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00-74Return copy to: Real Estate Division 140 City Hall (LAL) �'�i�.�.�.� � Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Q�6,=a, 1�BE IT RESOLVED, that, upon the petition of James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager of Victoria 2 Eressing LLC, as documented in Finance Department File Number 17-1999, public properties 3 hereinafter described are hereby vacated and discontinued as pntiIic property: 4 5 All of the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park 6 Addition to St. Paul. 7 8 This vacation shali be subject to the terms and condition of Chapter 130, codified March 1, 1981, of the 9 Saint Paul Legislative Code as amended, and to the following conditions: 10 11 1. 12 13 14 2. 15 16 That the petitioner's, their successors and assigns shall pay $500.00 as an administrative fee for this vacation which is due and payable within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution. That a permanent utility easement shall be retained within the vacated azea to protect the interest of U.S. West Communication, Inc. 17 3. That the petiUOners, their successors and assigns agree to indemnify, defend and save harmless 18 the City of Saint Paul, its officers and employees from all suits, actions or claims of any character 19 brought as a result of injuries or damages received or sustained by any person, persons or 20 property on account of this vacation or petitioners' use of this property, including but not limited 21 to, a claim brought because of any act of omission, neglect, or misconduct of said petitioners or 22 because of any claims or liability arising from any violation of any law or regulation made in 23 accordance with the law, whether by the petitioners or any of their agents or employees. 24 25 26 �� _ �� o �( �1C,'oc ESOLUT ON I AINT P L� Council File # Q �+ { y Green Sheet # 100867 0 :.L l . C�RIGINA�. 0��4 1 4. That the petitioners, their successors and assigns shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this 2 resolution, file with the City Clerk an acceptance in writing of the conditions of this resolution 3 and shall, within the period(s) specified in the terms and conditions of this resolution, comply in 4 all respects with these terms and conditions. Adoption Certified by Councii Secretary By: Approved by Mayor: Date By: Requested by Departsnent of: By: �.�U��_ by Mayor,€pr Submission to Council Adopted by Council: Date rorm .vpprovea oy �iry Httorney Public Hearing Date: January 26, 2000 � �Q —'j [� T.M.S./REAL ESTATE DIVISION Date: December 12,1999 een Sheet�Tumber: 100867 on[act Person and Phone Number � 2 EPARTn NT � Cf0 4 C11'Y COIINCII. Peter White "��/" 266-8850 1 `�"� �'L.�j�l'i "��` ost be on Comcil Ageuda by: J�Ualy 5 , 2000 for Z11�ET D[REC"fOR FFICE OF FA'ANCIAI, SVCS. blic Hearing on J�uary 26, 2000 � 3 Yox cox nss�srn OTAL # OF SIGNATLTRE PAGES _1_ �ci,8 aia. Locanoxs Fox sicxni�ox�> Cl'ION REQUESTED: . Set public hearing date of J�nary 26th, 2000 to discuss the proposed vacation of an alley near the outhwest corner of Gran3 and Victoria as shown on the attached map. (File No.17-1999) . Approve said street vacation. COMl4IENDATIONS: AYPAOVE (A) OR RF.JECT (R) ERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUST ANSWER 1'HE FOLLOWING: . Has the person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department? YES NO PWNNINGCOMMISSION A STAFF . Has this person/firm ever been a City employee? YES NO ccva sEtev�ce commiss�oN . Does this persodf rm possess a slrill not normally possessed by any YES NO current City employee? CIB COMMI'I'IEE E lain all YES answers on a se arate sheet and attach. UPPORTS WffiCH COUNCII.OBJECTIVE? COUNCIL R'ARD(S) 2, DISTRICT PLANNING COUNCII. �(� 1TA77NG PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNII'Y (Who, WLat, When, Where, Why?): The pefitioner, J�es A. Stolpestad, for Victoria Crossing LLC, has requested the vacafion of an alley located within an area currently used as a parking lot on the southwest corner of Grand and Victoria, allowing them to consolidate the separate lots that make up the parking area into one parcel. Area would continue to be used for parking purposes. DVANTAGES IF APPROVED: Releases the City from future liability on the area, increases the size of efitioner's property, simpli�es the tiUe. ISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED: None. T COUtdClL F1EARtNG LSADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED: �v THIS MATI�R IS None at tlus time. SET fOR c1AN. 2(o ZO00 OTAL AMOi7NT OF TRANSACTION: $SOO.00 COST/REVENOE BUDf ETED (CIItCLE YES NO are sovxcE: To be paid by petitioner. Ac��rx rron�Ex: co ,� pµ � � r;,;2f �- ['�°r.INFORNLATION: (EXPLAIN) p �C 6� 19991 Administrative fee for vacation: $ 500.00 fla�?5t Alley Vacation - Victoria Plaza LLC File No. 17-1999 --------a---------- ------------------»------��--- GRAND AVE. � � � i I I� ,N ¢ � ,o �> � 1 I � �� Area to be Vacated � o � � Scale t" = 20 ft Interdepartmental Memorandum CITY OF SAWT PAUL To: Nancy Anderson Council Research Room 310 City Hall From: Louise Langberg� Real Estate Divisio 140 City Hall Date: Apri117,2000 00 -�`t &S.� �...;,< ClLa '�. �:�J°��rll Liv..i. r�� ` �Q�� ub,�eet� _: " C T�.: t#�1-'74; �I�ey ��cati4n ak Gr�iacT � Vie�t�ria C.F. 00-74, the proposed vacation of an alley near Grand and Victoria, has been laid over untillVlay 10, 2000. The petiuoner for that vacation had given me a letter that he wanted sent in the packet of vacation papers routed with the vacarion resoluuon (Green Sheet Number 100867) to Councilmember Coleman, and I just ran across it now. I would really appreciate it if you could help his letter get to its intended destination. Let me know if there is anything I can do that would help! Thank you! (1719991et) EXETER HOLDINGS LLC � � W -' �� 7anuary 19, 2000 7080 MOMRFAL AVENUE SAINT PAUL, MN 55176-2311 PHONE: (657) 690-2007 Fwc: (esi� sso-zoos AcnuismoN DEVELOPMENT INVESTMEM Ms. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician City of Saint Paul Department of Technology and Management Services 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 Re: Alley vacation near Grand & Victoria Saint Paul, Minnesota City of Saint Paul File #17-1999 Dear Ms. Langberg: Please include in the City Council packet for the above the enclosed letter to Council Member Christopher Coleman. Also please send me a copy of the revised City Council Resolution deleting the reference to retaining an easement in favor of U S West. Thank you. Very truly yours, �� i C UU i��'`� �� U�(�� James A. Stolpest�d President DIRECT DIAL 65L6941598 Enclosure E�ETEI� EXETER HOLDINGS LLC � � �p — � y January 18, Z000 7080 MONTREAL AVENUE r JA1M PAUL, MN 55776-2311 PHONE: (651) 690-20D7 FAX: (651j 690.2003 Council Member Christopher Coleman City Hall, Room 310B 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55102 Re: Petition to Vacate City Interest Dated July 27, 1999 City File No. 17-1999 Dear Council Member Coleman: AcnuismoN DEVELOPMENT INVE5iMEM We are writing to request your support for the above-referenced Petition filed by our affiliate, Victoria Plaza LLC ("Petitioner"), which is scheduled for public hearing before the City Council on January 26, 2000. Background The city interest to be vacated is an unused L-shaped alley that is part of the pay parking lot located at the southwest comer of Grand Avenue and Victoria Street. The alley was originally created in the subdivision plai for Summit Park Addition to St. Paul, which was filed in 1871. The aliey eventually served three homes that were located at 57, 59, and 61 South Victoria Street from the late 1890s until the late 1450s when the houses were demolished and the land was acquired for the expansion of what was then the Grand Avenue Ford used car lot. By 196Q the L-shaped a11ey had essentially disappeared since there was and is no way to distinguish the boundaries of the alley from the rest of the properiy by looking at the surface of the lot. In the late 1970s, the former used caz lot (including the alley) was sold to the current owner of the Victoria Crossing East Mall (where Billy's is located} and has been used ever since as a public pazking lot. Since the late 1950s, the allev Lurs not been used by the public as an allev has not been maintained or repaired b ty he CitLof Saint Paul in arzv manner, and has not been used�or cable televfsion gas electrical tel�hone or other public utiditv lines or uses In short the alley has been completeZX abandoned bv the City for the last 40 plus years• When the parking lot (including the alley) was converted to a pay parking facility in 1994, the City of Saint Paul issued an operating license to APCOA, Inc., which has been renewed annually and is now held by Allright Parking of Minnesota, Inc. There is no reference in the operating licenses or any related communication that the City of Saint Paul has reserved any rights to the alley portion of the pazlang lot. The parking lot (including the alley) was sold to Petitioner on 7uly 14, 1999. At that time, �� Ob —�`i Commonweaith Land Title Insurance Company researched the history of the alley and the applicable law and concluded that the alley has been abandoned and no longer exists, in fact and law. Commonweaith issued an owner's policy of title insurance to that effect. Nevertheless, Petitioner's mortgage lender, U.S. Bank National Association, requested that the formal process of vacating the alley be completed so that title to the alley would be cleaz from the recorded real estate documents. Petition to Vacate Public Interest On July 27, 1999, Petitioner filed a Petition to Vacate Public Interest with the City of Saint Paul. Petitioner owns 100 percent of the land abutting the a11ey to be vacated. No other private parties own any land abutting the ailey to be vacated. ("Abutting" means contiguous with, bordering on or touching. Op.Atty.Gen., 396-G-16, Oct. 22, 1958.) On 7anuary 4, Z000, the City of Saint Paul Department of Technology and Management Services, Real Estate Division, issued a proposed Resolution for the vacation of the a11ey and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed Resolution before the City Council for 7axnzary 26, 2000. Accompanying the proposed Resolution were written replies from the following 15 public respondents: • City of Saint Paul Board of Water • City of Saint Paul District Energy • City of Saint Paul Fire • City of Saint Paul Licensing, Inspections & Environmental Protection • City of Saint Paul Parks & Recreation • City of Saint Paul Police • City of Saint Paul Public Library • City of Saint Paul Public Works • City of Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development (Director) • City of Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development • Media One • MCI WordCom • Northern States Power — Electric • Northern States Power — Gas • USWest None o these IS public respondents objected to the pro�osed allev vacafion No other pubdic a�encies have cmy interests in the alle,� Standards Governing Vacation And Abandonment of Public Rights-Of-Way A public right-of-way may be vacated when the public interest will be served by such vacation Minn. Stat. § 412.851; In re Baldwin, 15 N.W.2d 184 (1944). It is of no consequence that private 2 00 -�y interests may also be served. In re Hull, 204 N.W. 534 (1925). A public right-of-way may be vacated when it is no longer useful "for the purpose for which it was laid out". Church of Sts Peter & Paul v Lake Geor�e Tw�., 89 N.W.2d 708 (1958). A public right-of-way will be considered abandoned and a city will be "estopped" or prevented from asserting its rights to such an abandoned public right-of-way if the following standards are satisfied: . (a) There has been a long-term non-use of the right-of-way by a city; (b) Private parties in good faith believe that the city's use of the right-of-way has been abandoned; (c) Private parties have made valuable investments in the right-of-way; and (d) Such investments have been been without objection by the city and with its encouragement through the issuance of city permits. Halverson v. Villa�e of Deerwood, 332 N.W2d 761 (1982); Citv of Rochester v. North Side Corporation, 1 N.W.Zd 361 (1941). If there has been an abandonment of a public right-of-way for 40 years or more, the Marketable Title Act (Minn. Stat. § 541.023} would baz a city from claiming an interest in such right-of-way if the city failed to file a statutorily-defined notice with the land records within such 40 years. Ravenna Township v. Grunseth, 314 N.W2d 214 (1981). Conclusion The L-shaped alley requested to be vacated has not been used by the City or for any public purpose for well over 40 year. Neither the City nor any public entity or uulity has any need for the ailey, either at the present time or in the future. No utilities are located under, upon or above the L-shaped alley. Indeed, a11 public agencies with an interest in the alley have affirmatively consented to the vacation. Petitioner meets all of the standards set forth in the Halverson and Citv of Rochester cases. Therefore, pursuant to Minnesota case law and the Marketable Title Act, the City is estopped and prevented from asserting the continued existence of the alley or from claiming any interest in the ailey. Vacating the alley is a housekeeping measure requested by Petitioner's lender so that the formal real estate records confirm that the public interest in the alley has been extinguished. The City Council's approval of the alley vacation will merely confirxn that the public interest in the a11ey e�ired over 40 years ago. Such approval would not be meant, nor would it be used by Petitioner, as evidence of City approvai of any possible development proposal that might come before the City in the future. 