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10.a Petition to Vacate Easement for Pedestrian Way PurposesPAID IAUG 1 1 2021 $ 050 CITY OF SCANDIA PETITION TO VACATE EASEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN WAY PURPOSES To: The City Council of the City of Scandia, Washington County, Minnesota. WHEREAS, in the year 2000, the developer of the Goose Lake Farm Estates was asked to grant, and did grant to the Town of New Scandia, an easement for pedestrian way purposes with the intention of providing public pedestrian access to Goose Lake ("the Easement"); and WHEREAS, the Town of New Scandia incorporated as the City of Scandia in 2007; and WHEREAS, the Easement is legally described as the East 20.00 feet of the South 131.50 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; the East 20.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; and that part of the East 20.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying North of the South 468.27 feet thereof, all in Section 11, Township 32 North, Range 20 West, Washington County, Minnesota; and WHEREAS, the Easement is not currently used by members of the public for access to Goose Lake; and WHEREAS, the Easement is located in part in a wetland listed in the National Wetland Inventory, as depicted in Exhibit 1 attached hereto ("the Wetland"); and WHEREAS, the Easement cannot be improved without filling part of the Wetland, and the City of Scandia has no plans to undertake any such improvements; and WHEREAS, the owners of certain land burdened by the Easement wish to sell some of their land to an adjacent land owner who would put the land to use as a tree farm but are currently preventing from doing so by the existence of the easement, which prevents the installation of deer fencing that is needed for the planned tree farm; and WHEREAS, the owners accordingly wish to vacate the portion of the Easement legally described as The East 20.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter AND That part of the East 20.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying North of the South 468.27 feet thereof, All in Section 11, Township 32 North, Range 20 West, Washington County, Minnesota, as depicted in Exhibit 2 hereto; and WHEREAS, vacating the portion of the Easement subject to this petition is in the interest of the public as it would facilitate the productive use of land, thereby contributing to the local economy and property tax base. NOW, THEREFORE, we, the undersigned majority of landowners abutting the portion of the Easement depicted in Exhibit 2 hereby petition the City of Scandia to vacate that same portion of the Easement, namely The East 20.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter AND That part of the East 20.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying North of the South 468.27 feet thereof, All in Section 11, Township 32 North, Range 20 West, Washington County, Minnesota. Bruce M. Sw nson r J t Y. Swenson Owners of Tax Parcel No. 103220320001 James M. Simpson _ L,P-- Peggy W. Simpson Owners of Tax Parcel Nos. 1103220310001 and 1103220340002 EASEMENT VACATION EXHIBIT ... . .... ON - 589.99'28"W 1308.7T Cri C, U� :2 C-4 CO) North line of the NW 1/ of the SW 1/4 '--West Quarter corner of Sec. 11, Twp. 32 N. Rng- 20 W 20' wide Easement for Z---, pedestrian way purposes per Document No. 3095196 EASEMENT VACATION DESCRIPTION: PID No. 11.032.20.32.0001 and 11.032.20.23.0008 20 Z The East 20.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter. :5 AND 0 That part of the East 20.00 feet of the U) Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter long North of the South 468.27 feet thereof. All in Section 11, Township 32 North, Range 0 20 West, Washington County, Minnesota. Easement area-- ,__ to be Vacated co cr) ui 04 C-4 i0 N tit C14 cl) k z LEGEND -------- EASEMENT LINE —X—X— FENCE BARB WIRE 20--w BE VACATEDEASEMENTTO l PSE -5 I II G 00 C14 Ln ,v N88*32'33-E 1285.26 — C'4 0 q . .. ... ... z ------_----T — ----I•------------- -- ca 17 — ----- 0 400 Wr------ - - - - - - n -------- — — — — — Ln ILL L 4 SCALE (IN FEET) 0— 0 _j z 588'32'33"W 1280.134 _"Ano" OWN" AUW rww@w OSE W! TH AOVOII-�. 9.8m t� 2021 - 10694J I I I , _f, � mn '. L-- I ,. — I DEPARTMENT OF �� NATURAL RESOURCES National Wetland Inventory Cowardin Classification Aquatic Bed/ Nonpersistent Emergent Emergent _ Forested Moss/Lichen Rock Bottom - Rocky Shore Streambed (Intermittent) Scrub -Shrub - Unconsolidated Bottom (Open Water) Unconsolidated Shore (Banks & Sandbars) © Public Waters Basins Public Water Watercourse Public Ditch/Altered Natural Watercourse 0 0.1 0.2 0.4 mi I_ I r i I_ I I r I Date Printed: 08/03/2021 This map is for general reference only. Neither the state of Minnesota nor the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources make any representations or warranties with respect to the use of or reliance on the data. There are no guarantees as to the accuracy, currency, completeness, suitability or reliability of this data for any purpose.