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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Agenda Item 5.A <br /> <br />May 31, 2005 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Peter Hellegers, City Planner \\\ <br />/V <br /> <br />PC #05-15, the City of Arden Hills <br />Vacating a Pedestrian Way east of 1104 Amble Drive <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />ReQuested Action <br /> <br />Consider vacating all or part of the Pedestrian Way located in Block 2 of the Karth Lake Hills <br />plat, east of 1104 Amble Drive (Lot 1, Block 2), <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />Currently the resident to the west, at 1104 Amble Drive, has shrubs which lie east of the <br />Pedestrian Way in the County Right-of-Way, The Pedestrian Way is a grassy strip without any <br />plantings or structures on it. Directly west of the Pedestrian Way, the resident of 1104 Amble <br />Drive has a wooden fence which screens the back yard fTOm Lexington Avenue. The resident <br />has maintained the Pedestrian Way to the same standard as his own for the past 28 years. <br /> <br />The widening of Lexington Avenue will have the County removing the shrubs east of the <br />Pedestrian Way and replacing them with the new concrete sidewalk. This change is necessary <br />due to the widening of Lexington Avenue which will use more ofthe Right-of-Way for street. <br /> <br />The resident at 1104 Amble Drive contacted City Staff about vacating a 10' x 150' strip of land <br />dedicated as a Pedestrian Way on the Karth Lake Hills plat in October, 1977, The oddity of the <br />dedicated Pedestrian Way is that it is only adjacent to one parcel; Lot 1, Block 2. The Pedestrian <br />Way does not continue on the platted property to the north, and there is no Pedestrian Way to the <br />south as this property was divided through a Minor Subdivision/Lot Split rather than a plat <br />(dedicating land is only done through platting). <br /> <br />At their January 24,2005 Work Session, the City Council reviewed this matter and directed staff <br />to return with a solution which would allow the owner of 1104 Amble Drive to acquire some of <br />the property but would leave space at the comer for any future traffic light and pathway changes. <br /> <br />\\Earth\Plannin,g\Planning Cases\2005\05-15 Vacation of Pedestrian Way by I ]04 Amble - Len Ciallus (PENDlNG)\05-J ]-05 CC Report 05- <br />IS.doc <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br />