PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a request for an Easement Vacation in HY-10 Ramsey 2nd Addition and Final Plat of "Kwik Trip 1782."

Kwik Trip (the "Applicant") has submitted a Land Use Application for the development of a portion of the 7.07-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Armstrong Boulevard NW and Bunker Lake Boulevard NW (the "Subject Property"). The conditional use permit for the Motor Fuel Station and Car Wash uses in the B-2, Community Business Zoning District will be heard by Planning Commission on Thursday, May 22nd.  Tonight's portion of the request pertains to two items: an Easement Vacation to vacate all current easements on the Subject Property, and a Final Plat to subdivide the property that currently straddles Ferret Street to create a 3.35-acre lot for Kwik Trip. It should be noted that the Final Plat will re-dedicate all necessary drainage and utility easements, largely in the same locations as the current easements being vacated. The Easement Vacation simply cleans up the legal descriptions for the new redevelopment.

Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property, as reflected in the Anoka County Property Records, of the request and the Public Hearing for the Easement Vacation. A notice of the Public Hearing will be published in the Anoka County Union Herald, the City's official newspaper. Staff also attempted to notify all small utility providers in the area of the proposed Easement Vacation. A proposed development sign was placed on the property.

A separate Public Hearing notice will be published and sent out to notify property owners within 350 feet of the Subject Property of the Conditional Use Permit request to be heard by Planning Commission on Thursday, May 22nd.

Easement Vacation
As noted above, Staff attempted to notify all small utility providers in the area of the Easement Vacation request. At the time of writing this case, Staff have only received one response from Lumen regarding existing buried cable, but that cable will be located in a new drainage and utility easement along the south side of Bunker Lake Boulevard. Other utility companies, including CenterPoint Energy and Comcast, confirmed that they each do not have facilities in the vacated area. It should be noted that all vacated easements will be replaced with newly-platted easements with the "Kwik Trip 1782" Final Plat. This cleans up the legal descriptions for easements, and thus makes the process simpler for staff and utility providers in the future.

Final Plat
The proposed plat of "Kwik Trip 1782" is considered a minor plat that subdivides an existing platted parcel into two new buildable lots, each located on opposite sides of Ferret Street. It will also re-establish the right-of-way for Ferret Street that was obtained via easement documents. Upon recording of the Final Plat, Kwik Trip's new legal description will be "Lot 1, Block 2, Kwik Trip 1782, Anoka County, Minnesota", and this lot will be wholly located within the B-2, Community Business zoning district.. The other lot west of Ferret Street, to be legally described as "Lot 1, Block 1, Kwik Trip 1782", is anticipated to be replatted in the future with the adjacent property to the west as part of the larger BLIP industrial development. That lot will be wholly located within the I-1, Light Industrial zoning district.

All costs associated with this request are the Applicant's responsibility.

Staff recommends approval of the Easement Vacation and Final Plat.

Two separate motions:

Motion to adopt Resolution #25-087, Approving Vacation of Easements in HY-10 Ramsey Second Addition.

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Motion to adopt Resolution #25-090, Approving the Final Plat of "Kwik Trip 1782."