3 �o �� For these reasons, we request your support for the vacation of the alley. If there are any questions about this letter, and garticularly about the Minnesota case law cited above, please feel free to contact me or our outside legal counsel, Mr. Peter K. Beck of Crray Plant and Mooty, whose direct phone number is 612-343-5374. I will ask the Real Estate Division of the Department of Technology and Management Services to fumish a copy of this letter to the other Members of the City Council. Very tru� yours, � ? �`'� �'�� James A. Stolpe�tad President 4 al � � PETITION TO VACATE CITY INTEREST � �. �+�� o o-� �f Victoria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, being the owner of the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot shown on the attached reduced copy of a survey of the property, hereby petitions the Council of the City of Saint Paul to vacate its interest in a pubiic alley located on part of the property. The aliey to be vacated is highlighted on the attached survey and is legally described as follows: The aliey in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park Addition to St. Paul. A certified ownership report prepared by Commonweaith Land Title Insurance Company is attached to this petition and shows Victoria Plaza LLC as the sole owner of the property. We request this vacation because the ailey was abandoned as an alley when it was combined into a larger parcel in the late 1950s and has been used as part of a commercial parking lot since the mid- 1970s. Since the alley has served no purpose for more than 25 years, our lender has requested that we vacate the alley to facilitate the consolidation of all the real estate tax parcels that make up the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot. Following the vacation, the alley will continue to be used as part of the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot. Dated July 27, 1999 Contact person responsible for payment of vacation fee and acceptance of terms and conditions of vacation: James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager Victoria Plaza LLC 1080 Montreal Avenue, Suite 400 Saint Paul, MN 55116-2311 Phone: 651-690-1598 Fax: 651-690-2003 James A. Stolpestad, on behalf of Victoria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, hereby swears and verifies that each signature on this petition was signed in my presence by the person described in this petition. � �-1��, �°'�� ;`� James A. Stolpestad ` This petition has been subscribed and sworn to before me on July 27, 1999 . � � . .- gOgg�T WAYNE SiOLPESiAD � � i � uB �Jan.31S 42000 � Notary Pubhc a o -'� �4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the petition of James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager of Victoria Plaza LLC for the vacation of all the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2 Block 23, Summit Park Addition to Saint Paul as more fully described on file and on record in the office of the City Clerk of Saint Paul, Minnesota, will be heard and considered by the Saint Paul City Council at a meeting to be held in the Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of City Hall and Court House on the 26th day of January, 2000 at 5:30 P.M. Dated December 30, 1999 Shari Moore Deputy City Clerk (January 5, 2000) �etttd�3� ��,r�r�-F� .?',,� `�� :� . , .... .,. ... Louise Langberg - Alley vacation at Grand and Victor+a _. „ _., _ , ._ _ , , .. . „ , , ,_ Page i From: Tom Beach To: Langberg, Louise Date: Thu, Nov 18, 1999 7:36AM Subject: Alley vacation at Grand and Victoria I met with Jim Stolpedstad, the owner of the property at the sw corner of Grand and Victoria, and discussed his plans to devetop that corner. Sased on that meeting, LIEP has no objeotions to the vacation of the alley. ao-?�{ CC: Zangs, Larry 0?/28/99 10:12 • 255 Ferk Sqyare Conrt 400 5s61ey Street St. Pad. MN 55101 6si•m-sssi Fa�c 6i1-227-1789 C�TflIIIOIIW��1 COMMONWEALTH LAMD TPt7�E INSIIRANCE COMPANY Ivty 27, 1499 7aznes Scolpestad Viccor Plaza LLC Id80 Momrest Aveaue Suit� 404 St. Paul, MN 55116-2311 RE: 47952C Abstractor's Cenificate Dear Mr. Stolpestad: N0.0']1 D01 �� 1� Commonweaith La� Title Insura�ce Company does heraby eertify that as of 7uly 15, 1994, a search af the pnblic records in and for Ramsey Counry, lyfinnesata, discloses the aame aud aQdress of t3te sole properry �wners abutting the pubiic ailey described on Bxhibit A as sitown on Exhibit A attached hereto. Also eaclosed foz yoiu convenience is our memo invoice detaiiing our costs. '1�espectfullY, CpMMONWEALTH LANA TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY �'�� .t.Lr�.�. Rober[ A. Anderson Licensed Absaacter This repart cites matters appeuing in ihe public records of Itamsey Couaay, Minnesota, and is noc ta be constru�i as an opinion of title. Commonweatih Land Tiqe Insurance Company discIaims any liab;7ity for errors or amissioas. Enclosure 07/28i99 10:12 NO.H71 D03 �� File Na. d7952C Exhibit A The name and address of che sote ptogetty ow[�r abutting the pulslic alley descnbed as the East-West and North-South aIIey as dedicated 'sn the Official Piat of 7oseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement Qf Lots i and 2, Hlack 23, Summit Pazk Addiaon co 5t. Paul is: Victaria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liabilicY comPanY 168� Moatreai Aveaue Suite 4()0 SauuPaul, MN SSilCr2311 T'he Legal Descriptions of abutting properties: Pazcel 1: Loc 3, 8tock 23, Sumusit Park Addition to St. Paul. Parcei 2: (Tonens Cenificate No. 374528) Lots i, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Joseph P, Dysart's Rearrangement of Lois i and Z, Hlock 23, Summit Pazk Rddition to Sc. Paul. (Abstract} l�iote: Pazcet designatimas are foi caavenience of refereace oniy and dcs noc conactute � imegrai pazt of rhe t�gst descrip�ian. � Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mal! Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1993 Telephone (612) 330-5500 RECEiVE[3 �:�.� 4 3 i�9� September 9, 1999 Louise A. Langberg Real Estate 7echnician Department of Technology and Management Services iYJ Viiy 1iGii Saint Paul, MN 55102 RE: Vacation File No. 17-1999 Dear Ms Langberg: REfiL �STATE DN�Si0i4 This is in reply to your letter of August 24, 1999, relative to the petition of Victoria Plaza LLG for the vacation of all of the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park Addition to St. Paul. Please be acivised that NSP has no objection to the subject vacation, Sincerely, �.�J ��'-�-�� Diane Ablan Real Estate Representative Land Seroices 61 2 330 2943 p0-?� � of Pages 1 To: Louise A. Langberg F�om: Mark Nelson C;ty of St. Paul NSP - Gas Distribution ��..'j.� Repiy to Vacation Inquiry Real Estate Division 825 Rice Street Fil2#17-1999 SaintPaul MN 55117 Phone r Fu � 1 � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q N�P�Sits �CC.s �is �no7(Tf� 7., f�,is a��_ ��Z�L��B � G�as S�ec.q/� �e�1,co� � j3�%� Date Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Dzvision 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Mazk Nelson NSP - Gas Distribution &25 Rice Stree± Saint Paul MN 55117 R E�f�VED � p � � �399 A��FSTqTf DIVlSIp:N Phone: (651)266-8850 Fax: (651)266-8855 �[��;��_ ..,r:: _ � ,_ ,::�> il �_, .-r. � s�m_ U �_ : `�TS�}egat€men�e�� .9 Deaz Mr. Nelson: The City Clerk �3��am��t�-P��.��E�at�2zr y tio��'at�l:, This inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- _ way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting t}us vacafion and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or befor��September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a reply form, with fa�c transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call I.ouise A. Langbezg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, r-;P�' .R.. � I,ouise A. L.angberg Real Estate Tecluucian (171999inq.frm) ro: Louise A. Langberg City of St. Paul Reply to Vacation Inquiry RealEstateDivision File #17-1999 Pho�e � Fax # � tt of Pages 1 From: David Urke District Energy St Paul Inc 76 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul MN 55102 F�� (651) 221-0353 60 � � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the followin� reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ DISTRICT ENERGY ST. PAUL, INC., AND DISTRICT COOLING ST. PAUL, INC., HAVE NO EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA TO BE UACATED AND HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE VACATION. Signed DAVID L. URKE, P.E. PROJECT=MANAGER �� AUGUST 3Q, 1999 Date I3epartment of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Division 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Nornz Coleman, Mayor ��r August 24, 1999 David Urke District Energy St Paul Inc 76 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul NIN 55102 Phone: (651)266-8850 Fax: (651 J 266-8855 RECEIV�D �ti� 3 4 199� ��`�s� REAL ESTA?E DIVIStON ni^ -�, r' nr1� E'ry,v�� , .� v �E�TFii��'� �;�,'�:`E::� �� _ � t �. �..: __: _. � �..v�n � _ � . __-, . .. ' _,.M� �� Dg�a�t�te��Ee1�To _;�� Dear Mr. Urke: The Ciry Clerk has ��S��at'� t�c�sliti`ot�t�y�t. P'aul� This inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting this vacation and the intended use for the vacated righf-of-way, some or all of the utilify easements may be retained. Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this pzoposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or beforeSeptember 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a renly form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. ff you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above Iisted file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call I,ouise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, c`-;� �. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) # of PaAes 1 Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 To: Louise A. Langberg City of St. Paul Real Estate Division Phone A Fax n 1 From: Commander Traffic & Accident Unit Saint Paul Police Dept 100 East Eleventh Street Phone � 5 6 0-'1 �f We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ Signed ��L'�Cv Date � �- Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Divzsion 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CI7Y OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Commander Traffic & Accident Unit Saint Paul Police Department 100 East Eleventh Street Saint Paul MN 55101 Phone: (651) 266-8850 Fax: (651) 266-8855 RE CEIVEp q�$ES �l 1999 Ar EDrv�sro n � . �nb:�� .