7.b Petition to Vacate Easement for Pedestrian WayPAID
IAUG 1 1 2021
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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
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Y. Swenson
Owners of Tax Parcel No. 103220320001
James M. Simpson
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Peggy W. Simpson
Owners of Tax Parcel Nos.
1103220310001 and 1103220340002