77-2637 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 77-2637
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF CERTAIN
RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY LAND IN GOVERNMENT LOTS
5 & 6, SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 117, RANGE 22
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins is in critical need of soil fill
material in connection with the repair of roads and the maintanance of the
City sanitary landfill and other public purposes, and
WHEREAS, a desirable and useful quantity of such material for such
purposes is present and available upon the premises hereinafter more fully
described, which premises are presently owned by Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
and Pacific Railroad Company, and
WHEREAS, said owner is willing to sell said premises, and
WHEREAS, said premises are useful and needed by the City of Hopkins
for other public purposes in addition to the above.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the City Council of the
City of Hopkins as follows:
1. That the City of Hopkins purchase title in fee simple from
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company,
the following described premises situated in Hennepin County,
Minnesota, viz:
All that part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Railroad Company right-of-way in Government Lots 5 and 6,
Section 26, Township 117 north, Range 22 west, which lies
southeasterly of a line drawn parallel to and distant 50 feet
southeasterly at right angles from the center line of the
most northerly or westerly-bound main railroad track, and
which lies easterly of the center line of Hennepin County
Road No. 61, except road,
for the sum of $22,000.00 payable in cash upon delivery of such title by
appropriate deed accompanied by evidence of ownership from said owner.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Manager are
hereby authorized and empowered to take all necessary steps and sign and
execute for and in behalf of the City of Hopkins all necessary documents in
connection with said sale.
JERRE A. MILLER
Mayor
H.E. RICHARDSON, City Clerk
JOSEPH C. VESELY, City Attorney