#117 09-18-78 Condemnation Public Street Right-of-WayResolution #117
September 18, 1978
Member Anderson introduced and read the written resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION
(Authorizing the Acquisition by Purchase or Condemnation
of Certain Real Property for Public Street Right -of -Way)
WHEREAS, it appears that it is necessary and desirable to acquire the real
estate hereinafter described for the purpose of a right-of-way for public
sidewalk construction thereon, and;
WHEREAS, the acquisition of said real estate through direct purchase
or condemnation appears to be desirable and reasonable, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Golden Valley
that certain parcel of real estate hereinafter described below be acquired by
purchase or condemnation, and the Mayor, City Manager, City Clerk and the
City Attorney are hereby authorized and directed to take all necessary steps
and to execute all necessary documents in connection with the acquisition of
said real estate, to -wit:
Jersey Avenue to West Cortlawn Circle - A Perpetual easement for sidewalk
purposes, in, on, over and across the North 10.0 feet of the following described
property:
The East Eighteen (18) Acres of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of the North-
east Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Five (5), Township One Hundred Seventeen (117)
Range Twenty-one (21), Hennepin County, Minnesota. Together with all that part of
the West Twenty-one and Thirty-five Hundredths (21.35) Acres of the Northwest Quarter
(NW 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Five (5), Township One Hundred
Seventeen (117), Range Twenty-one (21), Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying East of
the Easterly line of a Sixty (60) foot strip, the center line of said strip of land
being described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of said Northwest
Ouarter (NW 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4); thence running Southeasterly
to a point in the South line of said Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of the Northeast
Quarter (NE 1/4), which point is five Hundred Sixty-six and Twenty-three Hundredths
(566.23) Feet West of the Southeast Corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of the
Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 as measured along the South line thereof, said description
comprising triangular parcel of land having its base along the Northerly line of
said Quarter (1/4) Twelve and Seventy-three Hundredths (12.73) feet in width and
extending Southerly by two converging straight lines to an apex, the Westerly line o f
said trianqle beinq One Hundred Ninetv-two and Three Hundredths (192.03) Feet and
the Easterly line of said triangle being One Hundred Ninety-two and Thirteen Hundredths
(192.13) Feet;
EXCEPT THEREFROM:
All that part of the East Eighteen (18) Acres of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of
the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Five (5), Township One Hundred Seventeen
(117), Range Twenty-one (21) lying within a strip of land Sixty (60) Feet in width,
Resolution #117 con't
September 18, 1978
the
center line
of said
strip of
land
being described as follows: Beginning at
the
Northwest corner
of
the East
One
Half (E 1/2) of the said Northwest Quarter
(NW
1/4) of the
Northeast
Quarter
(NE
1/4); thence running Southeasterly to a point
in the
South line
of the
said Northwest
Quarter (NW 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter
(NE
1/4), which
point is
Five Hundred
Sixty-six and Twenty-three Hundredths (566.23)
Feet
West of the
Southeast
corner
of
said Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of the North-
east
Quarter (NE
1/4) as
measured
along
the South line thereof; and except that
part
platted as
CORTLAWN
ADDITION
2nd
SECTION.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the independent appraisal of the above-
described real estate which shall be obtained as required by applicable Minnesota
law be transmitted to the owner of said property and that an offer to purchase
said property be made to the said owner for the amount of said appraisal, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in the event the above-described real estate
cannot be acquired by negotiated purchase pursuant to said appraisal the appro-
priate officers of the City described above be authorized and directed to commence
the appropriate condemnation proceedings, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the acquisition the above-described land
is necessary and desirable, and the purpose afores d or whi said lands are to
be acquired is a proper and necessary public.
ROBERT R.HOOVER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JOHN MURPM1, CITY CCERKU
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded
by Member Thorsen and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor
thereof: Anderson, Hoover, Johnson, Stockman and Thorsen and the following voted
against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted, signed by the Mayor and his signature attested by the City Clerk.
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