HomeMy WebLinkAbout423 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1957/07/15Resolution No. 423 Adopted July 15, 1957
AUTHORIZING TAKING OF SEWER AND STREET
EASEMENTS BY EMINENT DOMAIN
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 277 adopted August 20, 1956, as supplemented
by Ordinance No. 376, adopted March 11, 1957, the City Council has ordered
construction of sanitary sewer Improvement No. 56-52, and G. M. Orr Engineering
Company, the consulting engineers employed to design said sewer have recommended
the acquisition•of sewer construction and street easements at the locations
hereinafter specified, and it appears to the Council that it is necessary that
the City acquire said easements for the purpose of construction and mainten-
ance of said sewer, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED By.the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the City
shall take by right of eminent domain each of the sewer easements, construction
easements, and street easements as hereinafter described, and the City Attorney
be hereby authorized and directed to commence proceedings in the District Court
of Hennepin County for appointment of Commissioners. to. determine the damages,
if any, sustained by the respective owners of the parcels affected, as author-
ized by law, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sewer easements, construction easements
and street easements above referred to are more particularly described as
follows:
The sewer easements which shall be taken by the City at the locations
hereinafter described shall include the continuing right of the City, its con-
tractors, agents and employees to enter upon the premises described in the
respective parcels hereinafter set forth, and to construct and forever maintain
therein and thereon sanitary and storm sewers, and to forever use said sewers
for the drainage of sewage and surface waters; and shall, further, include the
right: (a) to excavate the soil for the purpose of constructing, repairing or
reconstructing said sewers; (b) to remove shrubs, trees and surface plants,
fences and other structures on or in the soil; (c) to maintain sufficient
soil above the sewers to prevent freezing of liquids therein, and (d) the right
to enter upon said premises at all reasonable times to inspect, repair. and
reconstruct said sewers.
The construction easements which shall be taken by the City at the
locations hereinafter described shall include the right of the City, its con-
tractors, agents and employees to enter upon said premises prior to July 1, 1959,
in connection with construction of sewers on and in the parcels taken as sewer
easements for the purpose of facilitating construction of sewers within the said
easements, and shall include the right: (a) to excavate slopes in connection
with excavation in adjacent sewer easement and to remove shrubs and trees where
excavation is made, and to deposit soil temporarily while excavation is under
way; (b) to use said premises subject to the construction easement for the
operation of machinery and equipment and for temporary storage of machinery,
equipment and supplies in connection with sewer construction in adjacent sewer
easements; the said construction easement will not include the right to remove
buildings or other surface structures except for temporary removal of fences or
removable structures during the construction period.
It is a condition to the said easements taken herein that the City shall,
as promptly as possible after excavation, refill any earth taken therefrom,
and shall restore the surface to a neat condition and in, as nearly as practi-
cable, the same condition in which it was found at the time the excavation for
sewer construction, repair or reconstruction was commenced; the failure, how-
ever, of the City to restore the surface condition as herein stipulated shall
in no way affect the validity of the easement so taken, but the sole remedy of
the property owner in question shall be an action against the City for damages.
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The street easements hereinafter described are taken by the City as
public streets of the City, to be used for all public purposes as City Streets.
The sewer easements, construction easements and street easements above
referred to, together with the separate parcels affected in each case and the
names of the respective owners as known, are as set forth in the following
List:
EASEMENTS in Section 9, Township 117, Range 21
Sewer
Easement
No. 1. A sewer easement for the purposes hereinbefore stated in and across
a strip of land 15 feet in width being 7i feet on either side of a
center line described as follows:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the SW corner of Govern-
ment Lot 3, Sec. 9, Twp. 117, Range 21, thence east along the south
line of said Lot 3 and continuing east along the south line of
Government Lot 4, said Section, to point of intersection with the
center line of Yosemite Avenue, being the NW corner of Lot 1,
Auditor's Subdivision No. 350;
Also a sewer easement 15 feet in width being 7i feet on either side
of line which is an extension north of the center line of Colorado
Avenue from the north line of West 27th Street to the south line of
said Government Lot 3;
Said easement consisting of the following separate parcels:
Parcel No. 1 (a) The north 71 feet of tract described as follows:
All -that part of Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 9, Township 117,
Range 21 which lies East of a line that is 100 feet East of the
center line of the railroad track as constructed in 1923 connect-
ing the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad Company with
the main line of the Great Northern Railroad Company and West of
the East line of that part of the above mentioned lot 5 formerly
owned by Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad Company
which is a line parallel with and 1585 feet more or less East of
the West line of Lot 6 in said township and range and bounded
South by 27th Street and the extension thereof as laid out and
platted in Park Manor, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Also the south
71 feet of tract described as: that part of Government Lot 3,
Section 9, Township 117, Range 21 lying East of right of way which
connects the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad with the
Great Northern Railroad except right of way of Great Northern Rail-
road Company across the central portion thereof.
