Res 2017- 75 Call for Public Hrg Street Vacation Hilltop AveCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2017-75
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON A STREET VACATION OF
HILLTOP AVENUE LYING EASTERLY OF STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 13
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
THOMAS STREET (f/k/a MISSISSIPPI AVENUE)
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights has received a request from Michael
Development of Minnesota, LLC to vacate a segment of unused Hilltop Avenue right-of-way,
lying easterly of State Trunk Highway No. 13 right-of-way and the westerly right-of-way line of
Thomas Street (f/k/a Mississippi Avenue) to the east, and described on Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, Michael Development is seeking to incorporate this segment of Hilltop
Avenue right-of-way into the proposed final plat of Mendota Heights Apartments; and
WHEREAS, this segment of Hilltop Avenue right-of-way has been determined to be
unbuildable; serves no public purpose; and is not in the best interest of the city to retain; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute §412.851, the City Council may by
resolution vacate any street, alley, public grounds, public way, or any part thereof, on its own
motion or on petition of a majority of the owners of land abutting on the street, alley, public
grounds, public way, or part thereof to be vacated.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mendota Heights City Council will
consider the vacation of such Hilltop Avenue Right-of-Way, and a public hearing shall be held
on such proposed vacation on October 3, 2017, before the City Council in the Mendota Heights
City Hall, located at 1101 Victoria Curve at 7:00 p.m. or soon thereafter.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give published, posted, and mailed notice of such hearing as
required by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this Sth day of September, 2017.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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Neil Garlock, Mayor
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Lorri Smith, City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
Proposed Vacation of Hilltop Avenue Description:
That portion of Hilltop Avenue, as dedicated on the plats of ADELIA TAYLOR'S ADDITION
and FURLONG ADDITION, according to the recorded plats thereof, Dakota County.
Minnesota, which lies easterly of the easterly line of the MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION RIGHT-OF-WAY PLAT NO. 19-98 and lies westerly of the westerly line
of Thomas Street.
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