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1983-224101 RESOLUTION NO. 224 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS '~ WHEREAS, on October 15, 1975, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield adopted, and has subsequently amended, the Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet Commercial Improve- ment 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 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 Housing and Redevelopment Authority 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 con- sistent 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; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Rededel- opment Authority in and for the City of Richfield as follows; ~. 1. The commencement of eminent domain proceedings for the purpose of acquiring fee simple absolute title to the property described in Exhibit A is hereby authorized. Such acquisition shall be for the purpose of redevelopment. 2. Authorization is~hereby given to obtain the trans- fer of title and possession of the subject prop- erty prior to the making of the award by the court-appointed condemnation commissioners and as soon as may be allowed by law. . 3. The Executive Director and Commission Chairman are authorized to take whatever action they shall deem ~ necessary and consistent with this Resolution for the purpose of acquiring title to the property described in Exhibit A. Passed by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield this 20th day of June 1983. homes Halms, Chairman ATTESTS ~. ,7o~,$Il die mberger, Se retary 1 Exx2BiT A I. That part of Government Lot One (1), Section Twenty-seven (27), Township Twenty-eight (28), Range Twenty-four (24), described as follows. Commencing Two Hundred Twenty-nine and 6/10 1229.6) feet North and Two Hundred. Fifty-six and 6/10 (256.6) feet East from the Southwest corner of Lot One (1), thence North One Hundred Three (103) feet, thence South Eighty-two (82) degrees Fifty-six (56) minutes East One Hundred Forty One and 7/10 (141.7) feet; thence North Eighty-two (82) degrees, Thirty-four (34) minutes East to center line of Lyndale Avenue, thence Southerly along the center line of Lyndale Avenue One Hundred Fifteen (115} feet, thence West Three Hundred Six and 5/IO (306.5) feet to beginning, and 2.. Tracts B and C, Registered Land Survey No. 1318, except that part of Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 1318, described as lying easterly and northerly of the following described lines: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Tract A Registered Land Survey No. 1318; thence southerly along the southerly extension of the westerly Line of Tract A, a distance of 8.62 feet; thence easterly deflecting to the left 82 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds, to the easterly line of said Tract B and there terminating: 3. 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 1, distant 256.6 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Government Lot l; thence Northerly parallel with the West line of said Government Lot 1, a distance of 229.60 feet to the point of beginning; thence at a right angle Westerly 2.20 feet; thence Northerly deflecting to the right 89 degrees 38 minutes, a distance of 104.7 feet to the Southerly line of Registered Land Survey No. 1318, Files of the Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin; thence Easterly along said Southerly line of Registered Land Survey No. 1318, Files of the Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin, to its intersection with a line drawn Northerly from the point of beginning and parallel with the West line of said Government Lot 1, thence Southerly along said last parallel line to the point of beginning, according to the Government Survey thereof. The West line of said tract has been judicially determined and marked by Judicial Landmarks set pursuant to Torrens Case No. 17641, and situate in Hennepin County, Minnesota.