Owner: Gorden Videen and Vivian G. Videen
Parcel No. 1 (b) The north 72 feet of that part of Government Lot 6, Section 9,
, Township 117, Range 21, lying west of a line that is 100 feet east
of the center line of the Railroad track as constructed in 1923
connecting the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad Company
with the main line of the Great Northern Railroad Company; also the
south 7i feet of that part of Government Lot 3, Section 9, Township
117, Range 21, lying between the westerly and easterly lines of the
right of way of the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad.
Owner: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Company
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Parcel No. 1 (c) The north 72 feet of Tract Y, Registered Land Survey No. 57,
Files of Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin.
Owner: Bernard E. Dixon (Ctf. No. 240022)
Olga I. Dixon
Parcel No. 1 (d) The north 7i feet of Tracts B and X, Registered Land Survey
No. 57, Files of Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin.
Owner: Jacob W. Scherling (Ctf. No. 240021)
Parcel No. 1 (e) The south 7i feet of that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9,
Township 117, Range 21, lying west of a point measured along said
south line a distance of 234.8 feet west of the west line of
Xenwood Avenue; also a strip of land 15 feet in width being 7
feet on either side of the center line of Yosemite Avenue extended
north to the center line of West 26th Street extended west.
Owner: A. J. Eaton (Ctf. No. 227461)
Alice H. Eaton
Parcel No. 1 (f) A strip of land 15 feet in width being 72 feet on either side
of the center line of Colorado Avenue extended north between the
north line of West 27th Street and the south line of Government
Lot 3, Section 9, Township 117, Range 21.
Owner: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Co.
Construction
Easement No. 1 A construction easement for the purposes hereinbefore stated in
and across a strip of land 50 feet in width being 25 feet on either
side of a center line described as follows:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the SW corner
of Government Lot 3, Section 9, Township 117, Range 21, thence
east along the south line of said Lot 3 and continuing east
along the south line of Government Lot 4, said Section, to
point of intersection with the center line of Yosemite Avenue,
being the NW corner of Lot 1, Auditor's Subdivision No. 350;
Also a construction easement 50 feet in width being 25 feet on
either side of line which is an extension north of the center line
of Colorado Avenue from the north line of West 27th Street to the
south line of said Government Lot 3;
Said easement consisting of the following separate parcels:
Parcel No. 1 (aa) The north 25 feet of tract described as follows: All that
part of Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 9, Township 117, Range
21 which lies East of a line that is 100 feet East of the center
line of the railroad track as constructed in 1923 connecting the
Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad Company with the
main line of the Great Northern Railroad Company and West of the
East line of that part of the above mentioned lot 5 formerly
owned by -Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad Company
which is a line parallel with and 1585 feet more or less East
of the West line of Lot 6 in said township and range and bounded
South by 27th Street and the extension thereof as laid out and
platted in Park Manor, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Also the
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south 25 feet of tract described as: that part of Government
Lot 3, Section 9, Township 117, Range 21 lying East of the right
of way which connects the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern
Railroad with the Great Northern Railroad except right of way
of Great Northern Railroad Company across the central portion
thereof.
