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RESOLUTION NO. 5393
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF LAND BY
EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PARK, STREET, PEDESTRIAN
WAY AND UTILITY PURPOSES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park:
1. 'Certain parcels along Minnehaha Creek have been designated for
park, street, pedestrian way, and utility purposes at the location
hereinafter specified, and it appears to the Council that it is necessary
that the City acquire such lands.
2. The taking of each of the tracts and parcels of land set forth
in paragraph 4 is necessary for the public good in order that said tracts
and parcels shall be devoted to the public purposes specified.
3. The City shall take by right of eminent domain for park, street,
pedestrian way and utility purposes the lands described in paragraph 4
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 law, and
4. That the lands above referred to are more particularly described
in Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H as follows:
Exhibit A
A permanent easement for a public pedestrian way and utility purposes
(including installation and maintenance of traffic control signals) in and
over the following describeiproperty:
All that part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 18,
Township 117, Range 21, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying Easterly and
Northeasterly of the following described parcel, hereinafter described
as Tract I:
TRACT l
All that part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 18,
Township 117, Range 21, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying Southerly of
West 36th Street, as described in Document Numbers 2871012 and 3679938
and lying Northeasterly and Easterly of Aquila Avenue as described in
Document Number 2964984; which also lies Westerly and Southwesterly of
a line idrawn parallel with and 30 feet Easterly and Northeasterly of the
following described line: Commencing at the point of intersection of the
centerline of Aquila AvRnue and the Northerly right-of-way line of West
36th Street; thence S 4v-14'-48" E a distance of 28.89 feet to beginning
of a tangential curve to the left and a radius of 881.47 feet; central
angle of 43v-40'; thence Southeasterly along said curve a distance of
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671.79 feet; thence S 47°-54'-48" E tangent to said curve along a line
hereinafter referred to as line 1 a distance of 64.38 feet t8 a point
hereinafter referred to as Point "A"; thence continuing S 47"-54'-48" E
a distance of 200 feet and there terminating; except that part of the above
described tract of land which lies southwesterly of the following described
line:
Commencing at the above described Point "A"; thence Northeasterly at
right angles to the above described line 1 to an intersection with the
Northeasterly line of Aquila Avenue as described in Document Number 2964984;
thence Southeasterly to a point which is 54 feet Northeasterly from the above
described.point of i:rmination as measured at right angles to the above
described line 1 and there terminating,
and lying Westerly and Southwesterly of a line commencing on the Southern
Right -of -Way line of W. 36th Street and 45' Easterly of line 1; thence a
distance of 514.32' in a Southerly direction 45' Easterly of and parallel
to line 1; thence at right angles 9' Southwesterly to a point 36' Easterly
of line 1; thence in a Southerly direction paralleling line 1, and ending
along the Northeast Line of Tract 1 above described.
Exhibit B
An easement for street and utility purposes in and over the following
described Tracts I and II:
Tract I. All that part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of
Section 18, Township 117, Range 21, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying
Southerly of West 36th Street, as described in Document Numbers 2871012
and 3679988 and lying Northeasterly and Easterly of Aquila Avenue as
described in Document Number 2964984; which also lies Westerly and
Southwesterly of a line drawn parallel with and 30 feet Easterly and
Northeasterly of the following described line: Commencing at the point
of intersection of the centerline of Aquila Avenu8 and the Northerly
right-of-way line of West 36th Street; thence\S 4"-14'-48" E a distance
of 28.89 feet to the beginning of a tangenAial curve to the left and a
radius of 881.47 feet; central angle of 43"-40'; hence Southeasterly along
said curve a distance of 671.79 feet; thence S 47"-54'-48" E tangent to said
curve along a line hereinafter referred to as Line 1 a distance of 64.38
feet to a point hereinafter referred to as Point "A"; thence continuing
S 47°-54'-48" E a distance of 200 feet and there terminating; except
that part of the above described tract of land which lies Southwesterly
of the following described line:
Commencing at the above described Point "A"; thence Northeasterly at right
angles to the above described line 1 to an intersection with the Northeasterly
line of Aquila Avenue as described in Document Number 2964984; thence
Southeasterly to a point which is 54 feet Northeasterly from the above
described point of termination as measured at right angles to the above
described Line 1 and there terminating, and
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41111 Tract II. Commencing at a point 30 feet Southerly along the 1/4 line from
the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 18,
Township 117, Range 21, Hennepin County, Minnesota, which will be called the
point of beginning; thence 20 feet Southerly along the 1/4 line; thence
120.00 feet Easterly along a line paralleling the north nine of the Southwest
1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 to a point of curvature of a 31'53'24" curve to
the right to its intersection with the western Right-of-Way line of Aquila
Avenue; thence northerly along the right-of-way line to a point 30 feet
south of the north line of the southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4; thence
westerly along the southern right-of-way line of West 36th Street to the
point of beginning.
