1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing the conveyance of 
  1.3             certain tax-forfeited and acquired land that borders 
  1.4             public water or natural wetlands in Hennepin county. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  1.7   PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS, HENNEPIN COUNTY, TO THE CITY 
  1.8   OF EDEN PRAIRIE.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  1.10  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, and 
  1.11  the public sale provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
  1.12  Hennepin county may convey to the city of Eden Prairie, without 
  1.13  consideration, the tax-forfeited land bordering public water or 
  1.14  natural wetlands in the city of Eden Prairie that is described 
  1.15  in subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  1.16  Statutes, chapter 282. 
  1.17     (b) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
  1.18  Eden Prairie for park and open space purposes. 
  1.19     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.20  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  1.21  state of Minnesota if it is not used for park and open space 
  1.22  purposes under applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations. 
  1.23     Subd. 2.  [DESCRIPTION.] The land that may be conveyed is 
  1.24  located in Hennepin county and is designated as PIN No. 
  1.25  25-116-22-33-0003.  It is legally described as:  That Part of 
  2.1   Outlot I, Bluffs West, Embraced within the Southwest quarter of 
  2.2   Section 25, Township 116, Range 22, according to the plat on 
  2.3   file in the office of the Hennepin county recorder. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  2.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  2.6   282.018, subdivision 1, and the sale provision of Minnesota 
  2.7   Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin county may convey to the city of 
  2.8   Champlin for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering 
  2.9   public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
  2.10     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  2.11  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  2.12  state of Minnesota if it is not used for park purposes. 
  2.13     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Hennepin 
  2.14  county and is described as: 
  2.15     That part of Lot 11, Block 5, auditor's subdivision No. 5, 
  2.16  Hennepin county, Minnesota, lying North of a line parallel with 
  2.17  and distant 43.0 feet North of the South line of Government Lot 
  2.18  3, Section 19, Township 120, Range 21, Hennepin county, 
  2.19  Minnesota, and lying East of a line parallel with and distant 
  2.20  36.5 feet East of the West line of said Government Lot 3 (except 
  2.21  U.S. Highway No. 169).  Subject to permanent easement for 
  2.22  sanitary sewers granted to the metropolitan council on March 2, 
  2.23  1995, by the Hennepin county auditor.  Subject to easements of 
  2.24  record. 
  2.25     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
  2.26  the city of Champlin for park purposes. 
  2.27     Sec. 3.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  2.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  2.29  282.018, subdivision 1, Hennepin county may sell to the 
  2.30  Minnesota department of transportation the tax-forfeited land 
  2.31  bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
  2.32     (b) The conveyance must be in the form approved by the 
  2.33  attorney general. 
  2.34     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in the city of 
  2.35  Champlin, Hennepin county and is described as:  
  2.36     That part of Lot 11, Block 5, auditor's subdivision No. 15, 
  3.1   Hennepin county, Minnesota, lying South of a line parallel with 
  3.2   and distant 43.0 feet North of the South line of Government Lot 
  3.3   3, Section 19, Township 120, Range 21, Hennepin county, 
  3.4   Minnesota, and lying West of a line parallel with and distant 
  3.5   36.5 feet East of the West line of said Government Lot 3 (except 
  3.6   U.S. Highway No. 169).  Subject to permanent easement for 
  3.7   sanitary sewers granted to the metropolitan council on March 2, 
  3.8   1995, by the Hennepin county auditor.  Subject to easements of 
  3.9   record. 
  3.10     Sec. 4.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  3.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.12  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provision of 
  3.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin county may convey to 
  3.14  the city of Corcoran for no consideration the tax-forfeited land 
  3.15  bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
  3.16     (b) The conveyance must be in the form approved by the 
  3.17  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  3.18  state of Minnesota if it is not used for open space and for 
  3.19  creek and floodplain maintenance. 
  3.20     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Hennepin 
  3.21  county and is described as: 
  3.22     That part of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter 
  3.23  lying southwesterly of county road No. 10 and lying 
  3.24  northwesterly of a line bearing North 46 degrees 30 minutes 8 
  3.25  seconds East from a point in South line thereof, distant 47.4 
  3.26  feet East from Southwest corner thereof and running to the 
  3.27  centerline of county road No. 10 and lying southeasterly of a 
  3.28  line bearing North 46 degrees 30 minutes 8 seconds East from a 
  3.29  point in West line thereof distant 362.63 feet North from 
  3.30  Southwest corner thereof and running to centerline of county 
  3.31  road No. 10 subject to a permanent easement for highway purposes 
  3.32  as described in registrar of titles document No. 2405452, 
  3.33  recorded July 30, 1993, in volume 2077, page 622704. 
  3.34     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
  3.35  the city of Corcoran for open space and for creek and floodplain 
  3.36  maintenance. 