Owner: Gorden Videen and Vivian G. Videen
Parcel No. 1 (bb) The north 25 feet of that part of Government Lot 6, Section
9, Township 117, Range 21, lying west of a line that is 100 feet
east of the center line of the Railroad track as constructed in
1923 connecting the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railroad
Company with the main line of the Great Northern Railroad Company;
also the south 25 feet of that part of Government Lot 3, Section
9, Township 117, Range 21, lying between the westerly and easterly
lines of the right of way of the Minneapolis Northfield and
Southern Railroad.
Owner: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Company
Parcel No. 1 (cc) The north 25 feet of Tract Y, Registered Land Survey No. 57,
Files of Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin.
Owner: Bernard E. Dixon (Ctf. No. 240022)
Parcel No. 1 (dd) The north 25 feet of Tracts B and X, Registered Land Survey
No. 57, Files of Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin.
Owner: Jacob W. Scherling (Ctf. No. 240021)
Parcel No. 1 (ee) The south 25 feet of that part of Government Lot 4, Section
9, Township 117, Range 21, lying west of a point measured along
said south line a distance of 234.8 feet west of the west line
of Xenwood Avenue; also a ttrip 50 feet in width being 25 feet
on either side of the center line of Yosemite Avenue extended
north to the center line of West 26th Street extended west.
Owner: A. J. Eaton (Ctf. No. 227461)
Parcel No. 1 (ff) A strip of land 50 feet in width being 25 feet on either side
of the center line of Colorado Avenue extended north between the
north line of Westr27th Street and the south line of Government
Lot 3, Section 9, Township 117, Range 21.
Owner: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Company.
EASEMENTS IN SOUTH 1/2, Section 5,
Township 117, Range 21
Sewer
Easement
No. 2. A sewer easement in and across a strip of land 15 feet in width
the center line of which is the southwesterly line of Lot 7 and
the westerly line of Lot 9, all in Block 1, Westwood Park 2nd
Addition; said easement consisting of the following separate
parcels:
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Parcel No. 2 (a) The westerly 7i feet, front and rear, Lot 9, Block 1, West-
wood Park 2nd Addition.
Owner: Nelvin D. Jorgensen and Margaret Jorgensen
Mortgagee: Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
Parcel No. 2 (b) The easterly 7'i feet, fron and rear, of Lot 10, Block 1,
Westwood Park 2nd Addition.
Owner: John B. Sexton and Eva Sexton
Mortgagee: Bankers Life Company
Parcel No. 2 (c) That part of Lot 7, Block 1, Westwood Park 2nd Addition, lying
southwesterly of a line drawn parallel to and measured 7z feet
at right angles northeasterly from the southwesterly line of said
Lot extending from the north line of Lot 9, said Block 1 to West
16th Street.
Owner: Neal Frederick Tusler and Virginia A. Tusler
Mortgagee: Twin City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Parcel No. 2 (d) That part of Lot 18, Block 1, Westwood Park 2nd Addition, lying
northwesterly of a line drawn parallel to and measured 71 feet at
right angles southwesterly from the easterly line of said Lot 18,
and extending from the north line of Lot 10, said Block 1, to West
16th Street.
Parcel No. 3
Owner: Niles Holding Company
A sewer easement in and across a strip of land 15 feet in width
the center line of which is the westerly line of Lot 1, Block 3,
Westwood Park, said easement consisting of the following separate
parcels:
Parcel No. 3 (a) All that part of Lot 1, Block 3, Westwood Park, lying westerly
of a line drawn parallel to and measured 72 feet at right angles
easterly from the west line of said Lot extending from West
Franklin Avenue to the southerly line of said Lot 1.
Owner: August Dekarski and Lucille M. Dekarski
Mortgagee: Twin City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Parcel No. 3 (b) All that part of Lot 2, Block 3, Westwood Park, lying east-
erly of a line drawn parallel to and measured westerly at right
angles 7i feet from the said easterly line of said Lot 2 and
extending from Franklin Avenue to the south line of said Lot 2.
Owner: Hazel Fitzgerald
Mortgagee: Federal National Mortgage Association
Parcel No. 3 (c) The east 7i feet of Lot !t, Block 3, Westwood Park.
