83-6825R.:3 1
RESOLUTION NO. 6825
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZIiv'G THE ACQUISITION OF
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOi~AIN
PROCEEDIIv'GS
WHEREAS, On October 15, 1975, the City Council in and for
the City of Richfield, 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 alleviate
the shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing for persons
of low or moderate income, 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
WHEREAS, the City Council in and for the City of Richfield
finds 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, said property at the earliest
possible date; and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of the subject property is consistent
with and necessary to the implementation of the Lyndale-Hub-
Nicollet Commercial Improvement Program and to the elimination
of, or prevention of, the spread of deterioration within the
project area;and
WHEREAS, efforts to obtain the property through negotiation
have been unsuccessful; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that title to and
possession of such property be acquired before the filing of
an award by the court-appointed commissioners, and
~~THEREAS, -`he Richfield Housing and Redevelopment Authority
on June 20, 1983 by Resolution No. 224, did authorize the acquis-
ition of such property by eminent domain.
NOI+T, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Richfield as follows:
1. The commencement of eminent domai:~ proceedings for
the purpose of acquiring fee simple absolute title
to the property described in Exhibit A by the HRA
is hereby approved. Such acquisition shall be for
the purpose of redevelopment.
Passed by the
this 10th day of
ATTEST:
City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota
October ,'1983.
yl a K. Bergh y'
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? . That pa.-t of Goverr.~ent Lot Cr+e {?) , Sectcn Twenty-setr~*~
(27) , Tcwnship '='•~rent-y-sight (28) , Range 'TM,~ent~~-.our (24) ,
described as ollcws : Commencing Two fiundr ed T'aenty-nine
and 6/10 (229.6) feet *Tort.~ and T',~o Hundred Fifty-s«~ and
6/ZO (256.6) Qeet East from the Southwest corner of Lot 0; e
(1) , thence North Cne Hundred T~*~ ee (10 3) feet, thence
South Eighty-.~~to (82) degrees Fifty-six (56) ainutes East
One Hundred Forty One and 7/10 (141.7) feet; t~enca North
Lighty-t*xo { 82) degrees, Thi=ty-four (34) Brutes East to
center line of Lyndale Avenue, ~ ence Scutherly along t~:e
center line o f Lyacale Avenue One fiu.Tdred Fifteen (_ZS )
feet, thence West T~~ eo a`u.~dr ed Six and S/10 (3 0 6.5) feet
to beginning, and
2. Tracts B and C, Registered Land Sta.~vey No. 1318, except
that part of Tract 3, Registered La.Td Su+Yvey No. 1318,
described a~ Lying easterly and northerly of the following
described lines: Beginning at the Southwest corner cf
Tract A Registered La.*td Survey No. 1318; t~ience southerly
along the southerly extension of the westerly line of Tract
A, a distance of 8.62 feet; thence Baste=ly deflecting to
the. left 82 degrees l3 minutes 28 seconds, to t.+e easterly
.line of said Tract B and there terminating;
3. That part of Government Lot 1, Sect_on 27, Township~28,
Range 24, described as begirnin g at a point iz tie South
line of said Gover anent Lot 1, distant 256.6 Teet East c_
the Southwest car.^er of said Government Lot l; t.~ence
Nort'~erly .parallel with tze West li :e of said Government
Lot 1, a distance of 229.60 felt to the point of begi.-iriag;
thence at a right angle Westerly 2.20 test; thence Northerly
deflecting to the right 89 degrees 38 minutes, a distance
of 104.7 feet to the Southerly line of Registered La*~d
Survey No. 1318, Files of the 3egist_ar o= Titles, Cou.*;t~r
of He.*~u=epiz; tt:ence Easterly alonc said Sou t.:erly lane c=
Registered Land Sun ey No . 1318 , Files c: t~:e Regist_ a. of
Titles, County of fiennepia, to its i:tersecticn wit: a line
drawn Dtcrtherly from tie point of beginrin g and para21e1
wit_'~ t.~ie '~1est line o° sa'_d Gover-.aert Lot 1, ~:e:^ce Scute_Zv
along said last pa_allel li e to y'-e : tint cf begs:s~'_nc +
according to the Gover:^~ent S~--~ey~~th~+ .,_ .
The West line of sa_d tract .as been judicially cola-pied
and mar:red by Judicial Landmarts set p ursua nt to Tcr_ ens
Case No. 17641, and situate in Renrepin County, `"~:u:esota.