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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: June 10, 2024 RESOLUTION NO: 2024-39
MOTION BY: von Oven SECONDED BY: Schubert
RESOLUTION VACATING A PORTION OF PLATTED PUBLIC DRAINAGE & UTILITY
EASEMENTS BETWEEN LOT 1, BLOCK 1 AND LOT 2, BLOCK 1, GETSCH ADDITION
WHEREAS, Charles Newell (“Applicant”) has applied for vacation of a portion of the platted
public drainage and utility easements legally described as follows:
Those drainage and utility easements dedicated in the plat of Getsch Addition, Carver
County, Minnesota which lie within 5 feet of the lot lines common to Lots 4 and 5, Block 1
of said plat of Getsch Addition (“Easements”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 412.851 the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen has conducted a hearing preceded by the statutorily required two (2) weeks published
and posted notice and mailed notice to the abutting property owners, to consider the vacation of the
Easements.
WHEREAS, following the hearing and consideration of the proposed vacation, the City
Council finds that the Easements are not needed for public purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Chanhassen City Council:
1. The Easements are hereby vacated conditioned upon the (a) Applicants granting to the
City drainage and utility easements as legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto; and (b)
recording of this Resolution.
2. The vacation shall not affect the authority of any person, corporation, or municipality
owning or controlling the electric or telephone poles and lines, gas lines, sanitary and storm sewer
lines, water pipes, mains, hydrants, and natural drainage areas thereon or thereunder, to continue
maintain the same or to enter upon such way or portion thereof vacated to maintain, repair, replace,
remove, or otherwise attend thereof.
3. The City Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of this Resolution to the County Auditor
and County Recorder subject to the condition in Paragraph 1 of this Resolution.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 10th day of June, 2024.
ATTEST:
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Jenny Potter, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description of Drainage and Utility Easements
A 10 FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT OVER, UNDER, AND ACROSS
PART OF LOTS 4 AND 5, BLOCK 1, GETSCH ADDITION, THE CENTERLINE OF
WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID
LOT 5; THENCE ON AN ASSUMED BEARING OF SOUTH 67 DEGREES 01 MINUTE
44 SECONDS WEST ALONG A NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5 A DISTANCE OF 196.26
FEET; THENCE SOUTH 80 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 10 SECONDS A DISTANCE
OF 216 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SHORELINE OF LAKE MINNEWASHTA, AND
SAID LINE THERE TERMINATING. THE SIDELINES OF SAID EASEMENT SHALL BE
SHORTENED OR LENGTHENED TO EXTEND TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
OF DOGWOOD ROAD AND THE SHORELINE OF LAKE MINNEWASHTA.
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