Owner: Frank 0. Fogelmark and Mabel L. Fogelmark
Mortgagee: White Investment Company
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EASEMENTS IN SOUTH 1/2 Section 6,
Township 117, Range 21
Sewer
Easement
No. 6. A sewer easement in and across the north 15 feet of Westdale,
said easement consisting of the following separate parcels:
Parcel No. 6 (a) The North 15 feet front and rear of Lot 7, Block 1, Westdale.
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Parcel No. 6 (b) The north 15 feet fron and rear of Lot 21, Block 2, Westdale.
Owner. W. T. B. Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Parcel No. 6 (c) The north 15 feet front and rear of Lot 1, Block 6, Westdale.
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Parcel No. 6 (d) The north 15 feet of Westdale except Lot 7, Block 1; Lot 21,
Block 2, and Lot 1, Block 6, Westdale.
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. Subject to dedication to City of St. Louis
Park for park purposes
Construction
Easement
No. 6. A construction easement in and across the north 50 feet of West -
dale, said easement consisting of the following separate parcels:
Parcel No. 6 (aa) The north 50 feet front and rear of Lot 7, Block 1, Westdale.
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Parcel No. 6 (bb) The north 50 feet front and rear of Lot 21, Block 2, Westdale.
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Parcel No. 6 (cc) The north 50 feet front and rear of Lot 1, Block 6, Westdale.
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Parcel No. 6 (dd) The north 50 feet of Westdale except Lot 7, Block 1; Lot 21,
Block 2, and Lot 1, Block 6, Westdale
Owner: W. T. B. Inc. Subject to dedication to City of St. Louis
Park for park purposes
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EASEMENTS in South 1/2 of Section 6,
Township 117, Range 21
Sewer'
Easement
No. 7. A sewer easement in and across the southeasterly 72 feet of Lot
8 and the northwesterly 72 feet of Lots 9 and 10, Block 3, West -
dale, consisting of the following separate tracts:
Parcel No. 7 (a) The southeasterly 72 feet front and rear of Lot 8, Block 3,
Westdale
Owner: Leo G. Wright and Eileen M. Wright (Ctf. No. 257392)
Mortgagee: The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Parcel No. 7 (b) All that part of Lots 9 and 10, Block 3, Westdale, lying
northwesterly of a line drawn parallel to and distant 72 feet
measured at right angles to the northwesterly lines of said
Lots 9 and 10.
Owner: W. T. B., Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
Construction
Easement
No. 7. A construction easement in and across the northwesterly 50 feet
of Lots 9 and 10, Block 3, Westdale, consisting of the follow-
ing separate tracts:
Parcel No. 7 (bb) A11 that part of Lots 9 and 10, Block 3, Westdale, lying
northwesterly of a line drawn parallel to and distant 50 feet
measured at right angles to the northwesterly lines of said
Lots 9 and 10.
Owner: W. T. B., Inc. (Ctf. No. 266258)
STREET EASEMENTS in North 1/2 of Section
8, Township 117, Range 21
Parcel No. 9 (a) For use as a public street: The south 33 feet of a tract
described as: That part of the Southeast 1/14 of the Northeast
1/14 of Section 8, Township 117, Range 21, described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the South line of said Southeast 1/14 of
Northeast 1/4 distant 1400 feet West of the Southeast corner
thereof; thence North at right angles to said South line 155
feet; thence West at right angles 50 feet; thence South at
right angles 155 feet to a point in the South line of said
Southeast 1/14 of Northeast 1/4 distant 450 feet West of the
Southeast corner thereof; thence East on said South 50 feet
to the point of beginning.
Owner: Walter Ernest Hochstein and Alice Hochstein
Contract purchasers: Arthur G. Carter and Mary Elizabeth Carter
Mortgagee: David Phillips
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Parcel No. 9 (b) For use as a public street: The south 33 feet of the East
250 feet of the West 580.7 feet of that part of the Southwest
1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 8,
Township 117, Range 21, lying South of the Great Northern Rail-
road Company's right of way. Except the South 33 feet of the
West 30 feet thereof.
Owner: Kenneth A. Johnson and Ethel B. Johnson
Mortgagee: Twin City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Parcel No. 9 (c) The East 11.9 feet of the West 592.6 feet of that part of
the Southeast 1/4 of Northeast 1/4 lying South of Great Northern
Railroad right of way.
