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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES 322 King Avenue Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Phone (612) 441-2020 Fax (612) 441-8099 To: Steve Ach Elk River City Planner August 8, 1997 From: Bryan C. Adams Subject: Vacation of Easement on Quinn Avenue Oil Storage Tanks for Beaudry Oil Late this spring Robert McCartney and myself met with John Weicht, contractor for Beaudry Oil about this subject. At that time John Weicht had just poured the concrete pad for the storage tanks in the street right- of- way and covered up one of their water gate valves with the concrete pad, our water main is at the edge of this concrete pad. He asked us to locate the gate valve, so as to minimize the amount of concrete he had to remove to expose the gate valve. John stated he would expose the valve box within the week. This valve box is yet to be exposed. At the time we explained to John he was on street right-of-way and why did he not follow proper procedures and obtain the necessary permits from the city. We did not get an answer'. As a side note, the fire code should be checked for no dike walls are provided around the storage tanks. We all make great efforts cooperating with the public but I have little sympathy for people who deliberately ignore or sidestep city regulations and ordinances and have great difficulty granting variances or to vacate easements to make these actions legitimate. That being said, Quinn Avenue provides the only access to our Well # 3. Utility personnel go to this facility via Quinn Avenue 3 to 5 times a day. We maintain a 8" water main on the east side of the 66' Quinn Avenue right-of-way and a 3 phase overhead electrical line on the west side of this right-of-way. The water main is under the edge of the newly poured concrete pad for the above ground oil tank. If Quinn Avenue is closed, we must retain utility easements for the water and utility lines. This easement would prohibit building facilities within the easement area as is now the case. We request Quinn Avenue remain open as is, the easements provisions be retained, and the newly constructed facility be removed. We are not against expanding ones business opportunities, but expand on your property, or make proper arrangements before expanding.