84-6877R11
CITY OF RICHFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 6877
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
REAL PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS '
WHEF.EAS, on October 15, 1975, the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority in and for the City of Richfield "PIRA" adopted,
and has subsequently amended, the Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet
Commercial Improvement Program, and has determined that
properties within the project area were deteriorated and
deteriorating within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes 1982,
Section 462.421., Subdivision 11; and
WHEREAS, the Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet Commercial Improvement
Program has been determined to be necessary to eliminate -and
to prevent the spread of such deterioration and to achieve
the other objectives for which the Program was established; and
WHEREAS, the property described in Exhibit A, attached
hereto and made a part hereof as though fully set out at
this point, is within the project area and has been designated
for acquisition; and
S+7HEREAS, the HRA has found it necessary, proper and
expedient, and in the interest of the public health, safety,
convenience and general welfare of the citizens of the City
of Richfield to acquire., for the public purposes of redevelopment,
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and has asked the City to approve the use by the HRA of its
power of eminent domain; and
~1HEREAS, the acquisition of the subject property is
consistent with and necessary to the implementation of the
Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet Commercial Improvement Program and to
achieve the objectives for which the Program was established;
and
WHEREAS, efforts to obtain the property through negotiation
have been unsuccessful.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Richfield as follows:
1. The commencement of eminent domain proceedings by
the HRA for the purpose of acquiring fee simple
absolute title to the property described in Exhibit
A is hereby approved. Such acquisition shall be
for the purpose of redevelopment.
ity of Richfield, tty}'s 26th day
ohn Hami~'l~ton Mayor
Exhibit A
Parcel l: That part of Government. Lot 1, Section 27, Township
28, Range 24, commencing at a point, which point is marked
by Judicial Landmark, and is located 256.6 feet East and 33
feet North of the Southwest corner of Government Lot I;
thence North parallel with West line of said Lot 90.7 feet
to a point marked by Judicial Landmark; thence at right
angles East 229.2 feet to the point of intersection with the
Westerly line of Lyndale Avenue, which point is marked by
Judicial Landmark; thence Southwesterly along said line of
Lyndale Avenue 95.5 feet to the point of intersection with
the North line of West Sixty-sixth Street, which point is
marked by Judicial Landmark; thence West along said line
195.7 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 2: That part of Government Lot 1, Section 27, Township
28, Range 24, described as beginning at a point in the South
line of said Government Lot l; distant 152.80 feet East of
the Southwest corner of said Government Lot l; thence Easterly
along the South line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of
103.80 feed; thence Northerly. parallel with the West line of
said Government Lot 1, a distance of 229.60 feet; thence at
a right angle Festerly 2.20 feet; thence Northerly•deflecting
to the right 89 degrees 38 minutes a distance of 104.07 feet
to the Southerly line of Registered Land Survey Number 1318;
Files of Registrar of Titles; County of Hennepin; thence
Westerly along last said Southerly line to an intersection
with a line drawn Northerly from the point of beginning and
parallel with the West line of said Government Lot 1; thence
Sout:~erly along last said parallel line to the point of
beginning.
That the East line of said tract has been judicially determined
and marked by Judicial Landmarks set pursuant to Torrens
Case Nos. 10017 and 17641 and the West line of said tract
has been judicially determined and Judicial Landmar's set
pursuant to Torrens Case :~?o. 17641, accordirLg to t Govern.*nent
Survey thereof.
Parcel 3: All that part of Government Lot 1, Secticn 27,
Township 28 North, Range 24 ~•7est of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, described as follows: Ccmn'encing on a line parallel
to and 256.6 feet East of the west line of said Section 27
at a point therein which is 123.7 feet ~?orth along .paid line
from the South line of said Government Lot 1, which point is
mar};ed by a Judicial Landmark; thence North along said
parallel line a distance of lOS.9 feet; thence East a distance
of 306.5 feet, more or less, to an intersection with the
Westerly line of LyndaleAvenue, which point of intersection
is determined by returning to the point of beginning of said
line and continuing North along said parallel line a distance
of 103 feet; thence South 82 degrees 56 minutes East 141.7
feet; thence North 82 degrees, 34 minutes East to the West
line of Lyndale Avenue; thence Southerly along said latter
line, 1lS feet to said point of termination of the North
line of the land now being described; thence Southwesterly
along the Westerly line o'f said Avenue a distance of 113.4
feet, more or less, to a Judicial Landmark located in said
line at a distance of 95.5 feet Northeasterly along said
line from a Judicial Landmark placed at the intersection of
the Westerly line of said'Avenue and the North line of hest
66th Street; thence West 229.2 feet to the
according to the Government Survey thereof point of beginning,
Parcel 4: Tract D, Registered Land Surve Noe
of Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin. 1318, Files
All situate in Hennepin
Being registered land as i
Title No. 594262.
unty,°Minnesota.
evidenced by Certificate of