Owner: Fee Title: Heirs of Estate of Andrew Nelson, namely:
Hannah M. Nelson, Elmer M. Nelson
Paul A. Nelson, Viola M. Kendrick
Tax Title: State of Minnesota
Sewer
Easement
No. 9
EASEMENTS in South 1/2 of Section 8,
Township 117, Range 21
A sewer easement for the purposes hereinbefore set forth in
and across the north 15 feet of the NEI of the SEI of Section
8, Township 117, Range 21, consisting of the following separate
tracts:
Parcel No. 1 (d) The north 7i feet of the westerly 105 feet of the North 209
feet of the East 418 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8,
Township 117, Range 21
Owner: Einar J. Rekland and Irene Rekland
Parcel No. 9 (e) The north 72 feet of the north 144 feet of the East 313 feet
of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Township 117, Range 21, ex-
cept the west 20 feet thereof.
Owner: Jerry Derfler and Bertha E. Derfler
Mortgagee: Twin City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Parcel No. 9 (f) The North 7i feet of the West 579.7 feet of the East 993.7
feet of the Southeast 1/14, Section 8, Township 117, Range 21
Owner: Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Company
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EASEMENTS in South 1/2 of Section 30,
Township 29, Range 24
Sewer
Easement
No. 11. A sewer easement in and across a strip of land 25 feet in width
consisting of the East 25 feet of all that part of the E i of
the NW4 of the SW1, Section 30, Township 29, Range 24, and an
extension of the south half of Douglas Avenue west from State
Highway No. 100 to a point 25 feet west of the east line of the
SWW of the SW/, said Section 30, and consisting of the follow-
ing separate parcels:
Parcel No. 11 (a) The east 25 feet of the East 20.87 acres of the Northwest
1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 30, Township 29, Range 24
Owner: Julius W. Held (Ctf. No. 193799)
Lessee: A. F. Svensson
Parcel No. 11 (b) All that part of the following described tract of land lying
east of a line drawn parallel to and 25 feet measured at right
angles from the east line of the N44 of SWq, Section 30, Town-
ship 29, Range 24: the North 30 feet of that part of the South
1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 30, Township 29, Range 24,
described as follows: Beginning at a point in the North line
of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 30
distant 1195.42 feet East of the Northwest corner of said
Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section; thence
Southerly 330 feet along a straight line which if projected,
would intersect the South line of the Southwest 1/4 of the
Southwest 1/4 of said Section at a point 1196.54 feet East
of the Southwest corner of said Southwest 1/4 of the South-
west 1/4; thence Easterly parallel with the North line of the
South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section, 287.2 feet,
more or less to the Westerly line of the right of way of
State Trunk Highway No. 100; thence Northeasterly along the
Westerly line of the right of way of said highway to the North
line of said South 1/2 of. the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 30;
thence West along the said North line 371.59 feet to the point
of beginning. Subject to easement for road purposes over the
North 30 feet of the above described premises.
Owner: Herbert T. Thompson
Construction
Easement
No. 11 A construction easement in and across a strip of land 50 feet
in width consisting of the East 50 feet of all that part of the
E2 of the NW4 of the SW4, Section 30, Township 29, Range 24,
and an extension of the -south half of Douglas Avenue west
from State Highway No. 100 to a point 50 feet west of the east
line of the SW1 of the SW , said Section 30, and consisting of
the following separate parcels:
Parcel No. 11 (aa) The east 50 feet of the East 20.87 acres of the Northwest
1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 30, Township 29, Range 24.
