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City staff says DNR has no objection as council hears public hearing on vacating streets and easements in floodplain
Summary
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 utility or utility infrastructure into new easements that better accounts for where those utilities are located." Another staff member said the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has "no objection" to the proposed vacations.
Staff asked the council to table final adoption of the companion resolution for two weeks so staff can coordinate the replat with a staff member identified as Nancy and ensure Planning & Zoning considers the replat first. The request was framed as a coordination measure to avoid any omissions when the replat and the council action proceed together.
The public hearing covered vacations proposed in a long list of plats: the town site of Elm Grove; O'Leary and Ryan's editions; Timberline editions (including a second edition); Croix second edition; Folsom Park edition; Town Site of East Grand Forks; Woodland edition; Trails edition; Wahlstrom Subdivision; and the replat of Lots 5 and 6, Block 2, Riverside edition.
After the staff presentation the council voted to close the public hearing. No public speakers were recorded in the transcript during the open forum preceding the hearing.
Next steps: staff will finalize coordination with Planning & Zoning and bring the adoption resolution back for council consideration after the requested two-week delay.
