23-074 (09-05) Vacate Remanant Parcel Abutting 5300 Glenwood Avenue
Resolution No. 23-074 September 5, 2023
RESOLUTION VACATING REMANANT PARCEL ABUTTING 5300 GLENWOOD AVENUE
WHEREAS a petition signed by the majority of property owners abutting a remnant parcel
bordering 5300 Glenwood Avenue that was conveyed by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to the City of Golden Valley via quit claim deed dated November 12, 2014 and
recorded in the Office of the Hennepin County Recorder on December 4, 2014 as Document
Number A10142271, and also filed in the Office of the Hennepin County Registrar of Titles on
December 4, 2014, as Document Number T05218750 (the “Parcel”), was received by the City on July
13, 2023; and
WHEREAS the petition requested that the City Council, pursuant to Minnesota Statute §
412.851 vacate the Parcel; and
WHEREAS the City reviewed and examined the signatures on said petition and determined
that such signatures constituted a majority of the landowners abutting the Parcel to be vacated;
and
WHEREAS a public hearing to consider the vacation of the Parcel was initially held on August
15, 2023, before the City Council in the City Hall located at 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley,
MN at 6:30 p.m. after due published and posted notice had been given, as well as notice to all
affected property owners. The hearing was continued to September 5, 2023. All interested and
affected persons were given an opportunity to voice their concerns and be heard; and
WHEREAS the Council in its discretion has determined that the vacation of the Parcel will
benefit the public interest because it removes the City's infrastructure maintenance responsibilities
on this site associated with the Parcel.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Golden Valley:
That such petition is hereby granted, and the Parcel known as Part of Parcel 306B C.S. 2735
(100=130-23) in that certain quit claim deed dated November 12, 2014 and recorded in the Office
of the Hennepin County Recorder on December 4, 2014 as Document Number A10142271, and also
filed in the Office of the Hennepin County Registrar of Titles on December 4, 2014, as Document
Number T05218750, and described as follows is hereby vacated:
That part of Tract A described below:
Tract A. That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19,
Township 29 North, Range 24 West, Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of County Road No. 40 (as located and
established prior to January 1, 1965) with a line drawn parallel to and 647.84 feet east
(measured at right angles) from the east line of the Southeast Quarter of Section 33,
Township 118 North, Range 21 West; thence north along said parallel line to a point 252.96
feet north of the south line of said Section 19; thence deflecting to the right 100 degrees 27
minutes a distance of 102.5 feet along a line hereinafter referred to as Line A; thence
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deflecting to the left 57 degrees 55 minutes a distance of 162.2 feet to the southwesterly
line of Trunk Highway No. 100 (as located and established prior to January 1, 1965); thence
southeasterly along said southwesterly line to its intersection with Line A; thence westerly
along Line A to a point thereon 302.5 feet (measured along Line A) easterly from the afore
described parallel line; thence deflecting to the left 99 degrees 37 minutes to the center line
of said County Road No. 40; thence westerly along said center line to the point of beginning;
the title thereto being registered; which lies northerly of Line 1 described below and its
easterly extension, northeasterly of Line 2 described below and its southeasterly extension,
and southwesterly of Line 3 described below:
Line 1. From a point on the south line of said Section 19, distant 1399.8 feet east of the
southwest corner thereof, run northwesterly at an angle of 41 degrees 44 minutes from said
south section line (measured from west to north) for 471.6 feet; thence deflect to the left at
an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for 235 feet to the point of beginning of Line 1 to be
described; thence westerly to the point of intersection of the northeasterly right of way line
of said County Road 40 (also known as Glenwood Avenue) with a line run parallel with and
distant 370 feet east of the west line of said Section 19 and there terminating;
Line 2. From a point on the south line of said Section 19, distant 1399.8 feet east of the
southwest corner thereof, run northwesterly at an angle of 41 degrees 44 minutes from said
south section line (measured from west to north) for 681.6 feet; thence deflect to the left at
an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for 145 feet to the point of beginning of Line 2 to be
described; thence southeasterly to the point of beginning of Line 1 described above and
there terminating;
Line 3. Commencing at Right of Way Boundary Corner B10326 as shown on Minnesota
Department of Transportation Right of Way Plat No. 27-103 as the same is on file and of
record in the office of the Registrar of Titles and office of the County Recorder in and for
said County; thence southwesterly on an azimuth of 234 degrees 28 minutes 45 seconds
along the boundary of said plat for 280.56 feet to Right of Way Boundary Corner B10301
and the point of beginning of Line 3 to be described; thence on an azimuth of 142 degrees
35 minutes 49 seconds for 212.20 feet; thence deflect to the right on a tangential curve,
having a radius of 55.00 feet and a delta angle of 59 degrees 23 minutes 11 seconds for
57.01 feet and there terminating; excepting there from highway existing prior to January 1,
1965.
Adopted by the City Council of Golden Valley, Minnesota this 5th day of September 2023.
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Shepard M. Harris, Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa Schyma, City Clerk
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