�__. ;::. __ , , '�'n'I��1e_Pa�me�£��`�o �F �99 Dear Traffic & Accident Unit: The City Clerk has refgrred tq ttris Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receiva your comments on or before;September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City CouncIl on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a reply form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call Louise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, �� . L,ouise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) ��uhnml� i�'-a�k c� ��?PaEU� Ttus inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting tlus vacation and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. To: L.ouise A. Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 PhoneY Fax Y City of St. Paul Real Estate Division 1 # of Pages 1 I --� . F�om: Carole Williams Library Administration 90 West Fourth Street Phone � po-'1 `f We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . � We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ Signed ,�,, `o• g-�-� 9 Date Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Division 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Cazole Williams Library Administration 90 West Fourth Street Saint Paui MN 55102 Phone: (651) 266-8850 Fax: (651) 266-8855 RECEIVEQ ��.�u 3 � i999 �£�11. ESFATE DI.UESIp� Su�et�.�. ,.. . _ _. � :��}epacE�nent�ile�o . � 7 1�29 Deaz Ms Williams: The Ciry Clerk has Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or befor�September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will fmd a reply form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call L.ouise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, �`-=�u�R � . I.ouise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) 2�:`�umm►��a7�'k z�c�dikt�6n tt��f �'aul; This inquiry pertaius to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Dependiug on the peti6oner's reason for reqnesting this vacation and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. 03/06/1994 15:32 6512286241 NOJ-03-1999 03�46 Reply to Vacation tnquiry �ile #17-1999 FIRE PREVENTION rHUC G1 P.02i92 � a or pogos 1_J TD: Z.011�SC A. 1,8t1$DCI'Y Pmm: l.Ai�S �,auw ClsyofS�Paui pepartmentoEFire& �b—'7y RealFsteceDl�ls�°" Safety t M Feet F.1eveRt}1 a51 g,>. ��.,... Vyohavenoobjectionstothisvacation.•--•-•••�-••••••-�"""""�� " We will appro�e this vacation, subject to thc following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......a por thc following reasons, wa cannot approve this vacation: .........- ...............� �i �/� � Date TOTA� G.02 RUG-26-1999 16�05 STP PARKS & RECRERTION 612 292 74a5 P.01i01 # of P�ge< ,L 70: Louise A. Langber�* From: J011ll W91•ka City of St. Paut parks & Recreat�on Repiy to Vacation Inquiry Rcsl Estate bivision 300 Cif Hall Annex 00 –'� � File #17-1999 Phoncti (651)266-8861 phonz# Pax � � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �'� ' We will approve this vacation subject to the foilowing conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For che following reasons, we cannot appro��e this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �] Signed —" 7� �Z Date TOTAL P.01 SEP-02-1999 16�00 PED 14TH FLOOR Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 To: Phonc# Fax # Louise A. 6512283220 P.01/04 City of S[. Paul � planning &� Real Estate Division Development a ao -1 �t We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d We wiIl approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the foIlowing reasons, we cannot apgrove this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q Sigae3l 3 bate SEP-14-1999 12�16 ST PRUL PLRNNING & ECON 651Z263314 P.01/02 To: Louise A. Langberg From: BMaD �WeeT�e Ci[y ol' St. Paul planning & Econo�nic Repty to Vacation lnquiry RealEstateDivision peY�apment �p_�� File #17-1999 1200 Cit Hall Annex PhoncB (651)266-8861 phone# Fax# �o�i)av� We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................� --0 We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o For che following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation: .....- ................ .. . , r � Signed A s br �� ?"Q�Y p p�� pl�nns-r' ao-�y �►'' M�1 WORLDCOM September 29,1999 Ms. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician City of 5t. Paul 'Dep2rtWent otTechmatogy & Mgt. Serr_ces 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 REF: Vacation Request; W. Grand Ave. at S. Victoria St. File #: 17-1999 MCI REF: 4563-1999 Dear Ms. Langberg: Nazional SupporC / Investigations Dept 2855 Loc 642 22501akeside Blvd. Richardson,l'X 75082 O �T O FiV R ��ES�h,-� 199g �,.,�.. �-�„ MCIWorldCom has been notified by your office regarding the above referenced project. For your records, in reviewing the area in question, it has been determined that MCIWorldCom does not have facilities within your project area. However, it wiil sfill be necessary for you to contact the local One Call System at least 48 hours prior to any construction. You should address conespondence concerning any future projects to the attention of National Support/Investigations at the above address. If you need fiu�ther assistance with this project, please do not hesitate to John Bachelder at 972-656-5038. Sincerely, ��`2(�, �'�-a^✓'�'�.,.�.� Rosalyn W. VanWinkle Administrative Assistant �e•d �elol to: L.ouise A. Langberg Ciry of Sc Yaul Replyto Vacation lnquiry ReaiEswteDiYision File #i 7-i 999 PAont # Fu F Me�IasOne 1100 North Concord St So St Paul MN SSA79 PhoncA�� 3t2-51 �"" LLSi13�z- 5t �p.��{ We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :� We will appmve this vacation, subject to the following canditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q >�-��o-S�1 Signed Aate ncr_�a_�000 �c•�� oai a GY� £0/£0'd L 3NOHIQ3W 6£:ST 666"G-BS-�3Q i0'd �b101 To: Repiy to Vacation inquiry Fite #17-1999 �� a Fax a 00 -� �{ Louise A. Langbcrg � Prom: City of St. Paul Real Es[a[e Division I.inda Dickhut 1'ublic Works 800 Citv Hal1 Annex � We have no abjections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the followin� conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacaaon : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [� Signed _% . �� i, i� ( �o �- GU LB/S0'd 6SSb 862 zL9 SliWa3d SdtiW �N3 �I��bal g'--/.�—�l -�— Aate 9z:bti 6665-£S-d3S � I Reply to Vacation lnquiry File #17-1999 To: Louise A. Langber� City of St. Paul Real Estate Division Phonek (651)266-8861 F�x (651)266-8855 I � of Pagu 1 F�om: Bernie Bullert Water Utility 200 Commerce Bld Phone � Fax k pp We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q RECEIVED �E� fl 3 1999 �ignea REAL ESTATE DIVISION 9 �Zr9 9 Date • �T � � 115' - 236' w E �122' 6 �" a 1$1� 87� 8G 2. 4' � m x � 1�1' ��'� 3 21' � �d m _ 9' = �� 33' i�� U `° � N i10 N pp l0 N � 00 tO in T13H3� M o '3' � 11/8"PE1'D . � • • • Q � * _�.F' ' ' m � A � � �_ � � � ive°r�e �� - - -- � � 00 V � 26 . 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A1VD COMMONWEAL TH LAND T� -------�------------------------------ _�-�»-��-«.- ^.-««�-.-�_ GRAND AVE. ��; �_� 3cole 1" = 20 ft LEGEND o��, �� o mn«o µww�c -o- oa�m sac Q � ^'� � �. � O �� N e —>—>— ��«�m � �� 102 REGULAR S 4 HANDICAPPI 106 TOTAL PARKING L 0 T �'ITLE S UR VEY �NK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 'LE INS URANCE COMPANY � � � ax�IlA �� O � � � b � � � L5 STALLS °Y I 1 I� I Q � ,o I � � I 4° � � � LM�LOP�^R�Vn0.: ��: Lab9.l.Smd6.Bbek1l.SUtN4fPA8KADORION'103f.PAU4 (forteul �$ WY I.;1,4.5aod6,l0�PFiP. DYBAR7°SRB�PRAlm@.ffiMOPI.O'f81 ANDR, BLOCICZi.3UAP91'PA&KADDIilON7081'. VAV1 DYSART'SRBARpAN�EffiROPIA]'S 1 ATm;Bi.00lCIf, SU�NU'PPARKAUDIf10N TO%GPAIQ. (AMYao1) a � �� a �i�� 9 e � y eiA i�i; �� oo-��{ f' � ��# � i r z a E � �{�{�{ �� W a�� •t � � �� W �� •�1 Cj � � F i 0 5�� C � � a 0 0 > ° } � �� W SHFkT , OF 1 sxec,s nueawL� Tq d.yd iY/,qv .ISyy ° 7� - �_—: .�. /:�� /.i� 'OimiuN VsAv.IJauAlaud&cw)ar AlbnndaRbWNbntiumha @]Sq ' AIIMeYOOavebpmamCmwWW,PA � �u wre�oa,�.y.sw�ezoi � ��9P��Sid6 lf02! (6��5668/6/ , . LOCATION MAP Return copy to: Real Estate Division 140 City Hall (LAL) �'�i�.�.�.� � Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Q�6,=a, 1�BE IT RESOLVED, that, upon the petition of James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager of Victoria 2 Eressing LLC, as documented in Finance Department File Number 17-1999, public properties 3 hereinafter described are hereby vacated and discontinued as pntiIic property: 4 5 All of the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park 6 Addition to St. Paul. 7 8 This vacation shali be subject to the terms and condition of Chapter 130, codified March 1, 1981, of the 9 Saint Paul Legislative Code as amended, and to the following conditions: 10 11 1. 12 13 14 2. 15 16 That the petitioner's, their successors and assigns shall pay $500.00 as an administrative fee for this vacation which is due and payable within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution. That a permanent utility easement shall be retained within the vacated azea to protect the interest of U.S. West Communication, Inc. 17 3. That the petiUOners, their successors and assigns agree to indemnify, defend and save harmless 18 the City of Saint Paul, its officers and employees from all suits, actions or claims of any character 19 brought as a result of injuries or damages received or sustained by any person, persons or 20 property on account of this vacation or petitioners' use of this property, including but not limited 21 to, a claim brought because of any act of omission, neglect, or misconduct of said petitioners or 22 because of any claims or liability arising from any violation of any law or regulation made in 23 accordance with the law, whether by the petitioners or any of their agents or employees. 24 25 26 �� _ �� o �( �1C,'oc ESOLUT ON I AINT P L� Council File # Q �+ { y Green Sheet # 100867 0 :.L l . C�RIGINA�. 0��4 1 4. That the petitioners, their successors and assigns shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this 2 resolution, file with the City Clerk an acceptance in writing of the conditions of this resolution 3 and shall, within the period(s) specified in the terms and conditions of this resolution, comply in 4 all respects with these terms and conditions. Adoption Certified by Councii Secretary By: Approved by Mayor: Date By: Requested by Departsnent of: By: �.�U��_ by Mayor,€pr Submission to Council Adopted by Council: Date rorm .vpprovea oy �iry Httorney Public Hearing Date: January 26, 2000 � �Q —'j [� T.M.S./REAL ESTATE DIVISION Date: December 12,1999 een Sheet�Tumber: 100867 on[act Person and Phone Number � 2 EPARTn NT � Cf0 4 C11'Y COIINCII. Peter White "��/" 266-8850 1 `�"� �'L.