1984-2421
RICHFIELD HOUSING AND
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION N0. 242
RESOLUTIONI 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
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Tn'HEREAS, 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 consis-
tent 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 to alleviate a shortage of decent, safe and
sanitary housing for persons of low or moderate income and their
families; 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, THEREFOP.E, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelop-
ment 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
transfer of title and possession of the subject
property 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 26th day of March 1984.
~~~~
omas Harms, Chairman
ATTESTe
J n Helmberger, Secr tary
Exhibit A
Parcel 1: 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 1;
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 So.u_thc~.e_s-t~ly along said line of
Lyndale Avenue 95.5 feet to. the point of intersection with
the North line of West Sixty-sixth Street, which paint is
marked by Judicial Landmark; thence West along said line
195.7 feet to the paint of beginning.
Parcel 2: That part of Government Lot 1, Section 27, Township
23, Range 24, described as beginning•at a point in the South
line of said Government Lot 1; distant 152.80 feet East of
the Southwest corner of said Government Lot 1; thence Easterly
along the South line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of
103.80 feet; thence Northerly parallel with the c7est line of
. said Government•Lot 1, a distance of 229.60 feet; thence at
a right angle ~,7esterly 2.20 feet; thence Northerly deflJcting
to the right 89 degrees 38 minutes a distance of 104.07 feet
to the Southerly line of Registered Land Survey NuMber 1313;
Files of Registrar of Titles; County of Hennepin; thence
Westerly along last said Southerly line to an intersection
with a lire dracan Northerly from the point of beginning and
parallel with the West line of said Government Lot I; thence
Southerly along last said parallal line to the point of
beginning.
That the East 1i.ne of said tract has been judicially deter:,iined
and marked by Judicial Landmarks set pursuant to Torrens
Case .1os. 10017 and 17641 and the West line of said tract
has been judicially determined and Judicial Landmar°:; set
pursuant to Torrens Casa ~;o. 17641, accordinc to tr.~
Survay thereof. Govern.^Zent
Parcel 3: yll that part of Government Lot 1, Section 27,
To:•;nshia 23 Mort::, Range 24 i•;est of the Fourth Principal
:•leridian, described as follows: Ccmmencirg on a line parallel
to and 256.6 feet East of the ;•;est line of said Sec~ion 27
at a point therein which is 123.7 feet.North along .paid line
from the South line of said Government Lot 1, which point is
mar:;ed by a Judicial Landmarv; thence North along said
parallal line a distance o~ 105.9 feet; thence East a distance
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of 306.5 feet, more'~or less, to an intersection with the:..
Westerly line of Lyndale Avenue, which
is determined b Point of intersec~;.on
y returning to the point of beginni.rig o1'~sid
line and continuing North along said parallel line a.~~ist•~znce
of 103 feet; thence South 82 degrees Sb minute's Ea,~t'l.~i.7
feet; thence North 82 degrees, 34 minutes East to~-the West
line of Lyndale Avenue; thence Southerly ala~g maid latter
line, 3,15 feet to said point of termination of the North
line of the land now being described; thence Southwesterly
along the Westerly line of 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 west
66th Street; thence West 229.2 feet to the
acco.rdi„g to the Government Survey thereof point of--beginning,
Parcel 4: Tract D, Registered Land Survey No, 1.318, Files
of Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin.
A1.1 situate in Hennepin County, .Minnesota.
Eeing registered land as is evidenced by Certificate of
Title No. 594262.
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