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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 4 8 11
AUTHORIZING TAKING OF LAND BY EMINENT_
DOMAIN FOR PARK PURPOSES
ADDITION TO WESTWOOD NATURE CENTER
APRIL 30, 1973
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WHEREAS, the City Council has ordered preparation of a resolution
authorizing taking of land by eminent domain and the City Park
Planners have recommended the acquisition of land for park purposes
at the locations hereinafter specified, and it appears to the Council
that it is necessary that the City acquire such lands, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Par;::
1. That it is hereby determined that the taking of each of the
tracts and parcels of land set forth in paragraph 3 hereof is necessary
for the public good in order that said tracts and parcels shall be
devoted to pari: purposes.
2. That the City shall take by right of eminent domain for park
purposes the lands described in paragraph 3 hereof, 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 by such taking, as authorized by lair, and
3. That the lands above referred to are more particularly described
as follows:
That part of LOT 2, BLOCK 2, MUIUP -I1AC INDUSTRIAL PARK ADDITION -
REPLAT, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in
the office of the Register of Deeds, Hennepin County, Minnesota,
lying Southerly of a line parallel with and distant 360 feet
Northerly of the most Southerly line of said Lot 2 as measured
at right angles thereto.
Together with:
The Southerly 360 feet of that part of the Southeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 117,
Range 21, Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence Easterly
along the South line of the Southeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of said Section 6, a distance of 395.5
feet to a point distant 790 feet West of the Southeast
corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6;
thence Northwesterly at an angle to the left of 116
degrees 2 minutes to the West line of the Southeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence
Southerly to the point of beginning.
Adopted by the City Coup April
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teviewed for administration:
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City Manager
Mayor
A.proved as to fore and legality:
City Attor
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