Resolution - #21-353 - 12/14/2021

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WHEREAS, the City, acting through its city council, on December 9, 2014, adopted Resolution #14-12-262 (hereinafter attached and incorporated herein as “Exhibit 2”) which formally and legally dissolved the HRA effective December 31, 2014; and WHEREAS, the City, in that same resolution, directed “City staff shall undertake all necessary actions to effectuate the transfer of all HRA assets, agreements and related documents to the City” and that “Upon dissolution, all rights of the HRA against any person, firm or corporation shall accrue to and be enforced by the City”; and WHEREAS, the City, by Ordinance #15-05, effective April 13, 2015 (and incorporated herein by reference as “Exhibit 3”), expressly ordained, under the authority of Section 12.5 of the City Charter, that the above Properties, among others, were no longer needed for present or future City functions and authorized them to be marketed for sale and conveyance; and WHEREAS, it is currently believed that all properties formerly owned by the HRA have been directly and formally conveyed by the HRA to the City by deeds of record, except for the Properties above noted which remain in the public record nominally in the name of the HRA notwithstanding the stated intention of the HRA to the contrary; and WHEREAS, the City is in all respects the legal successor in interest to the HRA and is fully authorized by the above-noted Resolutions and Minnesota law to effect any and all necessary transfers, action or other matters related to the Properties; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City to clear any confusion as to the status of the title of the Properties in the public record caused by the name of the now-dissolved HRA on the title records by establishing that they are clearly, and in fact, the property of the City by law and through the valid transfer of the property and authority of the HRA to the City. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1. The City is the successor in interest to the HRA and is fully empowered to act as necessary on its behalf to affect all transfers of real estate from the HRA to the City. 2. It is in the City’s interest to have the parcels identified below as: a. Property I.D. # 28-32-25-21-0094 legally described as Outlot A, COR THREE, located in Anoka County, MN. b. Property I.D. #34-32-25-13-0005 legally described as Lot 4, Block 1, Riverside West, located in Anoka County, MN. transferred from the nominal ownership of the former HRA to the City. 3. The City expressly authorizes its Mayor and City Administrator to execute on the City’s behalf as successor in interest any and all documents necessary to accomplish the Resolution #21-353 Page 2 of 10