�j�l'i "��` ost be on Comcil Ageuda by: J�Ualy 5 , 2000 for Z11�ET D[REC"fOR FFICE OF FA'ANCIAI, SVCS. blic Hearing on J�uary 26, 2000 � 3 Yox cox nss�srn OTAL # OF SIGNATLTRE PAGES _1_ �ci,8 aia. Locanoxs Fox sicxni�ox�> Cl'ION REQUESTED: . Set public hearing date of J�nary 26th, 2000 to discuss the proposed vacation of an alley near the outhwest corner of Gran3 and Victoria as shown on the attached map. (File No.17-1999) . Approve said street vacation. COMl4IENDATIONS: AYPAOVE (A) OR RF.JECT (R) ERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUST ANSWER 1'HE FOLLOWING: . Has the person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department? YES NO PWNNINGCOMMISSION A STAFF . Has this person/firm ever been a City employee? YES NO ccva sEtev�ce commiss�oN . Does this persodf rm possess a slrill not normally possessed by any YES NO current City employee? CIB COMMI'I'IEE E lain all YES answers on a se arate sheet and attach. UPPORTS WffiCH COUNCII.OBJECTIVE? COUNCIL R'ARD(S) 2, DISTRICT PLANNING COUNCII. �(� 1TA77NG PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNII'Y (Who, WLat, When, Where, Why?): The pefitioner, J�es A. Stolpestad, for Victoria Crossing LLC, has requested the vacafion of an alley located within an area currently used as a parking lot on the southwest corner of Grand and Victoria, allowing them to consolidate the separate lots that make up the parking area into one parcel. Area would continue to be used for parking purposes. DVANTAGES IF APPROVED: Releases the City from future liability on the area, increases the size of efitioner's property, simpli�es the tiUe. ISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED: None. T COUtdClL F1EARtNG LSADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED: �v THIS MATI�R IS None at tlus time. SET fOR c1AN. 2(o ZO00 OTAL AMOi7NT OF TRANSACTION: $SOO.00 COST/REVENOE BUDf ETED (CIItCLE YES NO are sovxcE: To be paid by petitioner. Ac��rx rron�Ex: co ,� pµ � � r;,;2f �- ['�°r.INFORNLATION: (EXPLAIN) p �C 6� 19991 Administrative fee for vacation: $ 500.00 fla�?5t Alley Vacation - Victoria Plaza LLC File No. 17-1999 --------a---------- ------------------»------��--- GRAND AVE. � � � i I I� ,N ¢ � ,o �> � 1 I � �� Area to be Vacated � o � � Scale t" = 20 ft Interdepartmental Memorandum CITY OF SAWT PAUL To: Nancy Anderson Council Research Room 310 City Hall From: Louise Langberg� Real Estate Divisio 140 City Hall Date: Apri117,2000 00 -�`t &S.� �...;,< ClLa '�. �:�J°��rll Liv..i. r�� ` �Q�� ub,�eet� _: " C T�.: t#�1-'74; �I�ey ��cati4n ak Gr�iacT � Vie�t�ria C.F. 00-74, the proposed vacation of an alley near Grand and Victoria, has been laid over untillVlay 10, 2000. The petiuoner for that vacation had given me a letter that he wanted sent in the packet of vacation papers routed with the vacarion resoluuon (Green Sheet Number 100867) to Councilmember Coleman, and I just ran across it now. I would really appreciate it if you could help his letter get to its intended destination. Let me know if there is anything I can do that would help! Thank you! (1719991et) EXETER HOLDINGS LLC � � W -' �� 7anuary 19, 2000 7080 MOMRFAL AVENUE SAINT PAUL, MN 55176-2311 PHONE: (657) 690-2007 Fwc: (esi� sso-zoos AcnuismoN DEVELOPMENT INVESTMEM Ms. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician City of Saint Paul Department of Technology and Management Services 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 Re: Alley vacation near Grand & Victoria Saint Paul, Minnesota City of Saint Paul File #17-1999 Dear Ms. Langberg: Please include in the City Council packet for the above the enclosed letter to Council Member Christopher Coleman. Also please send me a copy of the revised City Council Resolution deleting the reference to retaining an easement in favor of U S West. Thank you. Very truly yours, �� i C UU i��'`� �� U�(�� James A. Stolpest�d President DIRECT DIAL 65L6941598 Enclosure E�ETEI� EXETER HOLDINGS LLC � � �p — � y January 18, Z000 7080 MONTREAL AVENUE r JA1M PAUL, MN 55776-2311 PHONE: (651) 690-20D7 FAX: (651j 690.2003 Council Member Christopher Coleman City Hall, Room 310B 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55102 Re: Petition to Vacate City Interest Dated July 27, 1999 City File No. 17-1999 Dear Council Member Coleman: AcnuismoN DEVELOPMENT INVE5iMEM We are writing to request your support for the above-referenced Petition filed by our affiliate, Victoria Plaza LLC ("Petitioner"), which is scheduled for public hearing before the City Council on January 26, 2000. Background The city interest to be vacated is an unused L-shaped alley that is part of the pay parking lot located at the southwest comer of Grand Avenue and Victoria Street. The alley was originally created in the subdivision plai for Summit Park Addition to St. Paul, which was filed in 1871. The aliey eventually served three homes that were located at 57, 59, and 61 South Victoria Street from the late 1890s until the late 1450s when the houses were demolished and the land was acquired for the expansion of what was then the Grand Avenue Ford used car lot. By 196Q the L-shaped a11ey had essentially disappeared since there was and is no way to distinguish the boundaries of the alley from the rest of the properiy by looking at the surface of the lot. In the late 1970s, the former used caz lot (including the alley) was sold to the current owner of the Victoria Crossing East Mall (where Billy's is located} and has been used ever since as a public pazking lot. Since the late 1950s, the allev Lurs not been used by the public as an allev has not been maintained or repaired b ty he CitLof Saint Paul in arzv manner, and has not been used�or cable televfsion gas electrical tel�hone or other public utiditv lines or uses In short the alley has been completeZX abandoned bv the City for the last 40 plus years• When the parking lot (including the alley) was converted to a pay parking facility in 1994, the City of Saint Paul issued an operating license to APCOA, Inc., which has been renewed annually and is now held by Allright Parking of Minnesota, Inc. There is no reference in the operating licenses or any related communication that the City of Saint Paul has reserved any rights to the alley portion of the pazlang lot. The parking lot (including the alley) was sold to Petitioner on 7uly 14, 1999. At that time, �� Ob —�`i Commonweaith Land Title Insurance Company researched the history of the alley and the applicable law and concluded that the alley has been abandoned and no longer exists, in fact and law. Commonweaith issued an owner's policy of title insurance to that effect. Nevertheless, Petitioner's mortgage lender, U.S. Bank National Association, requested that the formal process of vacating the alley be completed so that title to the alley would be cleaz from the recorded real estate documents. Petition to Vacate Public Interest On July 27, 1999, Petitioner filed a Petition to Vacate Public Interest with the City of Saint Paul. Petitioner owns 100 percent of the land abutting the a11ey to be vacated. No other private parties own any land abutting the ailey to be vacated. ("Abutting" means contiguous with, bordering on or touching. Op.Atty.Gen., 396-G-16, Oct. 22, 1958.) On 7anuary 4, Z000, the City of Saint Paul Department of Technology and Management Services, Real Estate Division, issued a proposed Resolution for the vacation of the a11ey and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed Resolution before the City Council for 7axnzary 26, 2000. Accompanying the proposed Resolution were written replies from the following 15 public respondents: • City of Saint Paul Board of Water • City of Saint Paul District Energy • City of Saint Paul Fire • City of Saint Paul Licensing, Inspections & Environmental Protection • City of Saint Paul Parks & Recreation • City of Saint Paul Police • City of Saint Paul Public Library • City of Saint Paul Public Works • City of Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development (Director) • City of Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development • Media One • MCI WordCom • Northern States Power — Electric • Northern States Power — Gas • USWest None o these IS public respondents objected to the pro�osed allev vacafion No other pubdic a�encies have cmy interests in the alle,� Standards Governing Vacation And Abandonment of Public Rights-Of-Way A public right-of-way may be vacated when the public interest will be served by such vacation Minn. Stat. § 412.851; In re Baldwin, 15 N.W.2d 184 (1944). It is of no consequence that private 2 00 -�y interests may also be served. In re Hull, 204 N.W. 534 (1925). A public right-of-way may be vacated when it is no longer useful "for the purpose for which it was laid out". Church of Sts Peter & Paul v Lake Geor�e Tw�., 89 N.W.2d 708 (1958). A public right-of-way will be considered abandoned and a city will be "estopped" or prevented from asserting its rights to such an abandoned public right-of-way if the following standards are satisfied: . (a) There has been a long-term non-use of the right-of-way by a city; (b) Private parties in good faith believe that the city's use of the right-of-way has been abandoned; (c) Private parties have made valuable investments in the right-of-way; and (d) Such investments have been been without objection by the city and with its encouragement through the issuance of city permits. Halverson v. Villa�e of Deerwood, 332 N.W2d 761 (1982); Citv of Rochester v. North Side Corporation, 1 N.W.Zd 361 (1941). If there has been an abandonment of a public right-of-way for 40 years or more, the Marketable Title Act (Minn. Stat. § 541.023} would baz a city from claiming an interest in such right-of-way if the city failed to file a statutorily-defined notice with the land records within such 40 years. Ravenna Township v. Grunseth, 314 N.W2d 214 (1981). Conclusion The L-shaped alley requested to be vacated has not been used by the City or for any public purpose for well over 40 year. Neither the City nor any public entity or uulity has any need for the ailey, either at the present time or in the future. No utilities are located under, upon or above the L-shaped alley. Indeed, a11 public agencies with an interest in the alley have affirmatively consented to the vacation. Petitioner meets all of the standards set forth in the Halverson and Citv of Rochester cases. Therefore, pursuant to Minnesota case law and the Marketable Title Act, the City is estopped and prevented from asserting the continued existence of the alley or from claiming any interest in the ailey. Vacating the alley is a housekeeping measure requested by Petitioner's lender so that the formal real estate records confirm that the public interest in the alley has been extinguished. The City Council's approval of the alley vacation will merely confirxn that the public interest in the a11ey e�ired over 40 years ago. Such approval would not be meant, nor would it be used by Petitioner, as evidence of City approvai of any possible development proposal that might come before the City in the future. 3 �o �� For these reasons, we request your support for the vacation of the alley. If there are any questions about this letter, and garticularly about the Minnesota case law cited above, please feel free to contact me or our outside legal counsel, Mr. Peter K. Beck of Crray Plant and Mooty, whose direct phone number is 612-343-5374. I will ask the Real Estate Division of the Department of Technology and Management Services to fumish a copy of this letter to the other Members of the City Council. Very tru� yours, � ? �`'� �'�� James A. Stolpe�tad President 4 al � � PETITION TO VACATE CITY INTEREST � �. �+�� o o-� �f Victoria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, being the owner of the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot shown on the attached reduced copy of a survey of the property, hereby petitions the Council of the City of Saint Paul to vacate its interest in a pubiic alley located on part of the property. The aliey to be vacated is highlighted on the attached survey and is legally described as follows: The aliey in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park Addition to St. Paul. A certified ownership report prepared by Commonweaith Land Title Insurance Company is attached to this petition and shows Victoria Plaza LLC as the sole owner of the property. We request this vacation because the ailey was abandoned as an alley when it was combined into a larger parcel in the late 1950s and has been used as part of a commercial parking lot since the mid- 1970s. Since the alley has served no purpose for more than 25 years, our lender has requested that we vacate the alley to facilitate the consolidation of all the real estate tax parcels that make up the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot. Following the vacation, the alley will continue to be used as part of the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot. Dated July 27, 1999 Contact person responsible for payment of vacation fee and acceptance of terms and conditions of vacation: James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager Victoria Plaza LLC 1080 Montreal Avenue, Suite 400 Saint Paul, MN 55116-2311 Phone: 651-690-1598 Fax: 651-690-2003 James A. Stolpestad, on behalf of Victoria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, hereby swears and verifies that each signature on this petition was signed in my presence by the person described in this petition. � �-1��, �°'�� ;`� James A. Stolpestad ` This petition has been subscribed and sworn to before me on July 27, 1999 . � � . .