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RESOLUTION NO. 5350
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAKING OF LAND
BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR STORM SEWER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the City Council on December 17, 1973 adopted
Resolution No. 4977, "Resolution Ordering Improvement, Ordering
Preparation of Plans, and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids,
Improvement No. 72-43", and
WHEREAS, the Project 72-43 provides for a 36" storm sewer
undercrossing of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad tracks
near Taft Avenue in order to provide a discharge from the drain-
age area, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park:
1. That it is hereby determined that the taking 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 par-
cels shall be used for drainage purposes.
2. That the City shall take by right of eminent domain for
drainage 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 appoint-
ment of Commissioners to determine the damages, if any, sustained
by the respective owners of the parcels affected by such taking,
as authorized by law, and
3. That the land above referred to is more particularly
described as follows:
A 10.00 foot permanent easement for storm sewer purposes
over, under, and across that part of the north half of
Section 20, Township 117 North, Range 21 West, Hennepin
County, Minnesota. The centerline of said easement is
described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 18, Block
57A, Rearrangement of St. Louis Park according to the
plat on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds,
Hennepin County, Minnesota; thence northeasterly along
the south line of said Lot 18 a distance of 45.00 feet;
thence southeasterly at a right angle a distance of
5.00 feet to the point of beginning of the centerline
to be described; thence northeasterly parallel with
said south line of said Lot 18, a distance of 75.00
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feet; thence southeasterly at a right angle a distance
of 95.00 feet to the northerly line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad right-of-way
and said centerline there terminating.
Also a 40.00 foot temporary construction easement
over, under, and across said part of the north one-
half of Section 20. The centerline of said easement
is described as follows:
Commencing at the point of termination of the above
described centerline; thence northwesterly along said
above described centerline 55.00 feet to the point of
beginning of the centerline to be described; thence
continue northwesterly on a prolongation of the last
described line 45.00 feet to the south line of Lot 17,
said Block 57A and said centerline there terminating.
Adopted by the City Council September 2, 1975.
110° Attest:
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City Clerk
Mayor
Reviewed for administration: Approved as to form and legality:
City Manager City Attorney
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