Settlement of OAH detachment/annexation proceeding (OAH-84-0330-35406) involving Roessler/Hough/Cash Farms properties

The packet includes a settlement agreement effective September 4, 2018 between the City and petitioners Kent and Muriel Roessler, Douglas and Norma Hough, and Cash Farms LLC, resolving an Office of Administrative Hearings proceeding seeking to detach from Nowthen and annex to Oak Grove. Under the agreement, petitioners will withdraw and dismiss the OAH petition without prejudice while the City drafts and submits its 2040 Comprehensive Plan and later rezones the subject property consistent with an attached map; the agreement sets deadlines for submitting the plan to the Metropolitan Council (July 31, 2019) and obtaining approval (August 31, 2020) and provides that if the City defaults, petitioners may seek specific enforcement or file a new detachment/annexation petition. The agreement also states that OAH fees will be paid by each party as assigned by the Chief Administrative Law Judge and includes legal descriptions and an exhibit map showing residential and commercial guidance for a subject parcel of approximately 550 acres.