HF 1978

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:56am

A bill for an act
relating to state lands; authorizing land acquired by the city of Eagan and subject
to reversion to state to be used for a colocation facility; amending Laws 1995, chapter 159, sections 1, as amended; 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 1995, chapter 159, section 1, as amended by Laws 1996, chapter 305,
article 1, section 126, is amended to read:

Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; DAKOTA
COUNTY.

(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
282, Dakota county may convey to the city of Eagan, without consideration, the lands
bordering public waters that are described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions
of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.

(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
conveyance must provide that, except as provided in section 2, the land reverts to the
state if it is not used for public park or open space purposes new text begin , or a colocation facility that
provides secured space for public and private Internet and telecommunication network
equipment and servers new text end .

(c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Dakota county, are designated by
the Dakota county parcel number contained within the parentheses, and are described as:

(1) (Parcel No. 10-01100-011-75) as:

That part of the East Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11,
Township 27 North, Range 23 West, described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 0 degrees
04 minutes 54 seconds East assumed bearing, along the east line of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section 11, 878.96 feet to the northeast corner of OUTLOT I, GOPHER
INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND ADDITION, record plat and the point of beginning of the
tract to be described; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 34 seconds West along the
north line of said OUTLOT I 660.45 feet to the easterly line of EAGANDALE CENTER
INDUSTRIAL PARK NO. 4, record plat; thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 28 seconds
East along the easterly line of said EAGANDALE CENTER INDUSTRIAL PARK NO. 4
1406.80 feet to the southerly line of BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION,
record plat; thence North 76 degrees 29 minutes 44 seconds East along the southerly line
of said BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION 678.38 feet to the east line of
the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence South 0 degrees 04 minutes 54 seconds
West along the east line of said Southeast Quarter 1569.53 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing 22.54 acres, more or less, subject to a city drainage and utility easement.

(2) (Parcel No. 10-01200-011-50) as:

That part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 27
North, Range 23 West, described as follows:

Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 12; thence North 0 degrees 04
minutes 54 seconds East assumed bearing, along the west line of the Southwest Quarter of
said Section 12, 878.47 feet to the northwest corner of OUTLOT H, GOPHER EAGAN
INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND ADDITION, record plat and the point of beginning of the
tract to be described; thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 06 seconds East along the north
line of OUTLOT H and OUTLOT G, of said GOPHER EAGAN INDUSTRIAL PARK
2ND ADDITION 1321.39 feet to the east line of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter
of said Section 12; thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 16 seconds West along the east
line of the West half of said Southwest Quarter 1128.04 feet to the westerly right of way
line of the Soo Line Railroad (formerly the Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Railroad); thence North 37 degrees 55 minutes 59 seconds West along said westerly
railroad right of way 804.77 feet to the north line of the West Half of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 12; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 35 seconds West along the
north line of said West Half of the Southwest Quarter 13.20 feet to the southerly line of
BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION, record plat; thence South 76 degrees
29 minutes 44 seconds West along the southerly line of said BORCHERT-INGERSOLL,
INC. 1ST ADDITION 833.52 feet to the west line of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 12; thence South 0 degrees 04 minutes 54 seconds West along the west line of said
Southwest Quarter 1570.02 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing 48.02 acres, more or less, subject to a city drainage and utility easement.

Sec. 2.

Laws 1995, chapter 159, section 2, is amended to read:

Sec. 2. CITY OF EAGAN; AUTHORITY TO EXCHANGE LAND.

The city of Eagan may exchange a portion of the parcel of land described in section
1, paragraph (c), that does not border public waters with any owner of property within a
one-quarter mile radius of the land described in section 1, paragraph (c), for a parcel of
land contiguous to the land described in section 1, paragraph (c), and bordering public
water. The conveyance of any land acquired by the city of Eagan through the exchange
must provide that the land reverts to the state if it is not used for public park or open
space purposes new text begin , or a colocation facility that provides secured space for public and private
Internet and telecommunication network equipment and servers new text end .

Sec. 3. new text begin REVISED DEED.
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new text begin The commissioner of revenue is authorized to issue a revised state deed that
provides that the land conveyed under Laws 1995, chapter 159, as amended, may be used
for a colocation facility that provides secured space for public and private Internet and
telecommunications network equipment and servers.
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Sec. 4. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.
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