Breza v. City of Minnetrista

OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court’s decision to grant respondent’s petition for a writ of mandamus. Appellant contends that the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to consider respondent’s petition because respondent did not appeal to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) before petitioning the district court for a writ of mandamus. But because appellant failed to make a decision on respondent’s exemption application within 60 days, as required by Minn.Stat. § 15.99 (2004), appellant lost the ability to act on that application. Therefore,…