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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN AND APPROVAL OF APPRAISED VALUES
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Drainage and Uffity linprovements, project No. 2016.124 (the "Project"), as thoroughS
described in the Feasibility Report prepared by Focus Engineering, hic., dated March 2016 and
amended in May 2016, incorporated by reference herein, and
WHEAEAS, the Project area *includes 500 feet south of 30th Street to County State Aid
Highway (CSAH) 14, 30th Street fi-om Lake Elmo Avenue to Lisbon Avenue North, 34th Street
from Lake Elmo Avenue to 150-feet west, 35th Street from Lake Elmo Avenue to the dead end,
and 36 th Street • Lake Elmo Avenue to 200-feet west, and
improve stormwater drainage conveyance, extend municipal sanitary sewer service, replace aged
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is necessary for the City to acquire certain
permanent easements and temporary construction easements (collectively, the "Easements")
depicted in Exhibit A attached hereto in • to install and maintain the Project, and
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WHEREAS, on behalf of the City, the County has engaged a qualified independent
consultant to provide an opinion of damages caused by the Easement acquisitions from each
WHEREAS, on behalf of the City, the County has made offers of compensation to the
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WHEREAS, on behalf of the City, the County has been diligently working with the
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is reasonably necessary, proper, and
convenient, and in the interest of the general welfare that the City acquire by eminent domain
the Project,
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2. The law firm ofKennedy & Caravan, Chartered, is authorized and directed to take all steps
necessary can behalf of the City to acquire through eminent domain the Easements that are
not acquired by voluntary negotiation, including filing; an action its eminent domain and
using the quick tape procedure under Minn. Stat. § 11 7.042
. The appraised value for the Easements adequately reflect the fair market values thereof
and are hereby approved for the purposes of Minn. Sat. § It 7.042 :
Passed and duly adapted this 1 'clay of July, 2016, by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmer,
Minnesota.
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Mike Pearson, Mayor
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J` ohnson,,CAy Clerk
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