- gOgg�T WAYNE SiOLPESiAD � � i � uB �Jan.31S 42000 � Notary Pubhc a o -'� �4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the petition of James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager of Victoria Plaza LLC for the vacation of all the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2 Block 23, Summit Park Addition to Saint Paul as more fully described on file and on record in the office of the City Clerk of Saint Paul, Minnesota, will be heard and considered by the Saint Paul City Council at a meeting to be held in the Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of City Hall and Court House on the 26th day of January, 2000 at 5:30 P.M. Dated December 30, 1999 Shari Moore Deputy City Clerk (January 5, 2000) �etttd�3� ��,r�r�-F� .?',,� `�� :� . , .... .,. ... Louise Langberg - Alley vacation at Grand and Victor+a _. „ _., _ , ._ _ , , .. . „ , , ,_ Page i From: Tom Beach To: Langberg, Louise Date: Thu, Nov 18, 1999 7:36AM Subject: Alley vacation at Grand and Victoria I met with Jim Stolpedstad, the owner of the property at the sw corner of Grand and Victoria, and discussed his plans to devetop that corner. Sased on that meeting, LIEP has no objeotions to the vacation of the alley. ao-?�{ CC: Zangs, Larry 0?/28/99 10:12 • 255 Ferk Sqyare Conrt 400 5s61ey Street St. Pad. MN 55101 6si•m-sssi Fa�c 6i1-227-1789 C�TflIIIOIIW��1 COMMONWEALTH LAMD TPt7�E INSIIRANCE COMPANY Ivty 27, 1499 7aznes Scolpestad Viccor Plaza LLC Id80 Momrest Aveaue Suit� 404 St. Paul, MN 55116-2311 RE: 47952C Abstractor's Cenificate Dear Mr. Stolpestad: N0.0']1 D01 �� 1� Commonweaith La� Title Insura�ce Company does heraby eertify that as of 7uly 15, 1994, a search af the pnblic records in and for Ramsey Counry, lyfinnesata, discloses the aame aud aQdress of t3te sole properry �wners abutting the pubiic ailey described on Bxhibit A as sitown on Exhibit A attached hereto. Also eaclosed foz yoiu convenience is our memo invoice detaiiing our costs. '1�espectfullY, CpMMONWEALTH LANA TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY �'�� .t.Lr�.�. Rober[ A. Anderson Licensed Absaacter This repart cites matters appeuing in ihe public records of Itamsey Couaay, Minnesota, and is noc ta be constru�i as an opinion of title. Commonweatih Land Tiqe Insurance Company discIaims any liab;7ity for errors or amissioas. Enclosure 07/28i99 10:12 NO.H71 D03 �� File Na. d7952C Exhibit A The name and address of che sote ptogetty ow[�r abutting the pulslic alley descnbed as the East-West and North-South aIIey as dedicated 'sn the Official Piat of 7oseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement Qf Lots i and 2, Hlack 23, Summit Pazk Addiaon co 5t. Paul is: Victaria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liabilicY comPanY 168� Moatreai Aveaue Suite 4()0 SauuPaul, MN SSilCr2311 T'he Legal Descriptions of abutting properties: Pazcel 1: Loc 3, 8tock 23, Sumusit Park Addition to St. Paul. Parcei 2: (Tonens Cenificate No. 374528) Lots i, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Joseph P, Dysart's Rearrangement of Lois i and Z, Hlock 23, Summit Pazk Rddition to Sc. Paul. (Abstract} l�iote: Pazcet designatimas are foi caavenience of refereace oniy and dcs noc conactute � imegrai pazt of rhe t�gst descrip�ian. � Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mal! Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1993 Telephone (612) 330-5500 RECEiVE[3 �:�.� 4 3 i�9� September 9, 1999 Louise A. Langberg Real Estate 7echnician Department of Technology and Management Services iYJ Viiy 1iGii Saint Paul, MN 55102 RE: Vacation File No. 17-1999 Dear Ms Langberg: REfiL �STATE DN�Si0i4 This is in reply to your letter of August 24, 1999, relative to the petition of Victoria Plaza LLG for the vacation of all of the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park Addition to St. Paul. Please be acivised that NSP has no objection to the subject vacation, Sincerely, �.�J ��'-�-�� Diane Ablan Real Estate Representative Land Seroices 61 2 330 2943 p0-?� � of Pages 1 To: Louise A. Langberg F�om: Mark Nelson C;ty of St. Paul NSP - Gas Distribution ��..'j.� Repiy to Vacation Inquiry Real Estate Division 825 Rice Street Fil2#17-1999 SaintPaul MN 55117 Phone r Fu � 1 � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q N�P�Sits �CC.s �is �no7(Tf� 7., f�,is a��_ ��Z�L��B � G�as S�ec.q/� �e�1,co� � j3�%� Date Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Dzvision 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Mazk Nelson NSP - Gas Distribution &25 Rice Stree± Saint Paul MN 55117 R E�f�VED � p � � �399 A��FSTqTf DIVlSIp:N Phone: (651)266-8850 Fax: (651)266-8855 �[��;��_ ..,r:: _ � ,_ ,::�> il �_, .-r. � s�m_ U �_ : `�TS�}egat€men�e�� .9 Deaz Mr. Nelson: The City Clerk �3��am��t�-P��.��E�at�2zr y tio��'at�l:, This inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- _ way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting t}us vacafion and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or befor��September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a reply form, with fa�c transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call I.ouise A. Langbezg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, r-;P�' .R.. � I,ouise A. L.angberg Real Estate Tecluucian (171999inq.frm) ro: Louise A. Langberg City of St. Paul Reply to Vacation Inquiry RealEstateDivision File #17-1999 Pho�e � Fax # � tt of Pages 1 From: David Urke District Energy St Paul Inc 76 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul MN 55102 F�� (651) 221-0353 60 � � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the followin� reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ DISTRICT ENERGY ST. PAUL, INC., AND DISTRICT COOLING ST. PAUL, INC., HAVE NO EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA TO BE UACATED AND HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE VACATION. Signed DAVID L. URKE, P.E. PROJECT=MANAGER �� AUGUST 3Q, 1999 Date I3epartment of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Division 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Nornz Coleman, Mayor ��r August 24, 1999 David Urke District Energy St Paul Inc 76 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul NIN 55102 Phone: (651)266-8850 Fax: (651 J 266-8855 RECEIV�D �ti� 3 4 199� ��`�s� REAL ESTA?E DIVIStON ni^ -�, r' nr1� E'ry,v�� , .� v �E�TFii��'� �;�,'�:`E::� �� _ � t �. �..: __: _. � �..v�n � _ � . __-, . .. ' _,.M� �� Dg�a�t�te��Ee1�To _;�� Dear Mr. Urke: The Ciry Clerk has ��S��at'� t�c�sliti`ot�t�y�t. P'aul� This inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting this vacation and the intended use for the vacated righf-of-way, some or all of the utilify easements may be retained. Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this pzoposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or beforeSeptember 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a renly form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. ff you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above Iisted file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call I,ouise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, c`-;� �. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) # of PaAes 1 Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 To: Louise A. Langberg City of St. Paul Real Estate Division Phone A Fax n 1 From: Commander Traffic & Accident Unit Saint Paul Police Dept 100 East Eleventh Street Phone � 5 6 0-'1 �f We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ Signed ��L'�Cv Date � �- Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Divzsion 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CI7Y OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Commander Traffic & Accident Unit Saint Paul Police Department 100 East Eleventh Street Saint Paul MN 55101 Phone: (651) 266-8850 Fax: (651) 266-8855 RE CEIVEp q�$ES �l 1999 Ar EDrv�sro n � . �nb:�� .�__. ;::. __ , , '�'n'I��1e_Pa�me�£��`�o �F �99 Dear Traffic & Accident Unit: The City Clerk has refgrred tq ttris Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receiva your comments on or before;September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City CouncIl on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a reply form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call Louise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, �� . L,ouise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) ��uhnml� i�'-a�k c� ��?PaEU� Ttus inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting tlus vacation and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. To: L.ouise A. Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 PhoneY Fax Y City of St. Paul Real Estate Division 1 # of Pages 1 I --� . F�om: Carole Williams Library Administration 90 West Fourth Street Phone � po-'1 `f We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . � We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ Signed ,�,, `o• g-�-� 9 Date Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Division 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Cazole Williams Library Administration 90 West Fourth Street Saint Paui MN 55102 Phone: (651) 266-8850 Fax: (651) 266-8855 RECEIVEQ ��.�u 3 � i999 �£�11. ESFATE DI.UESIp� Su�et�.�. ,.. . _ _. � :��}epacE�nent�ile�o . � 7 1�29 Deaz Ms Williams: The Ciry Clerk has Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or befor�September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will fmd a reply form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call L.ouise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, �`-=�u�R � . I.ouise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) 2�:`�umm►��a7�'k z�c�dikt�6n tt��f �'aul; This inquiry pertaius to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Dependiug on the peti6oner's reason for reqnesting this vacation and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. 03/06/1994 15:32 6512286241 NOJ-03-1999 03�46 Reply to Vacation tnquiry �ile #17-1999 FIRE PREVENTION rHUC G1 P.02i92 � a or pogos 1_J TD: Z.011�SC A. 1,8t1$DCI'Y Pmm: l.Ai�S �,auw ClsyofS�Paui pepartmentoEFire& �b—'7y RealFsteceDl�ls�°" Safety t M Feet F.1eveRt}1 a51 g,>. ��.,... Vyohavenoobjectionstothisvacation.•--•-•••�-••••••-�"""""�� " We will appro�e this vacation, subject to thc following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......a por thc following reasons, wa cannot approve this vacation: .........- ...............� �i �/� � Date TOTA� G.02 RUG-26-1999 16�05 STP PARKS & RECRERTION 612 292 74a5 P.01i01 # of P�ge< ,L 70: Louise A. Langber�* From: J011ll W91•ka City of St. Paut parks & Recreat�on Repiy to Vacation Inquiry Rcsl Estate bivision 300 Cif Hall Annex 00 –'� � File #17-1999 Phoncti (651)266-8861 phonz# Pax � � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �'� ' We will approve this vacation subject to the foilowing conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For che following reasons, we cannot appro��e this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �] Signed —" 7� �Z Date TOTAL P.01 SEP-02-1999 16�00 PED 14TH FLOOR Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 To: Phonc# Fax # Louise A. 6512283220 P.01/04 City of S[. Paul � planning &� Real Estate Division Development a ao -1 �t We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d We wiIl approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the foIlowing reasons, we cannot apgrove this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q Sigae3l 3 bate SEP-14-1999 12�16 ST PRUL PLRNNING & ECON 651Z263314 P.01/02 To: Louise A. Langberg From: BMaD �WeeT�e Ci[y ol' St. Paul planning & Econo�nic Repty to Vacation lnquiry RealEstateDivision peY�apment �p_�� File #17-1999 1200 Cit Hall Annex PhoncB (651)266-8861 phone# Fax# �o�i)av� We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................