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CHAPTER <br /> <br />Mnm qtal ~ 4[2.211 <br /> <br />t~':trchrt.;'e .t.d 3'oie q/ <br />tiro.oct'p.' ( a. 70a ). <br /> <br />[?'eudl¢9, v CiO, q ",Vortl~ield. <br />__,'~- !vhnn 45:L 35 ,"J W 2d 606 <br /> <br />~'t'(;~,~'~r~l~)e/ v. ~'iO' o/'SL <br />2'72 Minn. 250. 137 x~ W <br /> ,. 2d <br /> 965 ) <br /> <br /> W2d621 (Mum 1980). <br /> <br />,x, ~.)o 1~-A-I~Nov 20. <br /> <br />Mum 5htt .} 5!)U.2U <br /> <br />[k'lh?~lelmul? i' .k'/e.~s~el'. 250 <br />Mmn 3g. 43 N.W 2d ~00 <br /> <br />;l"iiz:,; :' ,°htli~o& 274 Minn. <br />4U0 ;.~z N WZd <br /> <br />XlX. Real estate.acquisitions, <br /> sales, and other dispositions <br /> <br />Statutory cities.are authorized to acquire real and personal property within or <br />outside their corporate limits by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, iease, <br />or otherwise. The law permitting the conveyance of tax-forfeited land <br />city may also be used to acquire land for community development programs. <br /> <br />Statutory cities are free to hold. manage, control, sell. convey, lease, or <br />otherwise dispose of' real and personal proper~ as required by the city's <br />interest. <br /> <br />With the council's attthorization, no consideration is required when a citw <br />conveys land for the public use to another public corporation, any <br />governmental subdivision, or the Minnesota Armory Building Commission. <br /> <br />Special problems arise in conveying lands held in trust for some specified <br />public purpose. Usually a statute or charter is necessary to enable a citw to <br />alienate tends it holds in trust and uses for a specific purpose. <br /> <br />For example, ifa city has dedicated land for a public purpose, such as a park <br />or square, the city corporation holds the property in trust, for the public and <br />has no power to divert the lands fi'om the uses and purposes of' its original <br />dedication. The land can be used only for the purposes for which ir is <br />dedicated and cannot be sold. <br /> <br />Thus. it is important for tides to examine the specific language ora deed that <br />~'estricts the purposes of the land to determine if the deed created a trust. [fa <br />trust is created and the city sells the land. the buyer's ownership interest w'ill <br />terminare if the land ceases to be used for dne purpose identified in the deed. <br /> <br />A city's power to convey land that is limited to a particular pm-pose is a <br />complicated legal consideration. The council should seek the advice of-' its <br />cir~ atxorney prior to authorizing any sale or disposition of' the property. <br /> <br />[ {.x '40 ~l ~ )tx ::OP, 'VIINNI-_501 ,~. (_' Fr[g:5 <br /> <br />Tins .znapter last revised '0!29/200a. <br /> <br />i6-37 <br /> <br />109 <br /> <br /> <br />