lot 10, Block 6, Granport Addition
is hereby vacated and discontinued as public property and, subject to the following conditions, the easements within said public property are hereby released:
1. An easement shall be retained on, over and across a part of the proposed vacation area described as: a 30 foot wide subterranean sewer easement between elevation 30 feet and 60 feet per city datum, centered on the existing sewer facilities in the proposed vacation area, on behalf of the City of Saint Paul, Department of Public Works. Said easement shall be subject to the following requirements:
a. No buildings, structures, trees or any temporary structure, material storage, fixture, or any other objects which may prohibit normal access to utility facilities for maintenance purposes will be permitted within the easement area.
b. Improvements in or upon the above described easement that do not prohibit the City from exercising its reserved rights may be allowed by obtaining written permission from the Department of Public Works Sewer Division with the understanding that the restoration and costs of such improvements shall be the sole responsibility of the Petitioner, its successors and assigns.
c. Should it be necessary that the Petitioner's works or improvements be removed or damaged as a result of the Department of Public Works operations, all removal, replacement or modification costs shall be borne solely by the Petitioner.
d. No change from the existing grade within the easement area shall be permitted without written permission from the Department of Public Works Sewer Division.
2. This vacation shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Chapter 130, codified March 1, 1981, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code as amended.
3. The Petitioner, its successors and assigns shall pay $600.00 to the City of Saint Paul as an administrative fee for this vacation which is due and payable within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution.
4. The Petitioner, its successors and assigns shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution, file with the Office of Financial Services/Real Estate Section, an acceptance in writing of the conditions of this resolution and shall, within the period specified in the terms and conditions of this resolution, comply in all respects with these terms and conditions.