HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 650 - Condemnation - Gorra Property - 11/28/1972 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOIUTION NO. 650
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF
PART: LANDS EITHER BY PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE RIGHT. OF EMINENT DOMAIN
WHEREAS, it has been necessary for the Village of Eden Prairie,
a Municipal Corporation, Hennepin County, Minnesota, to acquire from
time to time lands for the use of park sites because of the rapid growth
in the population of the Village and the ever-increasing number of people
therein, and
WHEREAS, the Village has completed the comprehensive plan for the
Village which plan designates certain areas as being the logical and
appropriate areas to develop as park lands, and
WHEREAS, the following described tracts, pieces and parcels of land
are necessary for the development of the park plan of the Village, to-wit:
Government Lot 4 Section 24, Township 116, Range 22, except
that part thereon as follows : Beginning at a point in the East
line of said Government Lot 4 distant 363.0 feet North of the
Southeast corner of said Lot ; thence West on a line at right
angles to the East line of Government Lot 4 a distance of 355.0
feet; thence North parallel with the East line of said Government
Lot 4 a distance of. 859.8 feet more or less to the shore of
Anderson Lake; thence Northeasterly along the shore of said. Lake
to the Northeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence South
along East line of said Government Lot 4 a distance of 1102.1
feet more or less to the point of beginning, Hennepin County,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village Council of the Village of Eden
Prairie, a Municipal Corporation, Hennepin County, Minnesota, has determined
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
and Simons, F.A. , Hopkins, Minnesota, are hereby empowered and directed to
proceedtD acquire the same by purchase or condemnation under the right of
eminent domain according to the laws of this state, and that such proceedings
be commenced, and that the Mayor and Village Manager be, and they 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 appraise
the same.
ADOPTED by the Village of Eden Prairie this 28th day of November,
1972.
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aul R. Redpath, Mayor
Attest:
Edna M. Holmgreg, CCle—r-lt�--