Owner: Julius W. Held (Ctf. No. 193799)
Lessee: A. F. Svensson
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EASEMENTS in South 1/2 of Section 30, and North 1/2
of Section 31, Township 29, Range 24
Sewer
asement
No. 12 A sewer easement in and across a strip of land 15 feet in width
being 72 feet on either side of a center line described as
follows: Commencing at a point on the west line of the SE4
of Section 30, Township 29, Range 24, measured i feet south
of the Northwest corner of said SE -1; thence easterly to a point
on the east line of the SW4 of said SE4 measured 30 feet south
of the Northeast corner of said SW4 of SE4; thence continuing
easterly a distance of 330 feet to a point measured 50 feet
south of the north line of the south 1/2 of said SE4; thence
continuing east parallel to and 50 feet south of the said north
line to a point 190 feet west of the east line of said Si of
SE4; thence southeasterly to a point on the northerly line of
the Great Northern Railway right of way which is measured 35
feet west of the point of intersection of the east line of said
SE4 and the north line of the Great Northern Railway right of
way; thence south parallel to and measured 35 feet at right
angles west from the east line of said Si of SE4, Section 30,
and continuing south parallel to the east line of Section 31,
Township 29, Range 24, to the point of intersection with the
rear lot line of Lots 37 to 40 inclusive extended; thence
southwesterly along said last described rear lot lines and con-
tirauing in a straight line to point of intersection with the
rear lot lines of Lots 3, ,4 and 5, Block 1, Forest Tract, Lake
Forest Addition; thence southwesterly along said rear lot lines
to Cedar Lake Road, said easement consisting of the following
separate parcels:
Parcel No. 12 (a) All that part of the Si of the SE4 of Section 30, Township
29, Range 24, described as follows: A strip of land 15 feet
in width being 72 feet on either side of a line described as
follows: Commencing at a point on the west line of the Seo.
of Section 30, Township 29, Range 24, measured 72 feet south
of the Northwest corner of said SE4; thence easeterly to a
point on the east line of the SW4 of said SE4 measured 30 feet
south of the Northeast corner of said SW4 of SE4; thence con-
tinuing easterly a distance of 330 feet to a point measured
50 feet south of the north line of the Si of said SE4; thence
continuing east parallel to and 50 feet south of the said
north line to a point 190 feet west of the east line of said
Si of SE; thence southeasterly to a point on the northerly
line of the Great Northern Railway right of way measured 35
feet west of the point of intersection of the east line of
said SE/ and the north line of the Great Northern Railway right
of way
Owner: A. C. Kavli (married to Mary G. Kavli)
(Ctf. No. 202161)
Parcel No. 12 (b) The east 50 feet of that part of right of way of the Great
Northern Railway lying within the SE4 of SE4 of Section 30,
Township 29, Range 24
Owner: Great Northern Railway Company
Mortgagee: First National Bank of the City of New York,
Trustee
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Parcel No. 12 (c) The west 15 feet on the east 50 feet of all that part of
the following described tract lying north of a line drawn
parallel to and 7i feet southerly measured at right angles
from the Northwest line of Lot 8 Highwood Tract Lake Forest
Addition extended: that part of Sections 30 and 31, Township
29, Range 24, described as follows: Commencing at the inter-
section of the Southerly line of right of way of St. P. M. &
M. Ry. and East line of Section 30, thence Southwesterly
along said right of way line 75 feet; thence Southeasterly
40 feet to a point 57 feet West at right angles from East
line of Section 30, thence South parallel with East line of
Sections 30, 31 to Northerly line of France Avenue; thence
Northeasterly along Northerly line of France Avenue to East
line of Section 31, thence North to beginning.
Owner: City of Minneapolis
Owner of easement: Northern States Power Company
Parcel No. 12 (d) All that part of the following described tracts lying
Southeasterly of a line drawn parallel to and 72 feet North-
westerly measured at right angles from the rear lot line of
Lot 37 extended: All of Lot 36 and that part of Lot 37 lying
Northerly of a line drawn from a point in the Northwesterly
(front) line of said lot distant 45 feet Northeasterly as
measured along said Northwesterly line from the Southwesterly
corner of said lot to a point on the Southeasterly (rear)
line of said lot distant 45 feet Northeasterly, as measured
along said Southeasterly line from the Southeasterly corner
of said lot, Highwood Tract, Lake Forest Addition.
