HomeMy WebLinkAbout5608 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1976/10/05RESOLUTION NO. 56t8
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING GIFT OF LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES
WHEREAS, Morse Properties, A Minnesota Limited Partnership, has offered to donate
to the City of St. Louis Park certain property which has a market value of $23,000.00;
WHEREAS, the City Attorney has advised the City Council that Morse Properties, A
Minnesota Limited Partnership, does in fact have good title to the subject property,
which is legally described as:
That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20,
Township 117, Range 21, described as follows: Commencing at the point of
intersection of the Southeasterly right of way line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad with a line drawn parallel with
ald 65 feet Southwesterly, measured at right angles, from a line bearing
South 50 degrees 05 Minutes East from a point in the Southeasterly line of
said right of way, distant 806 feet Northeasterly, measured along said right
of way, from the West line of said section; thence Southeasterly along said
parallel line 173.66 feet to the actual point of beginning of the tract of
land to be described; thence South 28 degrees 25 Minutes West, 47.3 feet;
thence Southerly on a tangential curve to the left, with a radius of 468.34
feet, a distance of 127.49 feet, to the North line of Powell Road; thence
East along the North line of said road 260.43 feet to an intersection with
an extension of aforesaid parallel line; thence Northwesterly along the
extension of said parallel line 251.85 feet to the actual point of beginning,
situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Book 68 of Hennepin County Records, page 3755178
This property is given for park use.
WHEREAS, a deed has been presented to the City of St. Louis Park conveying the
subject property to the City; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the gift of the said above described lots is hereby
accepted, and the City Clerk is authorized and directed to file the deed in the
office of the Hennepin County Register of Deeds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City hereby expresses its gratitude and
appreciation to the donor for his generosity.
Adopted by the City Council , 1976.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
Reviewed for Administration: Approved as to Form and Legality:
City Manager City Attorney