RES 15-055 Authorizing Offer to Property Owners to Acquire Property Areas Needed for the Highway Safety Improvement Project

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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 15-055 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESENTATION OF OFFERS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AREAS NEEDED EITHER BY NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION FOR THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony Village (the City) has initiated the Highway Safety Improvement Project along 37`h Avenue NE (the Project), to construct a sidewalk, and appurtenant work; and WHEREAS, the construction schedule for the Project contemplates that the Project will start during 2016; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the City obtain title and possession, either by negotiation or condemnation, to the necessary easements for the Project before construction may begin; and WHEREAS, the City should commence negotiation in good faith immediately in order to facilitate the acquisition by negotiation and to allow the timely acquisition by condemnation of the necessary easements for the Project; and WHEREAS, market value appraisals of the easements required for the Project have been commissioned by the City and completed by Kelly Lindstrom (the Firm); and WHEREAS, the City wishes to make offers to property owners based on the completed market values appraisals completed by the Firm and Exhibit A attached sets forth the appraised market value in the appraisals completed for the easement interest required for the Project totaling $105,075.00; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village that: 1. The presentation of offers for the easement interests required for the Project in the amount of the appraised market value set forth on attached Exhibit A totaling $105,075.00 are hereby authorized. 2. That the City Council hereby directs that a copy of the completed market value appraisal for the easement(s) on each property be provided to the respective property owner with the presentation of offer.