Owner: Carl C. Schold and Geraldine L. Schold (Ctf. No. 177528)
Mortgagee: Twin City Federal Savings_and Loan Association
Parcel No. 12 (e) The Southeasterly or rear 7i feet of that part of Lot 37,
lying Northerly of a line drawn from a point in the North-
westerly (front) line of said lot distant 40 feet Northeast-
erly as measured along said Northwesterly line from the South-
westerly corner of said Lot to a point on the Southeasterly
(rear) line of said Lot distant 40 feet Northeasterly as
measured along said Southeasterly line from the Southeasterly
corner of said Lot and lying Southerly of a line drawn from a
point in the Northwesterly (front) line of said Lot distant
45 feet Northeasterly as measured along said Northwesterly
line from the Southwesterly corner of said Lot to a point on
the Southeasterly (rear) line of said lot distant 45 feet
Northeasterly as measured along said Southeasterly line from
the Southeasterly corner of said lot and Lot K, Highwood Tract,
Lake Forest Addition.
Owner: Douglas Rees (married to Maxine C. Rees)
J. Frank Ecklund (married to Cartherine T. Ecklund)
Lannie F. Norris (married to Murlyne A. Norris)
(Ctf. No. 239039)
Parcel No. 12 (f) The Southeasterly or rear 7i feet of that part of Lot 38,
Highwood Tract, Lake Forest Addition. lying Northeasterly of
a line drawn from a point on the Northwesterly line of said
Lot 38, distant 10 feet Northeasterly as measured along
said Northwesterly line from the most Westerly corner of said
lot to the most Southerly corner of said Lot 38 and also the
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Southeasterly or rear 72 feet of that part of Lot 37, Highwood
Tract, Lake Forest Addition lying Southerly of a line drawn
from a point in the Northwesterly (front) line of said Lot,
distant 40 feet Northeasterly as measured along said North-
westerly line from the Southwesterly corner of said lot to a
point on the Southeasterly (rear) line of said Lot distant
40 feet Northeasterly as measured along said Southeasterly
line from the Southeasterly corner of said lot.
Owner: Roy B. Wiprud and Dorothy V. Wiprud (Ctf. No. 200553)
Mortgagee: The Third Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis
Parcel No. 12 (g) The Southeasterly or rear 72 feet of Lot 39 and the South-
easterly or rear 72 feet of all that part of Lot 38, Highwood
Tract, Lake Forest Addition, lying Southwesterly of a line
drawn from a point on the Northwesterly line of said Lot 38,
distant 10 feet Northeasterly, as measured along said North -
,westerly line from the most Westerly corner of said Lot to
the most Southerly corner of said Lot 38.
Owner: Ralph S. Clark and Carmen 0. Clark (Ctf. No. 148995)
Mortgagee: The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Parcel No. 12 (h) All that part of Lot 3, Block 1, Forest Tract Lake Forest
Addition lying Southwesterly of a line drawn parallel to and
7r feet measured at right angles Northwesterly to the rear
lot line of Lots 37 to 40, Highwood Tract, Lake Forest Addition,
extended Southwesterly, and the Southeasterly or rear 7z feet
of Lot 40, Highwood Tract, Lake Forest Addition
Owner: A. Bruce Fruen and Bernice Dawson Fruen (Ctf. No. 105097)
Mortgagee: Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis
Parcel No. 12 (i) The Southeasterly or rear 7i feet of Lots 4 and 5, Block 1,
Forest Tract, Lake Forest Addition
Owner: John G. Moorhead and Florence D. Moorhead
(Ctf. No. 86196)
Parcel No. 12 (j) All that part of Lot 2, Block 1, Forest Tract, Lake Forest
Addition lying westerly and northerly of a line described as
follows: commencing at the southerly or front line of said
Lot 2 at a point measured 72 feet measured at right angles
from the Northwesterly line of saidLLot; thence Northeasterly
parallel to and 72 feet Southeasterly from the Northwesterly
line of said lot to point of intersection with a line drawn
parallel to and measured 15 feet Southeasterly at right angles
to the rear lot lines of lots 37 to 40, Highwood Tract, Lake
Forest, extended.
Owner: Douglas Rees (unmarried)
J. Frank Ecklund (married to Catherine T. Ecklund)
Lannie F. Norris (married to Murlyne A. Norris)
(Ctf. No. 74181)
Mortgagee: Andyck Corporation
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Resolution No. 423 - continued
Parcel No. 12 (k) The northwesterly 7i feet of Lot K, Highwood Tract, Lake
Forest Addition.
