78-2734 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 78-2734
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
LANDS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH HOPKINS INDUSTRIAL
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BY NEGOTIATION, PURCHASE,
OR CONDEMNATION IN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR AND IN
BEHALF OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
411 OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA.
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1978, the City Council of the City of Hopkins,
pursuant to its Resolution No. 77-2646, determined and resolved to adopt a Hopkins
Redevelopment Program in a specified district all within the meaning of MSA
462.421 ; and
WHEREAS, in the furtherance of the plan heretofore adopted, it is necessary
for the City of Hopkins Housing and Redevelopment Authority to acquire certain parcels
of land as a portion of the Hopkins Redevelopment Program set forth in previous re-
solutions of the City Council which land is located in South Hopkins Industrial Re-
development District.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the City Council of the City of
Hopkins and by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Hopkins as
follows:
1 . That is is necessary in the furtherance of the plan of rehabilitation
and redevelopment in the City of Hopkins and in the public interest for public ournoses
set forth and allowed in the Statutes of the State of Minnesota, that the City immedia-
IIIacquire by negotiation and purchase or by an action in condemnation under the
Laws of Eminent Domain the title to the following described premises situated in Hopkins.
Hennepin County, Minnesota, viz:
PARCEL #800
NWQ of SW4 north of RR lands
Sec 25-117-22 Triangle shape. 1 .52 acres or 66,2.11 sq.ft.
PARCEL #5245
That part of S1/2 of NW4 described as follows,
beginning at SWC of said S , thence on an assumed
bearing of N along W line of said S2 of NWC thereof,
thence easterly along N line of said S to southerly
extension of E line of Block 3, L.P. Creviers 1st
Addition to West Minneapolis, thence S 8° 42' 10" !4
to S line of N 150' of said S2, thence F along said
S line to southerly extension of W line of Block 2,
L. P. Creviers 1st Addition, thence S along said
• southerly extension to northwesterly R/lI line of RR,
thence south westerly along said R/W line to S line
of said S , thence W to POB except road.
Irregular shape. 9.82 acres or 42.7,759 sq.ft.
TOTALS 11 .34 acres or 493,970 so.ft.
2. That the City Manager and the City Attorney of the City of Hopkins is
hereby ordered, authorized and empowered to acquire the above nremises as hereinabove
set forth at not more than the fair and reasonable market value of said premises and
that upon such acquisitions the proper officers of the City of Hopkins are hereby
authorized and empowered to issue funds of the City of Hopkins to pay for the cost of
such acquisitions including all reasonable expenses necessarily spent in connection
therewith.
3. That upon the acquisition of the titles to said above described premises
it is hereby further resolved that the presently existing structures, dwellings and
other buildings located thereon shall be completely razed and removed therefrom at the
expense of the City of Hopkins.
4. That thereafter the City Manaoer and the City Attorney is hereby
authorized for and on behalf of the City of Hopkins to accept offers for all or
parts of the premises described above, it being understood that such offers shall
be by bona fide prospective purchasers whose intent and purpose shall be the
immediate redevelopment by construction of suitable commercial buildings and other
structures thereon and that no offer shall be accepted from any offeror except for
the purposes hereinabove set forth.
• Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota, at a
regular meeting held the 7th day of November, 1978.
H. E. RICHARDSON, JERRE A. MILLER,
City Clerk Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney
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