10.b1 Staff Report - Update Vacation of Portion of 2nd Street in the Vasa PlotPage 1 of 1
City of Scandia
14727 209 th St. N. PO Box 128, Scandia, Minnesota 55073
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 12, 2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Ken Cammilleri, City Administrator
RE: Update Vacation of Portion of 2nd Street in the Vasa Plot
Background
On December 20, 2020, the City received a petition from Mr. Charles Eginton and his
neighbors to vacate a portion of an unimproved right-of-way of Second Street in the Vasa
Plot located at the Copas neighborhood off of 197th Street North. (For those unfamiliar
with the area, the area in question is near where 197th Street makes a sharp turn north near
the St. Croix River.)
At the City Council’s meeting on January 19, 2021, a public hearing was held on this
request. At that time, the City Council requested that staff develop a vacation definition that
would allow for the preservation of right-of-way for the staging and menovering of
emergency vehicles due to the narrow width of existing roads that serve the
neighborhood. The Council also agreed that staff should develop a solution that could
address the legality of the location of Malinda Maher’s new septic service line. If the service
line could not be located within the area of vacation, staff was directed to prepare a road
right-of-way encroachment license to address the legality of this location. Since the January
meeting, staff has continued to review and identify the public purposes to retain any segment
of the area petitioned for vacation.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that an area adjacent to the intersection be preserved for staging and
maneuvering of emergency and maintenance vehicles and to preserve public access to the
area creek and a culvert that the waterway goes through. The remaining extent to the south
is recommended for vacation as defined in the draft resolution in your packet.
Please let me know if you have any questions.