Construction
Easement No. 12
Parcel No.
12 cc)
Owner: Douglas Rees, J. Frank Ecklund and Lannie F. Norris
(Ctf. No. 239039)
A construction easement for the purposes hereinbefore
stated in and over all that part of the following described
tract lying north of a line drawn parallel to and 71 feet
southerly measured at right angles from the Northwest line
of Lot 8 Highwood Tract, Lake Forest Addition extended:
that part of Sections 30 and 31, Township 29, Range 24,
described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of
the Southerly line of right of way of St. P. M. & M. Ry.
and East line of Section 30, thence Southwesterly along
said right of way line 75 feet; thence Southeasterly 40
feet to a point 57 feet West at right angles from East line
of Section 30, thence South parallel with East line of
Sections 30, 31 to Northerly line of France Avenue; thence
Northeasterly along Northerly line of France Avenue to East
line of Section 31, thence North to beginning.
Owner: City of Minneapolis
Owner of easement: Northern States Power Company
Parcel No. 12 (jj) A construction easement for the purposes hereinbefore
stated in and over the Northwesterly 50 feet of Lot 2, Block
1, Forest Tract, Lake Forest Addition.
Owner: Douglas Rees (unmarried)
J. Frank Ecklund (married to Catherine T. Ecklund)
Lannie F. Norris (married to Murlyne A. Norris)
(Ctf. No. 74181)
Mortgagee: Andyck Corporation
Sewer
Easement
No. 14
EASEMENTS in North 1/2 of Section 31,
Township 29, Range 24
A sewer easement in and across a strip of land 15 feet in
width being 72 feet on either side of a center line described
as follows: Commencing at a point on the north line of West
25th Street at a point 72 feet West of the Southwest corner
of Lot 1, Block 6, Cedarwood Second Addition; thence north
and parallel to and 72 feet from the west line of said Block
6 to point of intersection with a line drawn parallel to and
7i feet measured at right angles from the Northwesterly line
of Lot 6, said Block 6; thence Northeasterly along said last
mentioned line to West 25th Street, consisting of the follow-
ing parcels:
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123 - continued
(a) A11 that part of Reserve Lot b, Cedarwood Second Addition,
lying east and southeasterly of a line drawn parallel to and
15 feet measured at right angles from the west lines of Lots
1 through 6 and the Northwesterly line of Lot 6, Block 6,
Cedarwood Second Addition
Parcel No. 14
Sewer
Easement
No. 15
Parcel No.
Owner: City of St. Louis Park (for park purposes)
Owner of Reversion: Richard B. Thomson (wife Eveiyn1V. Thomson)
15 (a) A sewer easement in and across a strip of land 15 feet in
width being 71 feet on either side of a center line extending
across Outlot B, Cedarwood Second Addition and described as
follows: Commencing at a point of intersection on West 25th
Street of a line drawn parallel to and 72 feet measured at
right angles from the Northwesterly line of Lot 18, Block 1,
Cedarwood Second Addition; thence Northeasterly along said
last mentioned line and the same extended to the south line
of the NW4 of the NE4, Section 31, Township 29, Range 2)4.
Owner: City of St. Louis Park (for park purposes)
Owner of Reversion: Richard B. Thomsom (wife
Evelyn V. Thomson)
Resolution No. 124 Adopted July 22, 1957
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR CONVEYANCE
OF TAX -FORFEITED LAND
WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore adopted its resolution
providing for acquisition of extension of the west half of Pennsylvania Avenue
from West 16th Street to West L14th Street within the corporate limits of the
City of St. Louis Park, and
WHEREAS, it appears that the following parcel of land, which is
required in order to complete said extension, has been forfeited to the State
of Minnesota for non-payment of taxes, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park
that the Mayor and City Manager be hereby authorized and directed to make appli-
cation to the StateiTax Commissioner and the County Board of Hennepin County
for conveyance to the City of St. Louis Park of the following tax -forfeited
lands, for public street purposes: