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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TEMPORARY FIVE (5) YEAR EASEMENT TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES FOR ITS GRAND AVENUE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to execute a five (5) year temporary easement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 1, to the state of Minnesota for highway purposes and for construction thereof over the following described real property:
That part of Government Lot 1 of Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the northwesterly right of way line of Trunk Highway No. 23 as now located and established and the west line of said Government Lot 1; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly right of way line for 257.6 feet; thence deflect to the left at a right angle to an intersection with the north line of said Government Lot 1; thence westerly along said north line to an intersection with a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet northwesterly of said northwesterly right of way line; thence southwesterly parallel with said northwesterly right of way line to the west line of said Government Lot 1; thence southerly along said west line to the point of beginning.
Said easement shall cease on December 1, 2021, or on an earlier date that the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that the real property is no longer needed for highway purposes. The real property affected by the temporary easement is depicted on Exhibit 2.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the state of Minnesota shall pay the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to the city for the loss of value to the real property in connection with the temporary easement; said sum to be deposited into Fund No. 110-700-1420-4680 (general fund, transfers and other functions, capital program, damage or losses recovered).
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