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June 21, 1976
RESOLUTION NO;y5 48
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF
PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES
WESTWOOD HILLS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER
WHEREAS, the City Council of St. Louis Park has authorized and directed the
City Manager to negotiate with Skyhill, a general partnership consisting of
Darrel A. Farr and Fred M. Seed for the purchase of the fee title to the land here-
inafter described for public use, and
WHEREAS, Skyhill pursuant to such negotiations, has indicated its desire to
sell said property to the City by Warranty Deed for the sum of $202,000, now there-
fore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park that the City of St. Louis
Park purchase from Skyhill to -wit:
That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
(NE 1/4 of SE 1/4) of Section Six (6), Township One Hundred
Seventeen (117), Range Twenty -One (21), enclosed by the fol-
lowing described line commencing at the Northwest corner of
said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of
SE 1/4) thence East along the North line a distance of 413.7
feet to the point of beginning thence South parallel to the
West line a distance of 819.81 feet to the South line of the
North Quarter of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter (N 1/4 of S 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4)
thence East along said line a distance of 285 feet thence
Northeasterly to a point in the North -imine of said Northeast
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of SE 1/4) 450.0
feet East of the point of beginning thence West along said
North line to the point of beginning and there terminating,
according to the attached map,
and the Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized to execute any and all instru-
ments necessary to complete the purchase of said property and the City Manager is
hereby authorized and directed to accept delivery of the deed and to pay the sum
of $202,000 to the said Skyhill as the purchase price of said property upon the
delivery to him of a Warranty Deed to said property accompanied by an Abstract of
Title or Owner's Certificate of Title showing good and marketable title of record
to said property, together with an opinion of the Law Department of the City of
St. Louis Park approving the execution of the deed and the seller's abstract or
certificate.
Adopted by the City Council June 21, 1976.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
Reviewed for administration: Approved as to form and legality:
City Manager City Attorney