00-27 - 04-18 - Approve Hennepin Parks Acquire Trail Easement Condemnation from Sage Company Resolution 00-27 April 18, 2000
Member Johnson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL FOR HENNEPIN PARKS TO ACQUIRE A
TRAIL EASEMENT BY CONDEMNATION FROM THE SAGE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District (Hennepin Parks) has
attempted to enter into an agreement with the Sage Company for the purchase of a
perpetual easement legally described as:
"A perpetual easement for trailway purposes over, under, across and through part of
the following described property: Lot 2, Block 1, VALLEY VILLAGE 2ND ADDITION,
Hennepin County, Minnesota. Said perpetual easement being that part of said Lot 2
described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence
southerly along the west line of said Lot 2 a distance of 500.0 feet; thence easterly at
a right angle to said west line 40.0 feet; thence northeasterly to a point on the north
line of said Lot 2 distant 90.0 feet easterly from the northwest corner thereof; thence
westerly along said north line to the point of beginning.
"Together with a perpetual easement for trailway purposes over, under, across and
through that part of said Lot 2 described as follows: Commencing at the northwest
corner of said Lot 2; thence southerly along the west line of said Lot 2 a distance of
500.0 feet to the point of beginning of the perpetual easement to be described;
thence easterly at a right angle to said west line 40.0 feet to the point of beginning of
a line hereinafter referred to as "Line A"; thence southeasterly to a point on the south
line of said Lot 2 distant 130.0 feet easterly from the southwest corner thereof and
said "Line A" there terminating; thence westerly along said south line to the
intersection with a line run parallel with and distant 50.0 feet southwesterly of said
"Line A"; thence northwesterly parallel with said "line A" to the intersection with the
west line of said Lot 2; thence north along said west line to the point of beginning."
to be used for a portion of the North Hennepin Trail Corridor; and,
WHEREAS, this trail corridor, located between the cities of Plymouth and
Minneapolis, traverses the City of Golden Valley and will benefit the citizens by creating an
off-road transportation link and recreational trail through the northwestern suburbs which is
proposed to eventually connect to the forty-mile North Hennepin Regional Trail and the
Luce Line, as well as other regional trails; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the advantages to the public in having the North
Hennepin Trail consistently developed, signed and managed by one regional recreation
agency with the cooperation of and in coordination with local municipalities; and
WHEREAS, Hennepin Parks, in the operation of its regional parks, park reserves
and the North Hennepin Regional Trail, demonstrates its knowledge and experience in
designing, administering and maintaining high quality facilities in a manner that is
supportive of natural resources preservation and public safety; and
Resolution 00-27 - Continued April 18, 2000
WHEREAS, the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District has been unable to
conclude an agreement for acquisition of a perpetual easement for a trail with the Sage
Company and has determined that fair and meaningful negotiations have been exhausted;
and
WHEREAS, M.S. 398.09(b)1 requires that the Suburban Regional Park District not
"acquire real estate by purchase or condemnation which is located within the boundaries of
an incorporated statutory city or city unless the governing body of such statutory city or city
shall have consented thereby by resolution duly adopted";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Golden
Valley that it does hereby grant to Hennepin Parks consent to acquire by condemnation a
perpetual easement from the Sage Company for the North Hennepin Trail Corridor as
described above.
Mary E. nderson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Shirley J. son, City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Member LeSuer
and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Anderson,
Johnson, LeSuer and Micks; and the following was absent: Bakken, and the following
voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted, signed by the Mayor and her signature attested by the City Clerk.