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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990.06.06 RESO 1990-0016RESOLUTION NO. 1990-16 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDING AND TO AUTHORIZE TARING OF TITLE AND POSSESSION OF THE LAND PRIOR TO FILING OF AWARD BY COURT APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS WHEREAS, the City of Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota, hereinafter the "City" proposes to acquire approximately 70 Acres of real property; hereinafter the "Property", with structures for accommodating one or more immediate public purposes including but not limited to -- 1) public park and open space area; 2) public access to Rice Lake Wildlife Management Area; 3) community center building and related parking area; 4) wetlands preservation area; and for accommodating one or more future public purposes including but not limited to -- 5) fire station site, 6) civil defense siren site, 7) sand and gravel storage location for road work, 8) equipment storage and parking location, 9) recycling center, and/or 10) other public purposes, and any or all such future public purposes as may be from time -to -time established by the City; and WHEREAS, the City desires that the Property be served by access to a surfaced collector roadway or arterial roadway; and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of acquiring the Property in close proximity to the City's Municipal Urban Service Area; and WHEREAS, the City has authority to acquire the Property for one of said purposes pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 465.01, 117.011, Chapter 429, and such other Statutes as may be applicable; and WHEREAS, the City has the right to acquire title and possession of the Property prior to filing of the award by the Court appointed Commissioners, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 117.011 and 117.042; and 06/05/90 1 IV , 1*0 WHEREAS, the Property is owned by the White Bear Road and Gun Club, a Minnesota non-profit corporation; and WHEREAS, the Property is generally described as follows, to - wit: the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4, Section 28, Township 31 North, Range 21 West, less property previously conveyed of record, it being understood that the exact legal shall govern, continuing 70 acres, more or less, and WHEREAS, other parties, if any, having any interest in the Property shall be identified, notified and made a part of the eminent domain proceeding as required by law. WHEREAS, the public use or public uses contemplated are not inconsistent with the City's Comprehensive Municipal Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City authorized negotiation for the purchase of the Property by Resolution 1990-10, adopted by the City the 2nd day of April, 1990, but the City has been unable to successfully negotiate the purchase of the Property; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hugo authorizes acquisition of the Property by eminent domain and to take title and possession of that land prior to the filing of an award by the court appointed Commissioners, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 465.01, 117.011, and 117.042, Chapter 429, and such other statutes as may be applicable; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hugo City Attorney is requested to file the necessary Petition therefore, and to prosecute such action to a successful conclusion or until abandoned, dismissed or terminated by the City or the Court. Upon roll call, members voting AYE: Jesinski, Olson, Vail, Atkinson ABSENT: McAllister Voting NAY: NONE hereupon s Resolution was declare passed d ado ted this day of , 1990. F1 Attest: Mary AAA Creager, City erk 06/05/90 2