� --0 We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o For che following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation: .....- ................ .. . , r � Signed A s br �� ?"Q�Y p p�� pl�nns-r' ao-�y �►'' M�1 WORLDCOM September 29,1999 Ms. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician City of 5t. Paul 'Dep2rtWent otTechmatogy & Mgt. Serr_ces 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 REF: Vacation Request; W. Grand Ave. at S. Victoria St. File #: 17-1999 MCI REF: 4563-1999 Dear Ms. Langberg: Nazional SupporC / Investigations Dept 2855 Loc 642 22501akeside Blvd. Richardson,l'X 75082 O �T O FiV R ��ES�h,-� 199g �,.,�.. �-�„ MCIWorldCom has been notified by your office regarding the above referenced project. For your records, in reviewing the area in question, it has been determined that MCIWorldCom does not have facilities within your project area. However, it wiil sfill be necessary for you to contact the local One Call System at least 48 hours prior to any construction. You should address conespondence concerning any future projects to the attention of National Support/Investigations at the above address. If you need fiu�ther assistance with this project, please do not hesitate to John Bachelder at 972-656-5038. Sincerely, ��`2(�, �'�-a^✓'�'�.,.�.� Rosalyn W. VanWinkle Administrative Assistant �e•d �elol to: L.ouise A. Langberg Ciry of Sc Yaul Replyto Vacation lnquiry ReaiEswteDiYision File #i 7-i 999 PAont # Fu F Me�IasOne 1100 North Concord St So St Paul MN SSA79 PhoncA�� 3t2-51 �"" LLSi13�z- 5t �p.��{ We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :� We will appmve this vacation, subject to the following canditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q >�-��o-S�1 Signed Aate ncr_�a_�000 �c•�� oai a GY� £0/£0'd L 3NOHIQ3W 6£:ST 666"G-BS-�3Q i0'd �b101 To: Repiy to Vacation inquiry Fite #17-1999 �� a Fax a 00 -� �{ Louise A. Langbcrg � Prom: City of St. Paul Real Es[a[e Division I.inda Dickhut 1'ublic Works 800 Citv Hal1 Annex � We have no abjections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the followin� conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacaaon : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [� Signed _% . �� i, i� ( �o �- GU LB/S0'd 6SSb 862 zL9 SliWa3d SdtiW �N3 �I��bal g'--/.�—�l -�— Aate 9z:bti 6665-£S-d3S � I Reply to Vacation lnquiry File #17-1999 To: Louise A. Langber� City of St. Paul Real Estate Division Phonek (651)266-8861 F�x (651)266-8855 I � of Pagu 1 F�om: Bernie Bullert Water Utility 200 Commerce Bld Phone � Fax k pp We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q RECEIVED �E� fl 3 1999 �ignea REAL ESTATE DIVISION 9 �Zr9 9 Date • �T � � 115' - 236' w E �122' 6 �" a 1$1� 87� 8G 2. 4' � m x � 1�1' ��'� 3 21' � �d m _ 9' = �� 33' i�� U `° � N i10 N pp l0 N � 00 tO in T13H3� M o '3' � 11/8"PE1'D . � • • • Q � * _�.F' ' ' m � A � � �_ � � � ive°r�e �� - - -- � � 00 V � 26 . 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A1VD COMMONWEAL TH LAND T� -------�------------------------------ _�-�»-��-«.- ^.-««�-.-�_ GRAND AVE. ��; �_� 3cole 1" = 20 ft LEGEND o��, �� o mn«o µww�c -o- oa�m sac Q � ^'� � �. � O �� N e —>—>— ��«�m � �� 102 REGULAR S 4 HANDICAPPI 106 TOTAL PARKING L 0 T �'ITLE S UR VEY �NK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 'LE INS URANCE COMPANY � � � ax�IlA �� O � � � b � � � L5 STALLS °Y I 1 I� I Q � ,o I � � I 4° � � � LM�LOP�^R�Vn0.: ��: Lab9.l.Smd6.Bbek1l.SUtN4fPA8KADORION'103f.PAU4 (forteul �$ WY I.;1,4.5aod6,l0�PFiP. DYBAR7°SRB�PRAlm@.ffiMOPI.O'f81 ANDR, BLOCICZi.3UAP91'PA&KADDIilON7081'. VAV1 DYSART'SRBARpAN�EffiROPIA]'S 1 ATm;Bi.00lCIf, SU�NU'PPARKAUDIf10N TO%GPAIQ. (AMYao1) a � �� a �i�� 9 e � y eiA i�i; �� oo-��{ f' � ��# � i r z a E � �{�{�{ �� W a�� •t � � �� W �� •�1 Cj � � F i 0 5�� C � � a 0 0 > ° } � �� W SHFkT , OF 1 sxec,s nueawL� Tq d.yd iY/,qv .ISyy ° 7� - �_—: .�. /:�� /.i� 'OimiuN VsAv.IJauAlaud&cw)ar AlbnndaRbWNbntiumha @]Sq ' AIIMeYOOavebpmamCmwWW,PA � �u wre�oa,�.y.sw�ezoi � ��9P��Sid6 lf02! (6��5668/6/ , . LOCATION MAP Return copy to: Real Estate Division 140 City Hall (LAL) �'�i�.�.�.� � Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Q�6,=a, 1�BE IT RESOLVED, that, upon the petition of James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager of Victoria 2 Eressing LLC, as documented in Finance Department File Number 17-1999, public properties 3 hereinafter described are hereby vacated and discontinued as pntiIic property: 4 5 All of the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park 6 Addition to St. Paul. 7 8 This vacation shali be subject to the terms and condition of Chapter 130, codified March 1, 1981, of the 9 Saint Paul Legislative Code as amended, and to the following conditions: 10 11 1. 12 13 14 2. 15 16 That the petitioner's, their successors and assigns shall pay $500.00 as an administrative fee for this vacation which is due and payable within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution. That a permanent utility easement shall be retained within the vacated azea to protect the interest of U.S. West Communication, Inc. 17 3. That the petiUOners, their successors and assigns agree to indemnify, defend and save harmless 18 the City of Saint Paul, its officers and employees from all suits, actions or claims of any character 19 brought as a result of injuries or damages received or sustained by any person, persons or 20 property on account of this vacation or petitioners' use of this property, including but not limited 21 to, a claim brought because of any act of omission, neglect, or misconduct of said petitioners or 22 because of any claims or liability arising from any violation of any law or regulation made in 23 accordance with the law, whether by the petitioners or any of their agents or employees. 24 25 26 �� _ �� o �( �1C,'oc ESOLUT ON I AINT P L� Council File # Q �+ { y Green Sheet # 100867 0 :.L l . C�RIGINA�. 0��4 1 4. That the petitioners, their successors and assigns shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this 2 resolution, file with the City Clerk an acceptance in writing of the conditions of this resolution 3 and shall, within the period(s) specified in the terms and conditions of this resolution, comply in 4 all respects with these terms and conditions. Adoption Certified by Councii Secretary By: Approved by Mayor: Date By: Requested by Departsnent of: By: �.�U��_ by Mayor,€pr Submission to Council Adopted by Council: Date rorm .vpprovea oy �iry Httorney Public Hearing Date: January 26, 2000 � �Q —'j [� T.M.S./REAL ESTATE DIVISION Date: December 12,1999 een Sheet�Tumber: 100867 on[act Person and Phone Number � 2 EPARTn NT � Cf0 4 C11'Y COIINCII. Peter White "��/" 266-8850 1 `�"� �'L.�j�l'i "��` ost be on Comcil Ageuda by: J�Ualy 5 , 2000 for Z11�ET D[REC"fOR FFICE OF FA'ANCIAI, SVCS. blic Hearing on J�uary 26, 2000 � 3 Yox cox nss�srn OTAL # OF SIGNATLTRE PAGES _1_ �ci,8 aia. Locanoxs Fox sicxni�ox�> Cl'ION REQUESTED: . Set public hearing date of J�nary 26th, 2000 to discuss the proposed vacation of an alley near the outhwest corner of Gran3 and Victoria as shown on the attached map. (File No.17-1999) . Approve said street vacation. COMl4IENDATIONS: AYPAOVE (A) OR RF.JECT (R) ERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUST ANSWER 1'HE FOLLOWING: . Has the person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department? YES NO PWNNINGCOMMISSION A STAFF . Has this person/firm ever been a City employee? YES NO ccva sEtev�ce commiss�oN . Does this persodf rm possess a slrill not normally possessed by any YES NO current City employee? CIB COMMI'I'IEE E lain all YES answers on a se arate sheet and attach. UPPORTS WffiCH COUNCII.OBJECTIVE? COUNCIL R'ARD(S) 2, DISTRICT PLANNING COUNCII. �(� 1TA77NG PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNII'Y (Who, WLat, When, Where, Why?): The pefitioner, J�es A. Stolpestad, for Victoria Crossing LLC, has requested the vacafion of an alley located within an area currently used as a parking lot on the southwest corner of Grand and Victoria, allowing them to consolidate the separate lots that make up the parking area into one parcel. Area would continue to be used for parking purposes. DVANTAGES IF APPROVED: Releases the City from future liability on the area, increases the size of efitioner's property, simpli�es the tiUe. ISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED: None. T COUtdClL F1EARtNG LSADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED: �v THIS MATI�R IS None at tlus time. SET fOR c1AN. 2(o ZO00 OTAL AMOi7NT OF TRANSACTION: $SOO.00 COST/REVENOE BUDf ETED (CIItCLE YES NO are sovxcE: To be paid by petitioner. Ac��rx rron�Ex: co ,� pµ � � r;,;2f �- ['�°r.INFORNLATION: (EXPLAIN) p �C 6� 19991 Administrative fee for vacation: $ 500.00 fla�?5t Alley Vacation - Victoria Plaza LLC File No. 17-1999 --------a---------- ------------------»------��--- GRAND AVE. � � � i I I� ,N ¢ � ,o �> � 1 I � �� Area to be Vacated � o � � Scale t" = 20 ft Interdepartmental Memorandum CITY OF SAWT PAUL To: Nancy Anderson Council Research Room 310 City Hall From: Louise Langberg� Real Estate Divisio 140 City Hall Date: Apri117,2000 00 -�`t &S.� �...;,< ClLa '�. �:�J°��rll Liv..i. r�� ` �Q�� ub,�eet� _: " C T�.: t#�1-'74; �I�ey ��cati4n ak Gr�iacT � Vie�t�ria C.F. 00-74, the proposed vacation of an alley near Grand and Victoria, has been laid over untillVlay 10, 2000. The petiuoner for that vacation had given me a letter that he wanted sent in the packet of vacation papers routed with the vacarion resoluuon (Green Sheet Number 100867) to Councilmember Coleman, and I just ran across it now. I would really appreciate it if you could help his letter get to its intended destination. Let me know if there is anything I can do that would help! Thank you! (1719991et) EXETER HOLDINGS LLC � � W -' �� 7anuary 19, 2000 7080 MOMRFAL AVENUE SAINT PAUL, MN 55176-2311 PHONE: (657) 690-2007 Fwc: (esi� sso-zoos AcnuismoN DEVELOPMENT INVESTMEM Ms. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician City of Saint Paul Department of Technology and Management Services 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 Re: Alley vacation near Grand & Victoria Saint Paul, Minnesota City of Saint Paul File #17-1999 Dear Ms. Langberg: Please include in the City Council packet for the above the enclosed letter to Council Member Christopher Coleman. Also please send me a copy of the revised City Council Resolution deleting the reference to retaining an easement in favor of U S West. Thank you. Very truly yours, �� i C UU i��'`� �� U�(�� James A. Stolpest�d President DIRECT DIAL 65L6941598 Enclosure E�ETEI� EXETER HOLDINGS LLC � � �p — � y January 18, Z000 7080 MONTREAL AVENUE r JA1M PAUL, MN 55776-2311 PHONE: (651) 690-20D7 FAX: (651j 690.2003 Council Member Christopher Coleman City Hall, Room 310B 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55102 Re: Petition to Vacate City Interest Dated July 27, 1999 City File No. 17-1999 Dear Council Member Coleman: AcnuismoN DEVELOPMENT INVE5iMEM We are writing to request your support for the above-referenced Petition filed by our affiliate, Victoria Plaza LLC ("Petitioner"), which is scheduled for public hearing before the City Council on January 26, 2000. Background The city interest to be vacated is an unused L-shaped alley that is part of the pay parking lot located at the southwest comer of Grand Avenue and Victoria Street. The alley was originally created in the subdivision plai for Summit Park Addition to St. Paul, which was filed in 1871. The aliey eventually served three homes that were located at 57, 59, and 61 South Victoria Street from the late 1890s until the late 1450s when the houses were demolished and the land was acquired for the expansion of what was then the Grand Avenue Ford used car lot. By 196Q the L-shaped a11ey had essentially disappeared since there was and is no way to distinguish the boundaries of the alley from the rest of the properiy by looking at the surface of the lot. In the late 1970s, the former used caz lot (including the alley) was sold to the current owner of the Victoria Crossing East Mall (where Billy's is located} and has been used ever since as a public pazking lot. Since the late 1950s, the allev Lurs not been used by the public as an allev has not been maintained or repaired b ty he CitLof Saint Paul in arzv manner, and has not been used�or cable televfsion gas electrical tel�hone or other public utiditv lines or uses In short the alley has been completeZX abandoned bv the City for the last 40 plus years• When the parking lot (including the alley) was converted to a pay parking facility in 1994, the City of Saint Paul issued an operating license to APCOA, Inc., which has been renewed annually and is now held by Allright Parking of Minnesota, Inc. There is no reference in the operating licenses or any related communication that the City of Saint Paul has reserved any rights to the alley portion of the pazlang lot. The parking lot (including the alley) was sold to Petitioner on 7uly 14, 1999. At that time, �� Ob —�`i Commonweaith Land Title Insurance Company researched the history of the alley and the applicable law and concluded that the alley has been abandoned and no longer exists, in fact and law. Commonweaith issued an owner's policy of title insurance to that effect. Nevertheless, Petitioner's mortgage lender, U.S. Bank National Association, requested that the formal process of vacating the alley be completed so that title to the alley would be cleaz from the recorded real estate documents. Petition to Vacate Public Interest On July 27, 1999, Petitioner filed a Petition to Vacate Public Interest with the City of Saint Paul. Petitioner owns 100 percent of the land abutting the a11ey to be vacated. No other private parties own any land abutting the ailey to be vacated. ("Abutting" means contiguous with, bordering on or touching. Op.Atty.Gen., 396-G-16, Oct. 22, 1958.) On 7anuary 4, Z000, the City of Saint Paul Department of Technology and Management Services, Real Estate Division, issued a proposed Resolution for the vacation of the a11ey and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed Resolution before the City Council for 7axnzary 26, 2000. Accompanying the proposed Resolution were written replies from the following 15 public respondents: • City of Saint Paul Board of Water • City of Saint Paul District Energy • City of Saint Paul Fire • City of Saint Paul Licensing, Inspections & Environmental Protection • City of Saint Paul Parks & Recreation • City of Saint Paul Police • City of Saint Paul Public Library • City of Saint Paul Public Works • City of Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development (Director) • City of Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development • Media One • MCI WordCom • Northern States Power — Electric • Northern States Power — Gas • USWest None o these IS public respondents objected to the pro�osed allev vacafion No other pubdic a�encies have cmy interests in the alle,� Standards Governing Vacation And Abandonment of Public Rights-Of-Way A public right-of-way may be vacated when the public interest will be served by such vacation Minn. Stat. § 412.851; In re Baldwin, 15 N.W.2d 184 (1944). It is of no consequence that private 2 00 -�y interests may also be served. In re Hull, 204 N.W. 534 (1925). A public right-of-way may be vacated when it is no longer useful "for the purpose for which it was laid out". Church of Sts Peter & Paul v Lake Geor�e Tw�., 89 N.W.2d 708 (1958). A public right-of-way will be considered abandoned and a city will be "estopped" or prevented from asserting its rights to such an abandoned public right-of-way if the following standards are satisfied: . (a) There has been a long-term non-use of the right-of-way by a city; (b) Private parties in good faith believe that the city's use of the right-of-way has been abandoned; (c) Private parties have made valuable investments in the right-of-way; and (d) Such investments have been been without objection by the city and with its encouragement through the issuance of city permits. Halverson v. Villa�e of Deerwood, 332 N.W2d 761 (1982); Citv of Rochester v. North Side Corporation, 1 N.W.Zd 361 (1941). If there has been an abandonment of a public right-of-way for 40 years or more, the Marketable Title Act (Minn. Stat. § 541.023} would baz a city from claiming an interest in such right-of-way if the city failed to file a statutorily-defined notice with the land records within such 40 years. Ravenna Township v. Grunseth, 314 N.W2d 214 (1981). Conclusion The L-shaped alley requested to be vacated has not been used by the City or for any public purpose for well over 40 year. Neither the City nor any public entity or uulity has any need for the ailey, either at the present time or in the future. No utilities are located under, upon or above the L-shaped alley. Indeed, a11 public agencies with an interest in the alley have affirmatively consented to the vacation. Petitioner meets all of the standards set forth in the Halverson and Citv of Rochester cases. Therefore, pursuant to Minnesota case law and the Marketable Title Act, the City is estopped and prevented from asserting the continued existence of the alley or from claiming any interest in the ailey. Vacating the alley is a housekeeping measure requested by Petitioner's lender so that the formal real estate records confirm that the public interest in the alley has been extinguished. The City Council's approval of the alley vacation will merely confirxn that the public interest in the a11ey e�ired over 40 years ago. Such approval would not be meant, nor would it be used by Petitioner, as evidence of City approvai of any possible development proposal that might come before the City in the future. 3 �o �� For these reasons, we request your support for the vacation of the alley. If there are any questions about this letter, and garticularly about the Minnesota case law cited above, please feel free to contact me or our outside legal counsel, Mr. Peter K. Beck of Crray Plant and Mooty, whose direct phone number is 612-343-5374. I will ask the Real Estate Division of the Department of Technology and Management Services to fumish a copy of this letter to the other Members of the City Council. Very tru� yours, � ? �`'� �'�� James A. Stolpe�tad President 4 al � � PETITION TO VACATE CITY INTEREST � �. �+�� o o-� �f Victoria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, being the owner of the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot shown on the attached reduced copy of a survey of the property, hereby petitions the Council of the City of Saint Paul to vacate its interest in a pubiic alley located on part of the property. The aliey to be vacated is highlighted on the attached survey and is legally described as follows: The aliey in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park Addition to St. Paul. A certified ownership report prepared by Commonweaith Land Title Insurance Company is attached to this petition and shows Victoria Plaza LLC as the sole owner of the property. We request this vacation because the ailey was abandoned as an alley when it was combined into a larger parcel in the late 1950s and has been used as part of a commercial parking lot since the mid- 1970s. Since the alley has served no purpose for more than 25 years, our lender has requested that we vacate the alley to facilitate the consolidation of all the real estate tax parcels that make up the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot. Following the vacation, the alley will continue to be used as part of the Victoria Crossing Parking Lot. Dated July 27, 1999 Contact person responsible for payment of vacation fee and acceptance of terms and conditions of vacation: James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager Victoria Plaza LLC 1080 Montreal Avenue, Suite 400 Saint Paul, MN 55116-2311 Phone: 651-690-1598 Fax: 651-690-2003 James A. Stolpestad, on behalf of Victoria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, hereby swears and verifies that each signature on this petition was signed in my presence by the person described in this petition. � �-1��, �°'�� ;`� James A. Stolpestad ` This petition has been subscribed and sworn to before me on July 27, 1999 . � � . .- gOgg�T WAYNE SiOLPESiAD � � i � uB �Jan.31S 42000 � Notary Pubhc a o -'� �4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the petition of James A. Stolpestad, Chief Manager of Victoria Plaza LLC for the vacation of all the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2 Block 23, Summit Park Addition to Saint Paul as more fully described on file and on record in the office of the City Clerk of Saint Paul, Minnesota, will be heard and considered by the Saint Paul City Council at a meeting to be held in the Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of City Hall and Court House on the 26th day of January, 2000 at 5:30 P.M. Dated December 30, 1999 Shari Moore Deputy City Clerk (January 5, 2000) �etttd�3� ��,r�r�-F� .?',,� `�� :� . , .... .,. ... Louise Langberg - Alley vacation at Grand and Victor+a _. „ _., _ , ._ _ , , .. . „ , , ,_ Page i From: Tom Beach To: Langberg, Louise Date: Thu, Nov 18, 1999 7:36AM Subject: Alley vacation at Grand and Victoria I met with Jim Stolpedstad, the owner of the property at the sw corner of Grand and Victoria, and discussed his plans to devetop that corner. Sased on that meeting, LIEP has no objeotions to the vacation of the alley. ao-?�{ CC: Zangs, Larry 0?/28/99 10:12 • 255 Ferk Sqyare Conrt 400 5s61ey Street St. Pad. MN 55101 6si•m-sssi Fa�c 6i1-227-1789 C�TflIIIOIIW��1 COMMONWEALTH LAMD TPt7�E INSIIRANCE COMPANY Ivty 27, 1499 7aznes Scolpestad Viccor Plaza LLC Id80 Momrest Aveaue Suit� 404 St. Paul, MN 55116-2311 RE: 47952C Abstractor's Cenificate Dear Mr. Stolpestad: N0.0']1 D01 �� 1� Commonweaith La� Title Insura�ce Company does heraby eertify that as of 7uly 15, 1994, a search af the pnblic records in and for Ramsey Counry, lyfinnesata, discloses the aame aud aQdress of t3te sole properry �wners abutting the pubiic ailey described on Bxhibit A as sitown on Exhibit A attached hereto. Also eaclosed foz yoiu convenience is our memo invoice detaiiing our costs. '1�espectfullY, CpMMONWEALTH LANA TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY �'�� .t.Lr�.�. Rober[ A. Anderson Licensed Absaacter This repart cites matters appeuing in ihe public records of Itamsey Couaay, Minnesota, and is noc ta be constru�i as an opinion of title. Commonweatih Land Tiqe Insurance Company discIaims any liab;7ity for errors or amissioas. Enclosure 07/28i99 10:12 NO.H71 D03 �� File Na. d7952C Exhibit A The name and address of che sote ptogetty ow[�r abutting the pulslic alley descnbed as the East-West and North-South aIIey as dedicated 'sn the Official Piat of 7oseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement Qf Lots i and 2, Hlack 23, Summit Pazk Addiaon co 5t. Paul is: Victaria Plaza LLC, a Minnesota limited liabilicY comPanY 168� Moatreai Aveaue Suite 4()0 SauuPaul, MN SSilCr2311 T'he Legal Descriptions of abutting properties: Pazcel 1: Loc 3, 8tock 23, Sumusit Park Addition to St. Paul. Parcei 2: (Tonens Cenificate No. 374528) Lots i, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Joseph P, Dysart's Rearrangement of Lois i and Z, Hlock 23, Summit Pazk Rddition to Sc. Paul. (Abstract} l�iote: Pazcet designatimas are foi caavenience of refereace oniy and dcs noc conactute � imegrai pazt of rhe t�gst descrip�ian. � Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mal! Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1993 Telephone (612) 330-5500 RECEiVE[3 �:�.