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Authorizing the release of Utility and Slope Easements within the former Schmidt Brewery site.
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WHEREAS, a request has been received by the BHGDN, LLC, owner/developer of the proposed Schmidt Brewery Housing Redevelopment, for the release of utility easements within portions of previously-vacated Cascade Street, Palace Street and Oneida Street, and the release of slope easements along the southeast border of West Seventh Street, the south border of Jefferson Avenue, the west border of Erie Street and the east border of Toronto Street, all as highlighted in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the public and private utilities with easements in said vacated streets have determined that their easement rights, as identified below, may be waived, released and terminated; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that with the Certificates of Intended Non-Use, filed voluntarily on behalf of the City of Saint Paul - Public Works, a municipal corporation; the Saint Paul Regional Water Services, a municipal corporation; Ever-Green Energy, LLC for District Energy St. Paul, Inc. & District Cooling St. Paul, Inc.; Comcast, a Pennsylvania corporation; Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy - Gas Division, a public utility; Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy - Electric Division, a public utility; CenturyLink, a Louisiana corporation; and Verizon, a Delaware corporation (MCI Network Services, Inc); and made a part hereof by this reference and filed in the Office of the Financial Services Real Estate Section; the City, for itself and on behalf of said public utilities and corporations, hereby waives, releases and terminates the following utility easement rights:
1. The utility easements contained in Council File No. 63951 and filed of record as Document No. 703115, which relate to the vacation of portions of Cascade Street; and
2. The utility easements contained in Council File No. 14326 and filed of record as Document No. 263423, which relate to the vacation...
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