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R-74-32 RESOLUTION CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF WHITMAN PARCEL FOR PARK PURPOSES BY MEANS OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo has heretofore determined that it is necessary, advisable and in the public interest to establish certain parks within the City including the so--called'Sunfish Lake Park"; and WHEREAS, in order to accomplish such purposes it is necessary to acquire the following described land, namely: The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of NW 1/4) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Twenty-nine (29) North, Range Twenty-one (21) West, Washington County Minnesota (containing ten (10) acres, more or less). owned by Edward G. Whitman and LaVerne D. Whitman, husband and wife; and the City has offered to purchase such land from said owners at a price deemed by the Council to be favorable but the owners have refused to accept such offer; and WHEREAS, by reason of such refusal to sellthe lands above described to the City, it has become necessary to procure such lands by right of eminent domain: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Lake Elmo proceed to procure title to such land under its right of eminent domain and that the City Attorneys be and are hereby authorized and directed to file the necessary petition therefor and to prose- cute such action to a successful conclusion or until it is abandoned, dismissed or terminated by the City or by the Court; that the City Attorneys, the Mayor and the Clerk do all things necessary to be done in the commencement, prosecution and successful termination of such action. Adopted by the City Council this 1st day of October, 1974. Mayn rd Eder, Mayor Attest: Donald M hsikomer, Clerk