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<br />REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br />DATE: 04/11/01 <br />ITEM NO: 7e <br /> <br />t Approval: Manager Approved: Agenda Section: <br />Actions <br /> <br />Report on Sunrise Senior Housing -Easement Vacation <br />(PF3159) <br /> <br /> <br />1.0 BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Planning Commission previously recommended and the Council approved a Planned Unit <br />Development for the 77 unit Sunrise Senior Housing Project at 2555 Snelling Avenue. This project is <br />well under way, but it did require a torrent title registration process in order to provide clear title. As part <br />of the historical search of the site, several utility easements were found on the site that are no longer <br />needed. This is a matter of correcting the paper records. <br /> <br />Mike Concilla the Sunrise representative, has asked the City to vacate these easements in order to <br />facilitate the final financing ofthe project. Timing is important in this case. (The Commission normally <br />holds the hearings on these vacations. In this case, because the easements were just recently found, the <br />applicant has requested that an expedited schedule be used which would allow the Council, after a <br />hearing, to make a decision in late April or early May. The normal process would require at least 1 <br />additional month because of the notice requirements for the Planning Commission meeting.) <br /> <br />The staff recommends that the easements are no longer needed or used and should be vacated, allowing <br />Sunrise to complete the construction and financing on the site. Direction is sought from the Commission <br />in the form of a vacation recommendation to the City Council. The Council will then hold the required <br />vacation hearing, with proper notice. <br /> <br />The map illustrating this easement will distributed at the meeting on April 11. <br /> <br />2.0 STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />This is a record keeping issue that has no impact on the land use or the utility system. The Planning <br />Commission should approve the vacation. <br /> <br />3.0 PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br />By motion, recommend approval of the vacation of the utility easements at 2555 Snelling Avenue, <br />subject to a legal description being provided to the City Council prior to the Council's public hearing. <br /> <br />Attachment: Site Map (to be handed out 4/11); <br />Report by: Dennis Welsch 490-2232 <br /> <br />\\ Victoria\CommDev\Planning Files\PF3159-Sunrise\RPCA(0411 0 I ),doc <br /> <br />1 <br />