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<br /> <br />Item # 6 . 2 . <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Scott Harlicker, Senior p'an~4 <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />May 16, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Case No. EV 05-04 Request by Plymouth Realty to Vacate a <br />Drainage and Utility Easement <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting that certain drainage and utility easements be vacated in the plat <br />of Elk Meadows. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. Location Map <br />· Plat of Elk River Meadows illustrating the Easement Locations <br />. Proposed plat for Elk Meadows 2nd Addition <br />· Resolution No. 05-_ <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The final plat of Elk Meadows was approved at the February 18, 2003 City Council meeting. <br />The plat included a 40 foot wide drainage and utility easement across the rear of Lots 1 and <br />2, Block 2. Since this plat was approved, the adjacent property to the west has been platted <br />as Belmont Estates. Belmont Estates included a street along the west property line of Lot 1, <br />Block 2. The applicant is proposing to replat Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, Elk Meadows into 3 lots <br />(Elk Meadows 2nd Add.). The one new lot will have frontage on the street platted as part of <br />Belmont Estates. <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />In order for Elk Meadows 2nd Addition to work, certain drainage and utility easements <br />granted as part of the Elk Meadows plat have to be vacated. Those easements are the 40 foot <br /> <br />Planning Department Mission: the orderly development of a livable and sustainable Elk River community. <br />