HF 567

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance or 
  1.3             public sale of certain tax-forfeited lands that border 
  1.4             public water or natural wetlands in Anoka county. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  1.7   PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  1.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.9   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  1.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  1.11  city of Coon Rapids the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
  1.12  water that is described in paragraph (c). 
  1.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.14  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  1.15  if it is not used for park or open space purposes.  The 
  1.16  conveyance must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater 
  1.17  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
  1.18  and vegetative characteristics of the land are allowed beyond 
  1.19  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyance in 
  1.20  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
  1.21  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
  1.22     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  1.23  county and is described as follows: 
  1.24     City of Coon Rapids, (PIN No. 14-31-24-43-0025) that part 
  1.25  of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and that part 
  2.1   of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter in Section 14, 
  2.2   Township 31 North, Range 24 West, Anoka county, Minnesota, 
  2.3   described as follows:  Commencing at the northwest corner of 
  2.4   said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence due East 
  2.5   (assumed bearing) along the north line of said Southeast Quarter 
  2.6   of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 680 feet; thence South 7 
  2.7   degrees 16 minutes East 720.7 feet to the actual point of 
  2.8   beginning of the tract of land to be described; thence South 87 
  2.9   degrees 06 minutes East to the centerline of Coon Creek; thence 
  2.10  northerly, westerly and northwesterly along the centerline of 
  2.11  said creek to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the 
  2.12  Southwest Quarter; thence East along said north line to the 
  2.13  southwesterly right-of-way line of United States Highway No. 10; 
  2.14  thence southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line to the 
  2.15  westerly railroad right-of-way line of Burlington Northern, 
  2.16  Inc.; thence southerly along said railroad right-of-way line to 
  2.17  the south line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  2.18  Quarter; thence West along the south line of said Southwest 
  2.19  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and along the south line of 
  2.20  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the southwest 
  2.21  corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
  2.22  thence North along the west line of said Southeast Quarter of 
  2.23  the Southwest Quarter to a point distant 900 feet South of the 
  2.24  initial point of commencement, as measured along the west line 
  2.25  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence East 
  2.26  and parallel with the north line of said Southeast Quarter of 
  2.27  the Southwest Quarter to an intersection with a line drawn 
  2.28  southerly from the actual point of beginning and parallel with 
  2.29  the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
  2.30  Quarter, thence northerly to the actual point of beginning; 
  2.31  EXCEPT that part platted as Robinson's Preserve. 
  2.32     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  2.33  interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
  2.34  city of Coon Rapids to use for park or open space purposes. 
  2.35     Sec. 2.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  2.36  WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  3.1      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.2   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  3.3   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  3.4   city of St. Francis the tax-forfeited lands bordering public 
  3.5   water that are described in paragraph (c). 
  3.6      (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  3.7   attorney general and provide that the lands revert to the state 
  3.8   if they are not used for park or open space purposes.  The land 
  3.9   described in paragraph (c), clause (3), shall be used for open 
  3.10  space purposes only.  No landscape changes, stormwater 
  3.11  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
  3.12  and vegetative characteristics of the lands are allowed beyond 
  3.13  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyances in 
  3.14  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
  3.15  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
  3.16     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
  3.17  county and are described as follows: 
  3.18     (1) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0001) Lot 14, 
  3.19  Oak Grove River Lots; 
  3.20     (2) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0002) Lot 15, 
  3.21  Oak Grove River Lots; and 
  3.22     (3) City of St. Francis (PIN No. 32-34-24-31-0016) all that 
  3.23  part of Outlot 19, Village of St. Francis, lying westerly of the 
  3.24  westerly right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive; EXCEPT the 
  3.25  south 190.00 feet of the west 150.00 feet of said Outlot 19; 
  3.26  ALSO EXCEPT the north 100.00 feet of the south 300.00 feet of 
  3.27  the west 150.00 feet of said Outlot 19; ALSO EXCEPT all that 
  3.28  part of said Outlot 19 described as follows:  Commencing at the 
  3.29  northeast corner of Lot 6, Block 5, Village of St. Francis; 
  3.30  thence North along said westerly right-of-way line of 
  3.31  Butterfield Drive 749.74 feet, more or less, to the north line 
  3.32  of said Outlot 19; thence westerly along said north line 230.00 
  3.33  feet to the point of beginning; thence continue westerly along 
  3.34  said north line to the northeast corner of Outlot 18, Village of 
  3.35  St. Francis; thence South along the east line of said Outlot 18 
  3.36  to the southeast corner thereof; thence West along the south 
  4.1   line of said Outlot 18 a distance of 81.00 feet; thence South at 
  4.2   right angles 284.74 feet; thence East at right angles 341.00 
  4.3   feet, more or less, to a point 230.00 feet west of said westerly 
  4.4   right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive, as measured along said 
  4.5   north line of Outlot 19; thence North to the actual point of 
  4.6   beginning; ALSO EXCEPT all that part of said Outlot 19 described 
  4.7   as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of said Lot 6, 
  4.8   Block 5, Village of St. Francis; thence North along said 
  4.9   westerly right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive 749.74 feet, 
  4.10  more or less, to said north line of Outlot 19; thence westerly 
  4.11  along said north line 230.00 feet; thence southerly parallel 
  4.12  with said westerly right-of-way line 749.74 feet, more or less, 
  4.13  to the south line of said Outlot 19; thence easterly 230.00 
  4.14  feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
  4.15     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  4.16  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
  4.17  city of St. Francis to use for park or open space purposes 
  4.18  according to paragraph (b). 
  4.19     Sec. 3.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  4.20  WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  4.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  4.22  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  4.23  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  4.24  city of Ramsey the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
  4.25  that is described in paragraph (c). 
  4.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.27  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  4.28  state if it is not used for open space purposes.  The conveyance 
  4.29  must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater discharge, or 
  4.30  watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology and vegetative 
  4.31  characteristics of the land are allowed beyond those conditions 
  4.32  that exist at the time of the conveyance in order that the 
  4.33  wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife habitats are 
  4.34  maintained in perpetuity. 
  4.35     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  4.36  county and is described as follows: 
  5.1      City of Ramsey, (PIN No. 26-32-25-42-0017) Outlot B, 
  5.2   Chestnut Hill. 
  5.3      (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  5.4   interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
  5.5   city of Ramsey to use for open space purposes. 
  5.6      Sec. 4.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  5.7   WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  5.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  5.9   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  5.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  5.11  town of Columbus the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water 
  5.12  that are described in paragraph (c). 
  5.13     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  5.14  attorney general and must provide that the lands revert to the 
  5.15  state if they are not used for open space purposes.  The 
  5.16  conveyances must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater 
  5.17  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
  5.18  and vegetative characteristics of the lands are allowed beyond 
  5.19  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyances in 
  5.20  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
  5.21  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
  5.22     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
  5.23  county and are described as follows: 
  5.24     (1) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 30-33-22-42-0007) Lot 
  5.25  31, Breezy Shore; and 
  5.26     (2) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 30-33-22-42-0008) Lot 
  5.27  32, Breezy Shore. 
  5.28     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  5.29  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
  5.30  town of Columbus to use for open space purposes. 
  5.31     Sec. 5.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  5.32  WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  5.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  5.34  103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  5.35  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  5.36  city of Lino Lakes or the commissioner of natural resources the 
  6.1   tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
  6.2   that is described in paragraph (c). 
  6.3      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  6.4   attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to the city of Lino 
  6.5   Lakes, the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the 
  6.6   state if it is not used for open space purposes. 
  6.7      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  6.8   county and is described as follows:  
  6.9      City of Lino Lakes, (PIN No. 11-31-22-34-0007) all that 
  6.10  part of Lot 6, Auditors Subdivision Number 55, Revised, lying 
  6.11  westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive 
  6.12  and lying southerly of the following described line:  Beginning 
  6.13  at the northeast corner of said Lot 6; thence West along the 
  6.14  north line of said Lot 6 a distance of 93.50 feet; thence South 
  6.15  05 degrees 49 minutes 00 seconds West along said westerly 
  6.16  right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive 300.00 feet; thence West 
  6.17  parallel with said north line of Lot 6 a distance of 86.68 feet 
  6.18  to the easterly line of land held by the St. Paul Water 
  6.19  Department; thence South 06 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds East 
  6.20  along said easterly line 35.03 feet to the point of beginning of 
  6.21  the line to be described; thence East parallel with said north 
  6.22  line of Lot 6 a distance of 79.31 feet to said westerly 
  6.23  right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive and there terminating. 
  6.24     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  6.25  interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
  6.26  city of Lino Lakes or the commissioner of natural resources for 
  6.27  open space purposes. 
  6.28     Sec. 6.  [CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
  6.29  BORDERING PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  6.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  6.31  103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  6.32  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  6.33  city of Fridley the tax-forfeited land bordering public water or 
  6.34  natural wetlands that is described in paragraph (c) or may sell 
  6.35  the land to adjoining landowners under the remaining provisions 
  6.36  of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  7.1      (b) The conveyance or sale must be in a form approved by 
  7.2   the attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to the city of 
  7.3   Fridley, the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to 
  7.4   the state if it is not used for open space purposes.  If the 
  7.5   land is sold to adjoining landowners, a conservation easement in 
  7.6   a form prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources must 
  7.7   be reserved to the state. 
  7.8      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  7.9   county and is described as follows:  
  7.10     City of Fridley, (PIN No. 15-30-24-11-0034) Tract D, 
  7.11  Registered Land Survey No. 51. 
  7.12     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  7.13  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
  7.14  city of Fridley to use for open space purposes or returned to 
  7.15  private ownership. 
