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Sec. 12.5. Sales of real property. Noreal property of the city, with the exception of cemetery plots, shall bedisposed of except by ordinance. The proceeds of any sale of such property shall be used as far as possible to retire any outstandingindebtednes incurred bythe city inthe purchas�construction, orimprovement ofthisorotherpropertyused for the same public purpose. If there is no such outstanding indebtedness, the council may by resolution designate some other public use for the proceeds. Sec. 12.6. Vacation of streets. The council may by ordinance vacate any street or alley or other public grounds or part thereof within the city. Such vacation may be made only after published notice in the official newspaper and an opportunity for affected property owner and public to be heard, and upon such further terms and by such procedure as the council by ordinance may prescribe. A notice of completion of such procedure shall be filed in accordance with state statutes. Sec. 12.7. Statutes not affected by Charter. All general laws and statutes of the state applicable to all cities operating under home rule charters, or applicable to cities of the same class as the City of Ramsey operating under home rule charters, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, or the ordinances of this city, shall apply tothe City ofRamsey, and shall beconstrued assupplementary tothe provision ofthis Charter. Sec. 12.8. City to succeed to rights and obligations of former city. The city shall succeed to all property, rights, and privileges, and shall be subject to all legal obligations of the former city. Sec. 12.9. Existing ordinances and resolutions continued. AJ|ord/nances resolutions and regulations of the municipality in force when this Charter takes effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, are hereby continued infull force and effect until amended or repealed. Sec. 12.10. Officers to continue for present terms. All elective and appointive officers ofthe city holding office onthe effective date ofthis Charter shall continue inoffice for the terms towhich they were elected orappointed, and until their successors shall have been elected orappointed and have qualified. Sec. 12.11. Pending condemnations and assessments. Any condemnation orassessment proceeding inprogress when this Charter takes effect shall becontinued and completed under the state statutes under which such proceeding was begun. All assessments made by the municipality prior tothe time when this Charter takes effect shall becollected, and the lien thereof enforced inthe same manner as if this Charter had not been adopted. Created: 2025e1'03 16.18.19 /csn Page 21 of 25