77-2557 CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 77-2557
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PUBLIC PARK IN THE
CITY OF HOPKINS AND AUTHORIZING
ACQUISITION OF SITE THEREFOR AND THE
CONSTRUCTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT THEREOF
WHEREAS, numerous citizens and residents of the City of Hopkins,
as well as civic organizations, have from time to time urged the City Council
of the City of Hopkins to provide a suitable downtown city park in Hopkins, and
WHEREAS, the Park Board of the City of Hopkins and the Community
Development Citizens Advisory Commission and the Zoning and Planning Commission
and the City Planner of and for the City of Hopkins have made preliminary studies
and inspections concerning the availability and the feasibility of a creation of
a downtown City park in the City of Hopkins, and
WHEREAS, by resolution of the Park Board of the City of Hopkins
the City Council has been urged to acquire title for such park purposes of the
following described premises situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota, viz:
Lots 10, 11 and 12 and Lots 23, 24 and 25, •
Block 5, Wes.t 'Minneapolis
and thereafter immediately cause the construction of a public park thereon, and
WHEREAS, the City Council concurs with the opinions of the various
persons and organizations hereinabove named.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the City Council of the
City of Hopkins as follows:
1. That the City of Hopkins shall acquire the title to the
premises hereinabove described for the purpose of constructing and maintaining
thereon a public park.
2. That said premises shall be appraised by at least one competent
appraiser and the fair and market value thereof thus determined.
III3. That the City Attorney of the City of Hopkins shall acquire said
premises for said purposes by negotiation or by action in Eminent Domain.
4. That the Park Board of the City of Hopkins shall and are hereby
authorized to secure the services of suitable park planners to devise a plan for
such a downtown City park .
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
February 15, 1977.
H. E. RICHARDSON, City Clerk JERRE A. MILLER
JOSEPH C. VESELY, City Attorney Mayor