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File #: RES PH 23-357    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 1/10/2024
Title: Approving the petition of Joseph Commers and Robert Stolpestad, on behalf of Midway 280 Business Commons LLC and Exeter Territorial LLC, to vacate an alley between 2505 University Avenue West and 2424 Territorial Road. (Public hearing continued from December 20, 2023.)
Sponsors: Mitra Jalali
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - description and depiction, 2. Aerial for RE 13-2023, 3. Pat Thompson photos
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Approving the petition of Joseph Commers and Robert Stolpestad, on behalf of Midway 280 Business Commons LLC and Exeter Territorial LLC, to vacate an alley between 2505 University Avenue West and 2424 Territorial Road. (Public hearing continued from December 20, 2023.)

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WHEREAS, Chapter 130 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code gives the City Council the exclusive power to vacate public alleys within the City; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Commers and Robert Stolpestad, on behalf of Midway 280 Business Commons LLC and Exeter Territorial LLC, have petitioned to vacate a public alley; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, in accordance with Chapter 130 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, that upon the petition of Joseph Commers and Robert Stolpestad, on behalf of Midway 280 Business Commons LLC and Exeter Territorial LLC, ("Petitioner"), as documented in Office of Financial Services’ Vacation File Number 13-2023, the public property described and depicted in Exhibit A, attached hereto, is hereby vacated and discontinued as public property and, subject to the following conditions, the utility easements within said public property are hereby released in accordance with Section 130.05(3):

1. An easement shall be retained over, under and across the vacated alley on behalf of Comcast (dba Xfinity) for its existing facilities. If relocation of any existing facilities is required by the Petitioner for or arising from this vacation, the Petitioner, its successors and assigns, shall assume all costs of relocation of said facilities.

2. An easement shall be retained over, under and across the vacated alley on behalf of CenturyLink (dba Lumen) for its existing facilities. If relocation of any existing facilities is required by the Petitioner for or arising from this vacation, the Petitioner, its successors and assigns, shall assume all costs of relocation of said facilities.

3. An easement shall be retained over, under and across the vacated alley on behalf of Xcel Energy for i...

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Date NameDistrictOpinionCommentAction
12/11/2023 2:54 AMTom Ososki, SAPCC Land Use Committee Co-chair Against The St. Anthony Park Community Council objects to the proposed decision to vacate the alley on Territorial Road across from Hunt Place. District 12 was not consulted or informed of this decision and the city has provided no notice or information to make a final decision. There is already a large number of vacated streets in South St. Anthony Park that are now thought to be ill-considered, and we do not wish to see another part of the public right-of-way turned over to private use without neighborhood input. The St. Anthony Park Community Council's 10-year plan calls for recompleting the street grid in South St. Anthony Park; this change would instead worsen connection on this extra-large city block. Approved by St. Anthony Park Community Council, District 12 Submitted by the Land Use Committee co-chair, Tom Ososki, on behalf of the Council +3