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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: October 6, 2014 Item No.: 7.e Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Resolution Approving the Vacation of a Portion of a Drainage and Utility Easement Located at 197 County Road B2 B ACKGROUND 1 This item was presented to Council at their September 22, 2014 meeting, at which time a public 2 hearing was conducted to accept public comment on the proposed easement vacation. However, 3 th because this item required a 4/5’s Council approval and only three Councilmembers were present at 4 th the September 22 meeting, the item was tabled to the October 6 Council meeting. 5 During the public hearing there were no public comments or testimony received on this item. Staff 6 also did not receive any public comment outside of the public hearing leading up to the September 22 7 th meeting or the October 6 meeting. 8 In 1981 several drainage and utility easements were granted to the City of Roseville as part of 9 the filing of the TRANSIT 2ND ADDITION plat. The bulk of the drainage and utility 10 easements were established over an existing wetland and also, it appears, to provide for overland 11 drainage from County Road B2 to the wetland. 12 Recently the property owner at 197 County Road B2, which is Lot 2, Block 2, of the 13 aforementioned plat, has approached the City with the desire to develop the property. However, 14 in order to maintain the required wetland setback and still provide enough of a footprint for the 15 proposed use, the property owner has asked that the City reduce the width of the existing 16 drainage and utility easement along the west side of Lot 2, Block 2. The existing width of the 17 easement is 25 feet. 18 Staff has worked with the property owner to establish a storm water conveyance system 19 consisting of underground pipe to convey water to the rear of the lot that was traveling overland. 20 This pipe would be constructed by, and at the cost of, the property owner. If a pipe is used, then 21 the drainage and utility easement necessary to support that pipe would only be 10 feet. 22 Attached is a Surveyors Certificate depicting the proposed vacation of a portion of the drainage 23 and utility easement. 24 The vacation will not be official until such time the City Manager executes and records a Notice 25 of Completion of this vacation. This will be done once a final design of the storm water 26 conveyance system has been approved by the City Engineer and any required agreements for the 27 construction of said system have been entered into. 28 Therefore, staff is recommending the vacation of 15 feet of the existing 25 foot drainage and 29 utility easement. 30 Page 1 of 2