� 4 3 i�9� September 9, 1999 Louise A. Langberg Real Estate 7echnician Department of Technology and Management Services iYJ Viiy 1iGii Saint Paul, MN 55102 RE: Vacation File No. 17-1999 Dear Ms Langberg: REfiL �STATE DN�Si0i4 This is in reply to your letter of August 24, 1999, relative to the petition of Victoria Plaza LLG for the vacation of all of the alley in Joseph P. Dysart's Rearrangement of Lots 1 and 2, Block 23, Summit Park Addition to St. Paul. Please be acivised that NSP has no objection to the subject vacation, Sincerely, �.�J ��'-�-�� Diane Ablan Real Estate Representative Land Seroices 61 2 330 2943 p0-?� � of Pages 1 To: Louise A. Langberg F�om: Mark Nelson C;ty of St. Paul NSP - Gas Distribution ��..'j.� Repiy to Vacation Inquiry Real Estate Division 825 Rice Street Fil2#17-1999 SaintPaul MN 55117 Phone r Fu � 1 � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q N�P�Sits �CC.s �is �no7(Tf� 7., f�,is a��_ ��Z�L��B � G�as S�ec.q/� �e�1,co� � j3�%� Date Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Dzvision 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Mazk Nelson NSP - Gas Distribution &25 Rice Stree± Saint Paul MN 55117 R E�f�VED � p � � �399 A��FSTqTf DIVlSIp:N Phone: (651)266-8850 Fax: (651)266-8855 �[��;��_ ..,r:: _ � ,_ ,::�> il �_, .-r. � s�m_ U �_ : `�TS�}egat€men�e�� .9 Deaz Mr. Nelson: The City Clerk �3��am��t�-P��.��E�at�2zr y tio��'at�l:, This inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- _ way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting t}us vacafion and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or befor��September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a reply form, with fa�c transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call I.ouise A. Langbezg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, r-;P�' .R.. � I,ouise A. L.angberg Real Estate Tecluucian (171999inq.frm) ro: Louise A. Langberg City of St. Paul Reply to Vacation Inquiry RealEstateDivision File #17-1999 Pho�e � Fax # � tt of Pages 1 From: David Urke District Energy St Paul Inc 76 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul MN 55102 F�� (651) 221-0353 60 � � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the followin� reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ DISTRICT ENERGY ST. PAUL, INC., AND DISTRICT COOLING ST. PAUL, INC., HAVE NO EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA TO BE UACATED AND HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE VACATION. Signed DAVID L. URKE, P.E. PROJECT=MANAGER �� AUGUST 3Q, 1999 Date I3epartment of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Division 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Nornz Coleman, Mayor ��r August 24, 1999 David Urke District Energy St Paul Inc 76 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul NIN 55102 Phone: (651)266-8850 Fax: (651 J 266-8855 RECEIV�D �ti� 3 4 199� ��`�s� REAL ESTA?E DIVIStON ni^ -�, r' nr1� E'ry,v�� , .� v �E�TFii��'� �;�,'�:`E::� �� _ � t �. �..: __: _. � �..v�n � _ � . __-, . .. ' _,.M� �� Dg�a�t�te��Ee1�To _;�� Dear Mr. Urke: The Ciry Clerk has ��S��at'� t�c�sliti`ot�t�y�t. P'aul� This inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting this vacation and the intended use for the vacated righf-of-way, some or all of the utilify easements may be retained. Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this pzoposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or beforeSeptember 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a renly form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. ff you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above Iisted file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call I,ouise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, c`-;� �. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) # of PaAes 1 Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 To: Louise A. Langberg City of St. Paul Real Estate Division Phone A Fax n 1 From: Commander Traffic & Accident Unit Saint Paul Police Dept 100 East Eleventh Street Phone � 5 6 0-'1 �f We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ Signed ��L'�Cv Date � �- Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Divzsion 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CI7Y OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Commander Traffic & Accident Unit Saint Paul Police Department 100 East Eleventh Street Saint Paul MN 55101 Phone: (651) 266-8850 Fax: (651) 266-8855 RE CEIVEp q�$ES �l 1999 Ar EDrv�sro n � . �nb:�� .�__. ;::. __ , , '�'n'I��1e_Pa�me�£��`�o �F �99 Dear Traffic & Accident Unit: The City Clerk has refgrred tq ttris Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receiva your comments on or before;September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City CouncIl on this matter. For your convenience, you will find a reply form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call Louise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, �� . L,ouise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) ��uhnml� i�'-a�k c� ��?PaEU� Ttus inquiry pertains to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Depending on the petitioner's reason for requesting tlus vacation and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. To: L.ouise A. Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 PhoneY Fax Y City of St. Paul Real Estate Division 1 # of Pages 1 I --� . F�om: Carole Williams Library Administration 90 West Fourth Street Phone � po-'1 `f We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . � We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❑ Signed ,�,, `o• g-�-� 9 Date Department of Technology and Management Services Real Estate Division 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor August 24, 1999 Cazole Williams Library Administration 90 West Fourth Street Saint Paui MN 55102 Phone: (651) 266-8850 Fax: (651) 266-8855 RECEIVEQ ��.�u 3 � i999 �£�11. ESFATE DI.UESIp� Su�et�.�. ,.. . _ _. � :��}epacE�nent�ile�o . � 7 1�29 Deaz Ms Williams: The Ciry Clerk has Please advise me of any concems you may have regazding this proposed vacation. I would like to receive your comments on or befor�September 15,1999 so I can prepaze a report to the City Council on this matter. For your convenience, you will fmd a reply form, with fax transmittal memo, on the reverse side of this notice. If you would rather respond on your own letterhead, please refer to the above listed file number when replying. If you have any questions on this matter, please call L.ouise A. Langberg at (651)266-8861. Sincerely, �`-=�u�R � . I.ouise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician (171999inq.frm) 2�:`�umm►��a7�'k z�c�dikt�6n tt��f �'aul; This inquiry pertaius to the vacation of City right-of- way only. Dependiug on the peti6oner's reason for reqnesting this vacation and the intended use for the vacated right-of-way, some or all of the utility easements may be retained. 03/06/1994 15:32 6512286241 NOJ-03-1999 03�46 Reply to Vacation tnquiry �ile #17-1999 FIRE PREVENTION rHUC G1 P.02i92 � a or pogos 1_J TD: Z.011�SC A. 1,8t1$DCI'Y Pmm: l.Ai�S �,auw ClsyofS�Paui pepartmentoEFire& �b—'7y RealFsteceDl�ls�°" Safety t M Feet F.1eveRt}1 a51 g,>. ��.,... Vyohavenoobjectionstothisvacation.•--•-•••�-••••••-�"""""�� " We will appro�e this vacation, subject to thc following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......a por thc following reasons, wa cannot approve this vacation: .........- ...............� �i �/� � Date TOTA� G.02 RUG-26-1999 16�05 STP PARKS & RECRERTION 612 292 74a5 P.01i01 # of P�ge< ,L 70: Louise A. Langber�* From: J011ll W91•ka City of St. Paut parks & Recreat�on Repiy to Vacation Inquiry Rcsl Estate bivision 300 Cif Hall Annex 00 –'� � File #17-1999 Phoncti (651)266-8861 phonz# Pax � � We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �'� ' We will approve this vacation subject to the foilowing conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For che following reasons, we cannot appro��e this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . �] Signed —" 7� �Z Date TOTAL P.01 SEP-02-1999 16�00 PED 14TH FLOOR Reply to Vacation Inquiry File #17-1999 To: Phonc# Fax # Louise A. 6512283220 P.01/04 City of S[. Paul � planning &� Real Estate Division Development a ao -1 �t We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d We wiIl approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the foIlowing reasons, we cannot apgrove this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q Sigae3l 3 bate SEP-14-1999 12�16 ST PRUL PLRNNING & ECON 651Z263314 P.01/02 To: Louise A. Langberg From: BMaD �WeeT�e Ci[y ol' St. Paul planning & Econo�nic Repty to Vacation lnquiry RealEstateDivision peY�apment �p_�� File #17-1999 1200 Cit Hall Annex PhoncB (651)266-8861 phone# Fax# �o�i)av� We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................� --0 We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o For che following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation: .....- ................ .. . , r � Signed A s br �� ?"Q�Y p p�� pl�nns-r' ao-�y �►'' M�1 WORLDCOM September 29,1999 Ms. Louise A. Langberg Real Estate Technician City of 5t. Paul 'Dep2rtWent otTechmatogy & Mgt. Serr_ces 140 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 REF: Vacation Request; W. Grand Ave. at S. Victoria St. File #: 17-1999 MCI REF: 4563-1999 Dear Ms. Langberg: Nazional SupporC / Investigations Dept 2855 Loc 642 22501akeside Blvd. Richardson,l'X 75082 O �T O FiV R ��ES�h,-� 199g �,.,�.. �-�„ MCIWorldCom has been notified by your office regarding the above referenced project. For your records, in reviewing the area in question, it has been determined that MCIWorldCom does not have facilities within your project area. However, it wiil sfill be necessary for you to contact the local One Call System at least 48 hours prior to any construction. You should address conespondence concerning any future projects to the attention of National Support/Investigations at the above address. If you need fiu�ther assistance with this project, please do not hesitate to John Bachelder at 972-656-5038. Sincerely, ��`2(�, �'�-a^✓'�'�.,.�.� Rosalyn W. VanWinkle Administrative Assistant �e•d �elol to: L.ouise A. Langberg Ciry of Sc Yaul Replyto Vacation lnquiry ReaiEswteDiYision File #i 7-i 999 PAont # Fu F Me�IasOne 1100 North Concord St So St Paul MN SSA79 PhoncA�� 3t2-51 �"" LLSi13�z- 5t �p.��{ We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :� We will appmve this vacation, subject to the following canditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q >�-��o-S�1 Signed Aate ncr_�a_�000 �c•�� oai a GY� £0/£0'd L 3NOHIQ3W 6£:ST 666"G-BS-�3Q i0'd �b101 To: Repiy to Vacation inquiry Fite #17-1999 �� a Fax a 00 -� �{ Louise A. Langbcrg � Prom: City of St. Paul Real Es[a[e Division I.inda Dickhut 1'ublic Works 800 Citv Hal1 Annex � We have no abjections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the followin� conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacaaon : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [� Signed _% . �� i, i� ( �o �- GU LB/S0'd 6SSb 862 zL9 SliWa3d SdtiW �N3 �I��bal g'--/.�—�l -�— Aate 9z:bti 6665-£S-d3S � I Reply to Vacation lnquiry File #17-1999 To: Louise A. Langber� City of St. Paul Real Estate Division Phonek (651)266-8861 F�x (651)266-8855 I � of Pagu 1 F�om: Bernie Bullert Water Utility 200 Commerce Bld Phone � Fax k pp We have no objections to this vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .� We will approve this vacation, subject to the following conditions : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q For the following reasons, we cannot approve this vacation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q RECEIVED �E� fl 3 1999 �ignea REAL ESTATE DIVISION 9 �Zr9 9 Date • �T � � 115' - 236' w E �122' 6 �" a 1$1� 87� 8G 2. 4' � m x � 1�1' ��'� 3 21' � �d m _ 9' = �� 33' i�� U `° � N i10 N pp l0 N � 00 tO in T13H3� M o '3' � 11/8"PE1'D . � • • • Q � * _�.F' ' ' m � A � � �_ � � � ive°r�e �� - - -- � � 00 V � 26 . 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