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Approving the vacation of portions of Capitol Avenue and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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BE IT RESOLVED, that upon the petition of the State of Minnesota ("Petitioner"), as documented in Office of Financial Services Vacation File Number 09-2010, the public property described in Exhibit A and depicted in Exhibit B attached hereto 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 both proposed vacation areas on behalf of the City of Saint Paul, Department of Public Works, for its existing sewer facilities. Furthermore, the Petitioner shall be responsible for, and shall incur all expenses related to:
a. Removal or reconstruction of streets and their approaches to eliminate the appearance of public right-of-way. This shall include, but not be limited to, reconstruction and/or construction of storm sewer structures, curb, gutter, removal of street lights, sidewalk and boulevard, all to the satisfaction of the Department of Public Works.
b. Delivery of any salvaged light standards to the City's public works storage yard.
c. Disconnection of the city-owned street light standards from the City's electric circuit and reconnection of said light standards to the State's electric circuit.
d. Maintenance of street light standards within the proposed vacation areas as long as they are needed for street lighting.
2. An easement shall be retained on, over and across both proposed vacation areas on behalf of the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul (the "Board") to reserve the right of the Board to maintain and operate any water facility in or upon said easement, and to enter upon said easement, or any portion thereof, at any time and from time to time for the purposes of future construction, reconstruction, inspection, maintenance or rep...
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