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September 5, 2012 37 PLANNING FILE 12-001 38 Request by Roseville Acquisitions, LLC and City of Roseville for approval of VACATION of 39 certain public roadway interest in a 4,643 square foot area of land within the Twin Lakes Second 40 Addition Plat 41 Vice Chair Gisselquist opened the Public Hearing for File 12-001 at approximately 6:35 p.m. 42 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd briefly reviewed the request of Roseville Acquisitions, LLC and the City 43 of Roseville for approval of a VACATION of certain existing and potential public roadway interests in a 44 4,643 square foot area of land within the Twin Lakes Second Addition Plat; currently owned by the City 45 of Roseville and now being sold to the applicants for inclusion in the recently-approved Twin Lakes 46 Second Addition. 47 Mr. Lloyd referred Commissioners to Sections 5.0 of the staff report, noting that the Planning 48 Commission was responsible for holding the Public Hearing for such applications as this; however, the 49 Public Works/Engineering Department had reviewed the proposed VACATION and concluded all 50 explicit or implied roadway interests in the identified area would not compromise the transportation 51 interests of the public. A history and record of the property was detailed in the staff report dated 52 September 5, 2012; with no recommended conditions for the approval. 53 At the request of Member Boguszewski, Mr. Lloyd clarified the area of this approval, adjacent to 54 previously vacated ten foot (10’) strips of land; and this action would be necessary to allow any 55 development of the site. 56 At the request of Member Strohmeier, City Planner Thomas Paschke reviewed the history of the parcel, 57 why and how the City originally acquired the property, and for what purpose; as detailed in the Request 58 for Planning Commission Action dated September 5, 2012. Mr. Paschke noted that, other than for a 59 written document outlining original City interest for purpose of a public roadway for that strip, some 60 dating back to the 1940’s to provide residual portions of rights-of-way for extension of Mount Ridge 61 Road, determined in the early 2000’s as no longer needed, the City had no actual ownership of the 62 property. Mr. Paschke further noted that this action was intended to formally clear up any title 63 discrepancies in the paperwork with the Ramsey County Recorder and/or Assessor’s Offices. 64 At the request of Member Strohmeier, Mr. Paschke confirmed that the City no longer required any 65 interest in retaining this property for public roadway or rights-of-way purposes, since the road was now 66 designed and completed in accordance with current design for the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. 67 Mr. Lloyd concurred, noting that the forty foot (40’) section adjacent to this strip had already been 68 vacated, and the City was in the process of selling the larger piece, there was no longer any necessity in 69 retaining this piece for public roadway purposes. 70 At the request of Member Lester, Mr. Paschke confirmed that the northern line of the parcel would 71 become part of the parking for the proposed Wal Mart development, at least as indicated in their 72 conceptual design; and consistent with the revised goals since the early 2000’s that Mount Ridge Road 73 would never connect to County Road C, but provide a terminus into a parking lot. 74