For the purpose of this description said Northerly right-of-way line of
West 36th Street is considered to be a line bearing S 880-45' E.
Exhibit C
An easement for permanent open-space purposes, and open-space use or uses
of said land shall be for park and recreational purposes, conservation of
land and other natural resources, or historic or scenic purposes, in over
and across:
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All that portion of Tract Q, Registered Land Survey Number 1058 northwesterly
of the following described line: Commencing at the southwest of Said Tract Q;
thence northeasterly along the westerly line a distance of 309.97 feet;
thence northeasterly along an extension of the westerly line to a point
on the northeasterly line of said Tract Q a distance of 410.22 feet northwest
of the southeast corner.
Exhibit D
An easement for park purposes in and over the following described property:
Commencing at the southeast corner of southeast one-quarter of northwest
one-quarter; thence north 818.8 feet to point of beginning; then west
308 feet; thence south 130 feet; thence southeasterly to a point 250 feet
south and 150 feet west of point of beginning; thence east to east line
of northwest one-quarter; thence north to point of beginning. All in the
north half of Section 20, Township 117, Range 21.
Exhibit E
An easement for permanent open -space purposes, and open -space use or uses
of said land shall be for park and recreational purposes, conservation of
land and other natural resources, or historic or scenic purposes, also
railroad spur in, over and across that portion of Tract B Registered
Land Survey 829 lying southerly of the following described line:
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Commencing at a point in the west line of said Tract B Registered
Land Survey 829; 60 feet north of the southwest corner; thence
easterly and parallel to the southerly line of said Tract B Registered
Land Survey 829 to a point in a line 10 feet northerly of and
parallel to the center line of existing railroad spur; thence
southerly and easterly along said line parallel to center line of
railroad spur to a line running southeasterly at right angles from
a point in the northwesterly line thereof distant 580 feet southwesterly
from the most northerly corner of said Tract B Registered Land Survey
829 and there terminating.
Exhibit F
An easement for park purposes in and over the following described property:
Commencing 200 feet south of northwest corner of southwest one-quarter
of northwest one-quarter, Section 20, Township 117, Range 21; thence
east 200 feet; thence south 191 feet to northwesterly line of Minneapolis
and St. Louis Railway right-of-way; thence southwesterly along same
221-4/10 feet to west line of southwest one-quarter of northwest one-
quarter; thence north 285-7/10 feet to beginning.
Exhibit G
An easement for park purposes in and over the following described property:
Commencing at the northwest corner of south one-half of southeast
one-quarter Section 18, Township 117, Range 21, then south 87.45
feet; thence deflecting to the left 71 0 minutes 30 secondidistant
325.2 feet; thence north parallel to the west line of southeast one-
quarter; to the north line of the south one-half of the southeast one-
quarter; thence west along the north line of the south one-half of
southeast one-quarter to point of beginning less the following,
commencing at a point 30 feet southerly along the 1/4 line from the
northwest corner of the southwest one-quarter of the southeast one-
quarter of Section 18, Township 117, Range 21, Hennepin County Minnesota,
which will be called the point of beginning; thence 20 feet southerly
along the one-quarter line; thence 120.00 feet easterly along a line
paralleling the north line of the southwest one-quarter of the southeast
one-quarter to a point of curvature of a 310 53'24" curve to the right
to its intersection with the western right-of-way line of Aquila Avenue;
thence northerly along the right-of-way line to a point 30 feet south
of the north line of the southwest one-quarter of the southeast one-
quarter; thence westerly along the southern right-of-way line of
West 36th Street to the point of beginning.
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Exhibit H
An easement for park purposes in and over the following described property:
Tract K in Registered Land Survey 1058 in Section 18, Township 117,
Range 21, St. Louis.Park, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota.
Adopted by the City Council October 20, 1975.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
Reviewed for administration: Approved as to form and legality:
City Manager City Attorney
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