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City staff says DNR has no objection as council hears public hearing on vacating streets and easements in floodplain

East Grand Forks City Council · July 15, 2025
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City staff told the East Grand Forks City Council that the Department of Natural Resources had no objection to proposed vacations of streets, alleys and easements in multiple plats located in the floodplain and asked the council to table final adoption for two weeks to coordinate a replat.

East Grand Forks City Council opened a public hearing July 15 on proposals to vacate streets, alleys and easements in multiple plats that staff said lie within the floodplain and have been repurposed by the city’s flood protection system.

A staff member told the council the purpose of the vacations is "to clean up the plots and bring all the individual lots that currently exist" into a single replat and to "bring any new…

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