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s <br /> • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br /> WITHDRAWN <br /> RESOLUTION 99-051 <br /> A RESOLUTION APPROVING CITY ACQUISITION <br /> OF 2700, 2704, AND 2709 PAHL AVENUE <br /> BY EMINENT DOMAIN <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony passed unanimously on January 13, <br /> 1998, Resolution 98-018 authorizing the City Manager to proceed with <br /> negotiations to purchase five homes (2713 and 2716 St. Anthony Boulevard and <br /> 2700, 2704, and 2709 Pahl Avenue); and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony passed unanimously on May 26, <br /> 1998, Resolution 98-046 authorizing final plan preparation including purchase <br /> of said five homes; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony on March 23, 1999, authorized City <br /> staff to retain Evergreen Land Services Co. to negotiate on behalf of the City <br /> the purchase of the homes on Pahl Avenue because negotiations between the <br /> • homeowners and the City had reached a stalemate; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony's last offer on June 17, 1999 to purchase 2709 Pahl <br /> Avenue for $200,000 plus assessment has been rejected; the last offer to <br /> purchase 2700 Pahl Avenue for $133,500 plus assessments has been rejected; <br /> the last offer to purchase 2704 Pahl Avenue for $142,000 plus assessments has <br /> been rejected; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony, Minnesota, a municipal corporation <br /> under the laws of the State of Minnesota, (the "City") has determined that it is <br /> necessary, advisable, and in the public interest that the City acquire title to <br /> certain property for drainage, storm water holding, and flood mitigation <br /> purposes; and <br /> WHEREAS, in order to accomplish such public purposes, it is necessary that the City <br /> acquires the properties described on Exhibit A attached hereto made a part <br /> hereof(the "Properties"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the City has been advised that the properties will not be made available for the <br /> City by negotiated purchase in a manner that would meet the objectives and <br /> purposes of the City and that it is necessary and appropriate that the City <br /> acquire the Properties by eminent domain; and <br /> • <br />