HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-041 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2019/03/18Resolution No. 19-041
Resolution authorizing condemnation
of land for public purposes
Whereas, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park does hereby determine that it is
necessary and for a public use and purpose to acquire fee title and/or permanent and
temporary easements over the property legally described on the attached Exhibit "A", subject
to engineering modifications, if any, for purposes in connection with the Cedar Lake Road
Project; and
Whereas, City staff and consultants have and will continue to work with the property
owners to acquire the necessary property; and
Whereas, the City Council finds that construction timing makes it necessary to acquire
the necessary fee title and/or easements as soon as possible in order for the project to proceed
in an efficient, cost effective and expeditious manner.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park,
Minnesota:
1. That the City Attorney is authorized to commence eminent domain proceedings
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 117 to acquire the necessary fee title and/or
permanent and temporary easements over the properties identified on the attached Exhibit
“A”, subject to engineering modifications, if needed.
2. That the City Attorney is authorized to acquire the necessary property interests
pursuant to the “quick take” provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 117.042.
3. That the Mayor and the City Manager are authorized to execute all documents
necessary, in the opinion of the City Attorney, to effect the acquisition of the necessary
property interests.
4. The City has obtained appraisals of the property being acquired and staff is
authorized to continue negotiating with the property owners relating to the acquisition of the
property and to acquire the property from the property owners by negotiation if possible.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council March 18, 2019
Thomas K. Harmening, City Manager Jake Spano, Mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, City Clerk
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Exhibit “A”
Parcel 2
Lot 4, Block 1, “Eliot View 2nd Addition”, according to the recorded plat thereof, and situate in
Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Parcel 6
Tract A, Registered Land Survey No. 916, County of Hennepin except that part thereof which
lies South of a line parallel with and 451.51 feet North of the South line of said Tract A.
Parcel 8
Tract H, Registered Land Survey No. 1481, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Parcel 9
That part of the East 460.00 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 9, Township 117 North, Range
21 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Hennepin County, lying Northerly of the Burlington
Northern, Inc., right-of-way, which lies Southerly of the centerline of Old Cedar Lake Road.
Also, that part of the West 40.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter o f
Section 31, Township 29 North, Range 24 West of the 4th Principal Meridian, lying Northerly of
the Burlington Northern, Inc., right-of-way, which lies Southerly of the centerline of New
County Road No. 16.
Also, that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 29,
Range 24, lying Northerly of the Great Northern Railroad (now Burlington Northern, Inc.) Right -
of-Way and Southerly of the center line of New County Road No. 16, and which lies Easterly of a
line 40.00 feet East, measured at right angles to and parallel with the West line of said
Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, according to the United States Government
Survey thereof, and situate in Hennepin County, Minnesota, except that part acquired by the
County of Hennepin in Deed Document No. 4517060, recorded in the office of the Hennepin
County Recorder.
Said property also described on the Survey made by Boch & Clark’s National Surveyors Network
dated October 16, 2006, last revised November 15, 2006, and des ignated as Job No. 20061310-
001, described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the property, as depicted on
survey; thence on an assumed bearing of North 0 degrees 03 minutes 44 seconds West, 816.71
feet; thence along a non-tangential curve concave to the North, (curve data: central angle = 32
degrees 12 minutes 46 seconds, Radius = 716.20 feet, Length = 402.66 feet); thence North 76
degrees 20 minutes 13 seconds East, 64.82 feet; thence South 0 degrees 03 minutes 44 seconds
East, 132.98 feet; thence South 63 degrees 43 minutes 29 seconds East, 44.63 feet; thence
South 0 degree 03 minutes 44 seconds East, 42.16 feet; thence along a non-tangential curve
concave to the Northeast (curve data: central angle= 29 degrees 09 minutes 08 seconds, Radius
= 347.00, Length = 176.55 feet); thence South 69 degrees 36 minutes 06 seconds East, 225 feet;
thence North 20 degrees 23 minutes 54 seconds East, 41.38 feet; thence along a non -tangential
curve concave to the Northeast, (curve data: central angle = 19 d egrees 39 minutes 31
seconds, Radius = 818.51, Length = 280.84); thence South 06 degrees 37 minutes 01 second
West, 40.00 feet; thence South 72 degrees 41 minutes 15 seconds West, 1196.54 feet back to
the point of beginning.
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Parcel 10
Lot 1, Block 1, Farrs Sunset Ridge 4th Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Parcel 12
That part of the West 283.70 feet of the East 743.70 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 9,
Township 117 North, Range 21 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, lying Northerly of the
Burlington Northern, Inc. right-of-way, which lies Southerly of the center line of Old Cedar Lake
Road, according to the United States Government Survey thereof, and situated in Hennepin
County, Minnesota.
Parcels 13A, 13B, and 15
Parcel 13A
PART OF CONDO. NO. 446, SUNSET RIDGE
BUSINESS PARK (LOT 3 BLOCK 1
SUNSET RIDGE BUSINESS PARK)
Hennepin County, Minnesota
City of St. Louis Park
Parcel 13B
PART OF CONDO. NO. 446, SUNSET RIDGE
BUSINESS PARK (LOT 12, BLOCK 1
SUNSET RIDGE BUSINESS PARK)
Hennepin County, Minnesota
City of St. Louis Park
Parcel 15
PART OF CONDO. NO. 446, SUNSET RIDGE
BUSINESS PARK (LOT 4, BLOCK 1
SUNSET RIDGE BUSINESS PARK)
Hennepin County, Minnesota
City of St. Louis Park
Parcel 14
Lot 1, Block 1, Park Place Plaza Second Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, and
situate in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Parcel 16
Lot 3, Block 1, Park Place Plaza, according to the recorded plat thereof, and situate in Hennepin
County, Minnesota.
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