Agenda - Council Work Session - 07/27/2021

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July 22,2021 Request for 60 foot Right of Way thru Williams Woods Plat and Subdivision being considered by the City of Ramsey by Owner Tom Kurak Property requesting the public access is the 40 acres west of Williams Woods with 1200 feet common property line. The requesting property owner needs the public access right of way through Williams Woods because it is now landlocked. The subdivision time or when the land is divided by the owner, is when government creates access to land locked real estate as a condition to granting subdivisions or splitting legal descriptions. The subdivision example applies here. More than 100 years ago when people were in the area, all of this land and water was government owned and accessible, and the government was encouraging settling of the land. Through land grants and sales some land was left landlocked. As you observe by looking around cities in the United States, there are no land locked parcels. The reason is there has developed solutions and processes for the resolution of access rights to unfortunately land locked chunks of land and water. The solution that presents itself at this time is implied easements which can be invoked at the time the owner divides or subdivides the property that land locks another property. Another legal term is Right of Access by Destination. This 40 acres and Thorne Lake has been explored, investigated, hunted and enjoyed by neighbors for 100 years. 1 have met men and boys who told me with enthusiasm what Thorne Lake is like.