Resolution - #87-240 - 09/22/1987

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Councilt.~mbc ~ Cox i.troduced the following resolution and moved RESOLUTION #87-240 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN REAL PROPt~iR~ FOR WATER TOWER PURPOSES W~REAS, the City of Ramsey proposes to construct a wate,' .~.t~ ~ge facility (water tower) which project will be const~,c~,~,~ generally on part of the following described propertf~ The Northeast quarter (NE 1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section 25, Township 32, Range 25 lying southwesterly of County State Aid Highway #5, Anoka County Minnesota. and W~tEREAS, the improvement consists of a water tower and assocja~.~d ?~c~]~ties in order to provide for the health, welfare and safeway ~ th~: residents of the City of Ramsey; and ~,~Iil'I,',!',EA}J, the property owner from whom the fee title to the rec.i.~,,l [~roperty has been identified by the City as follows. to wit.: P i~, ~.~ Owner Property__Size 25-3 2~q! 5 .- ~] - (1002 K~nneth Law arid NOW THERE!~'(.~I(k, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANO~'A i".OUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: i) ~'hat the Ramsey City Council hereby authorizes the City E.~ i.~'_~r, Mr. Peter R. Raatikka of Hakanson Anderson Assocl..t~ inc~, to proceed to acquire the fee title to said land in .~'~'~ ~a~e with Minnesota Statutes and the City Charter. ~) ~!ha~ if the land as described above cannot be acqu£~:'~i i~? direct negotiation it shall be acquired by eminent domai~ a~t ~'i~ C~ty Council hereby requests the City Attorney to f.i.].e t.}~.c~ ~,~ssary petition therefore, and to prosecute such actio~ ~ ¢= ~ .~uccessful conclusion or until it is abandoned. dismissed ~,~: i~:~rmi~ated by the City or Court. The mot~'<~, f~: i~he adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconde~ bS' C~u~cilmember DeLuca and upon vote being taken thereon, the fol]owi.~i!; ~ oted ~n favor thereof: Resolution #87-240 Page 1 of 2