HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 606 - Authorization of Acquisition of Lands for Reservoir Site - 10/24/1972 VILLAGE Or EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 606
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF LANDS
AS AND FOR A WATER RESERVOIR SITE EITHER BY PURCHASE
OR CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE RIGHT OF
EMINENT DOMAIN
WIIEREAS, it has been necessary for the Village of Eden Prairie, a Municipal
Corporation, Hennepin County, to acquire from time to time lands for the use of a
water main system, water towers and water reservoirs because of the rapid growth
in the population of the Village and the ever-increasing number of people thereig,
and
WHEREAS, the Village has completed a Comprehensive Plan for the Village
which Plan designates certain areas as being the logical and appropriate areas
for the establishment of such water towers and water reservoirs, and
WHEREAS, the following described tract, piece and parcel of land is
necessary for the development of such a water reservoir and the development of
the water system of the Village, to-wit :
That portion of the North half of the Northeast quarter of Section 3,
Township 116 North, Range 22 West, Hennepin County, Minnesota, lying
West: of the Westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Interstate Highway
No. 494; East of the centerline of County Road No. 60, 66 feet in
width; and North of the Southerly 450 feet of said North half of the
Northeast quarter of said Section 3 ; described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of said centerline with a line
parallel with and 450 feet Northerly as measured at right angles, of
the South line o�f Ja ' �*^ t half of the Northeast quarter; thence
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Northerly along said centerline 30.06 feet; thence Easterly along a.
line parallel. with said South line 331.87 feet;
thence Northerly along a line parallel with said centerline 235.49
feet; thence Easterly along a line parallel with said South line 269.29
feet to a point on said Westerly right-of-way line of II. S. Interstate
Highway No. 494; thence Southerly along said Westerly right-of-way line,
267.35 feet to the point of intersection with the aforesaid line parallel
with and 450 feet from said South line of the North half of the Northeast
Quarter; thence Westerly 619. 52 feet along last said parallel line to
the point of beginning.
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie,
a Municipal Corporation, Hennepin County, Minnesota, has deteniiin.ed that it is
necessary for reasons hereinbefore set forth that the Village acquire said
property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Attorneys, Perbix, Harvey x Simons,
P.A. , of Hopkins, Minnesota, are hereby empowered and directed to proceed to acquire
the same by purchase or condemnation under the right of eminent domain according to
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the laws of this state and that such proceedings be commenced, and that said
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attorneys be and hereby are authorized and directed on behalf of the Village to
sign a Petition directed to the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota,
praying .for the acquisition of said lands and the appointment of Commissioners to
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appraise the same.
ADOPTED by the Village of Eden Prairie this day of C ,
1972.
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Attest:
Cleric