79-6090RlUb
RESOLUTION N0. 6090
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING JUST COE•1PENSATION
AND PROVIDING FOR THE COP•4P•9ENCE1~9ENT
OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
PERPETUAL EASEMENTS, LYNDALE AVENUE ,
1~1HEREAS, the Richfield City Council (City) desires to make certain
improvements to Lyndale Avenue in the area of the LHN Redevelopment Project;
and,
41HEREAS, these improvements will. provide for increased pedestrian and
motor vehicular safety as well as enhancement of .the visual image of the
area; and,
WHEREAS, the improvements will provide expanded roadway areas to accommo-
date medians and turning lanes and for the installation of landscape elements such as
sidewalks, plant materials and street furniture; and,
IJHEREAS, to install these improvements it is necessary to acquire additional
land from private. property owners; and
41HEREAS, the City has caused appraisals of the affected property to be
made, has carefully considered such appraisals, and believes the work of such
appraisers was performed in a competent manner and in accordance with applicable
law.
NOt•d, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD:
1. That it is necessary to acquire permanent easements over, under and
across .the following described areas with Just Compensation set as indicated.
For improvements to pedestrian areas
Easement Area ;~12 6413 Lyndale Avenue South $5,000
That part of Lots 13, 15, 16, and 17,a11 in Block 6, Lyndale Oaks, according to
the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying southwesterly of
the following described line:
Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 17, Block 6, said Lyndale
Oaks; thence North 46 degrees 50~minutes 40 seconds .East, assumed
basis for bearings, along the southeasterly line of said Lot 17,
10.09 feet to the point of beginning of the line to~be described;
thence North 42 degrees 47 minutes 59 seconds t•Jest 59.30 feet; thence
South 47 degrees 12 minutes Ol seconds !Jest, 5.00 feet; thence
North 42 degrees 47 minutes 59 seconds West, 19.20 feet; thence South
47 degrees 12 minutes O1 seconds ~•Jest, 1.70 feet; thence North 42
degrees 47 minutes 59 seconds t~lest, 26.40 feet; thence North 47 decrees
12 minutes O1 seconds East, 1.20 feet; thence North 42 degrees 47
minutes 59 seconds Glest, 195.10 feet to the southeasterly line of
Lot 14, Block 6, said Lyndale Oaks and there terminating.
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2. That the Lity Manager and City Attorney are authorized and
directed to commence negotiations for the purchase of the perpetual easements
described above. ~~
3. That the City Manager is hereby directed to notify, in writing,
the owners of the subject properties, as soon as possible, that the City
presently intends to acquire a perpetual easement provided-negotiations
result in the determination of a mutually agreeable sales price. The City
Manager shall include with such notifications a statement which complies.
with requirements. of regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 24 C.F.R. ~ 42.135.
4. That upon the completion of the negotiations, the City f~1anager
shall report back to the City',with a proposal for the purchase of said perpetual
easements which is acceptablelto the owner(s), and shall report his recommenda-
tions relating to said proposals.
Passed by the City Council of'~the City of Richfield this 29thday of May, 1979.
G
~' L en L. Law Mayor
ATTEST:
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omas J. Mor,~n City', Clerk