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Approving the petition of the Rosenblum Family Limited Partnership to vacate a portion of Iglehart Avenue west of Snelling Avenue, to accept a vacant parcel from the State of Minnesota, and to convey the vacant parcel to the petitioner.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (“City”) has received a petition from the Rosenblum Family Limited Partnership (“Petitioner”), as documented in Office of Financial Services Real Estate Section Vacation File Number 01-2022, to vacate a portion of Iglehart Avenue west of Snelling Avenue, as depicted and described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Vacation Area”); and
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota Department of Transportation (“MnDOT”) owns part of a platted lot adjacent to the Vacation Area, as depicted and described in Exhibit B attached hereto (“MnDOT Parcel”), which was originally acquired by MnDOT for right-of-way purposes but is no longer needed and which MnDOT now desires to convey to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that there is no longer a public purpose for maintaining its easement rights within the Vacation Area, and;
WHEREAS, upon the City’s acceptance of ownership of the MnDOT Parcel, the City desires to vacate its interest in said parcel and recommends its sale to Petitioner, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 51 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code; and
WHEREAS, Petitioner has agreed to pay just compensation for the MnDOT Parcel, as determined by an internal valuation of fair market value performed by the Office of Financial Services Real Estate Section; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, in accordance with Chapter 130 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, that upon said petition the Vacation Area described and depicted in Exhibit A is hereby vacated and discontinued as public property, and all utility easements within the Vacation Area are hereby released in accordance with Section 130.05(3) of the Legislative Code, subject to the following conditions:
1. An easement shall be retai...
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