  7.16     Sec. 7.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  7.17  WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  7.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  7.19  103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  7.20  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  7.21  town of Linwood the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water 
  7.22  or natural wetlands that are described in paragraph (c).  
  7.23     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  7.24  attorney general and must provide that the lands revert to the 
  7.25  state if they are not used for open space purposes.  
  7.26     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
  7.27  county and are described as follows:  
  7.28     (1) Township of Linwood, (PIN No. 26-34-22-23-0021) Lot 1, 
  7.29  Block 2, Paradise Point Unit 4; and 
  7.30     (2) Township of Linwood (PIN No. 26-34-22-23-0042) Lot 6, 
  7.31  Block 4, Paradise Point Unit 4. 
  7.32     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  7.33  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
  7.34  town of Linwood to use for open space purposes. 
  7.35     Sec. 8.  [CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
  7.36  BORDERING PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  8.1      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  8.2   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  8.3   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey the 
  8.4   tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
  8.5   that is described in paragraph (c) to a political subdivision, 
  8.6   including the commissioner of natural resources. 
  8.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  8.8   attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to a political 
  8.9   subdivision other than the commissioner of natural resources, 
  8.10  the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state 
  8.11  if it is not used for open space purposes.  The conveyance must 
  8.12  provide that no changes may be made to the landscape that would 
  8.13  alter the hydrology and vegetative characteristics of the land 
  8.14  from those conditions existing at the time of conveyance in 
  8.15  order to maintain the upland and woodland characteristics of the 
  8.16  land and the resulting wildlife habitats in perpetuity.  If the 
  8.17  land is conveyed to a political subdivision other than the 
  8.18  commissioner of natural resources, a conservation easement in a 
  8.19  form prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources must be 
  8.20  reserved to the state. 
  8.21     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  8.22  county and is described as follows: 
  8.23     City of Oak Grove, (PIN No. 08-33-24-24-0001) an island 
  8.24  lying in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
  8.25  Section 8, Township 33 North, Range 24 West, said island being 
  8.26  located in the Rum river. 
  8.27     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  8.28  interests would best be served if the lands were retained in 
  8.29  public ownership and conveyed to a political subdivision to use 
  8.30  for open space purposes. 
  8.31     Sec. 9.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  8.32  WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  8.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  8.34  282.18, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  8.35  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
  8.36  shall convey the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
  9.1   is described in paragraph (c) to the commissioner of natural 
  9.2   resources or to Anoka county. 
  9.3      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.4   attorney general according to an agreement reached between the 
  9.5   commissioner of natural resources and the Anoka county board.  
  9.6   If conveyed to the county of Anoka, the conveyance must provide 
  9.7   that the land reverts to the state if it is not used for open 
  9.8   space and highway ponding purposes.  If conveyed to the 
  9.9   commissioner of natural resources, the land shall be used for 
  9.10  public access to Round lake and for wildlife habitat purposes. 
  9.11     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Anoka county and 
  9.12  is described as follows: 
  9.13     City of Andover (PIN No. 29-32-24-42-0055), Outlot A, 
  9.14  Brandon's Lakeview Estates, according to the plat on file in the 
  9.15  office of the Anoka county recorder; and subject to a permanent 
  9.16  conservation easement prescribed by the commissioner of natural 
  9.17  resources to be reserved to the state on the following: 
  9.18     Outlot A, Brandon's Lakeview Estates, according to the plat 
  9.19  on file in the office of the Anoka county recorder, EXCEPT all 
  9.20  that part described as follows:  Beginning at the most easterly 
  9.21  corner of Lot 4, Block 1, Brandon's Lakeview Estates; thence 
  9.22  North 46 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West along the 
  9.23  northeasterly line of said Lot 4 and its northwesterly extension 
  9.24  188.70 feet to the intersection with the southwesterly extension 
  9.25  of the northwesterly line of Outlot B, Brandon's Lakeview 
  9.26  Estates; thence North 43 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds East 
  9.27  along said southwesterly extension and the northwesterly line of 
  9.28  said Outlot A 204.34 feet to the most westerly corner of said 
  9.29  Outlot B; thence South 46 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 
  9.30  along the southwesterly line of said Outlot B 189.09 feet to the 
  9.31  most southerly corner of said Outlot B; thence South 43 degrees 
  9.32  14 minutes 40 seconds West along the southeasterly line of said 
  9.33  Outlot A, also being the northwesterly right-of-way line of 
  9.34  Round Lake Boulevard, 204.67 feet to the point of beginning. 
  9.35     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.36  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 10.1   conveyed to the county or to the commissioner of natural 
 10.2   resources for the purposes described in paragraph (b). 
 10.3      Sec. 10.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 10.4      Sections 1 to 9 are effective the day following final 
 10.5   enactment.