  4.1      Sec. 5.  [SALE OF STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  4.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  4.3   94.09, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, the commissioner may sell the 
  4.4   acquired state land bordering public water that is described in 
  4.5   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  4.6   Statutes, chapter 94. 
  4.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.8   attorney general. 
  4.9      (c) The land that may be sold is located on Lake 
  4.10  Minnetonka, in Hennepin county, in the city of Orono and is 
  4.11  described as follows:  
  4.12     PARCEL 1. 
  4.13     That part of the West 15.7 feet of the East 539 feet of 
  4.14     Government Lot 1, Section Eight (8), Township One Hundred 
  4.15     Seventeen (117), Range Twenty-three (23), lying North of a 
  4.16     line drawn at right angles to the east line of said section 
  4.17     at a point 394.5 feet South of the meander corner on the 
  4.18     east line of said section together with an easement for 
  4.19     road purposes over that part of said 15.7 feet lying 
  4.20     southerly of said line and North of the county road. 
  4.21     ALSO, all that part of Government Lot 1, Section 8, 
  4.22     Township 117, Range 23, described as follows:  Commencing 
  4.23     at a point where a line drawn parallel with and distant 539 
  4.24     feet West of the east line of Section 8 intersects the 
  4.25     northerly line of county road known as Markeville and Maple 
  4.26     Plain Road; thence North parallel with said section line 
  4.27     556.0 feet to the shore of Maxwell's Bay, Lake Minnetonka; 
  4.28     thence southwesterly along the shore of said lake 188.78 
  4.29     feet to a point which is 710.1 feet West of said section 
  4.30     line and also the northeasterly corner of land conveyed by 
  4.31     deed recorded in Book 488 of Deeds, p. 237; thence 
  4.32     southerly along the easterly line of land so deeded 400 
  4.33     feet to the northerly line of said county road, said point 
  4.34     being 724 feet West of the section line; thence 
  4.35     southeasterly along said county road to the point of 
  4.36     commencement, EXCEPT the West 70 feet thereof, said 70 feet 
  5.1      being measured at right angles from the westerly line 
  5.2      thereof; EXCEPT that part of the entire above described 
  5.3      premises lying South of a line drawn at right angles to the 
  5.4      east line of said section at a point 394.5 feet South of 
  5.5      the meander corner of the east line of said section, 
  5.6      together with an easement for road purposes over the West 
  5.7      15 feet of that part of the above described premises lying 
  5.8      southerly of the line drawn at right angles to the east 
  5.9      line of said section at a point 394.5 feet South of the 
  5.10     meander corner on the east line of said section, according 
  5.11     to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the 
  5.12     office of the Hennepin County Recorder. 
  5.13     PARCEL 2. 
  5.14     The West 15.7 feet of the East 539 feet of that part of 
  5.15     Government Lot 1 lying North of a road, ALL IN Section 8, 
  5.16     Township 117, Range 23, and all that part of Lot 1, Section 
  5.17     8, Township 117, Range 23, described as follows:  
  5.18     Commencing at a point where a line drawn parallel with and 
  5.19     distant 539 feet West of the east line of said Section 8 
  5.20     intersects the northerly line of county road known as 
  5.21     Markeville and Maple Plain Road; thence North parallel with 
  5.22     said section line 556.0 feet to the shore of Maxwell's Bay, 
  5.23     Lake Minnetonka; thence southwesterly along the shore of 
  5.24     said lake 188.78 feet to a point which is 710.1 feet West 
  5.25     of said section line and also the northeasterly corner of 
  5.26     land conveyed by deed recorded in Book 488 of Deeds, p. 
  5.27     237; thence southerly along the easterly line of land so 
  5.28     deeded 400 feet to the northerly line of said county road, 
  5.29     said point being 724 feet West of the section line; thence 
  5.30     southeasterly along said county road to the point of 
  5.31     commencement, EXCEPT the West 70 feet thereof, EXCEPT that 
  5.32     part of the entire above described premises lying South of 
  5.33     a line drawn at right angles to the east line of said 
  5.34     section at a point 494.5 feet South of the meander corner 
  5.35     on the east line of said section, said last described line 
  5.36     being designated as line "A", and EXCEPT that part of the 
  6.1      entire above described premises lying North of a line drawn 
  6.2      at right angles to the east line of said section at a point 
  6.3      394.5 feet South of the meander corner on the east line of 
  6.4      said section. 
  6.5      PARCEL 3. 
  6.6      Commencing at a point distant 447.8 feet West of a point in 
  6.7      the east line of Government Lot 1 distant 376.35 feet South 
  6.8      from the meander corner at the northeast corner of Lot 1; 
  6.9      thence South 82.05 feet; thence South 11 degrees 47 minutes 
  6.10     West 115.38 feet to the actual point of beginning; thence 
  6.11     continuing South 11 degrees 47 minutes West 103.17 feet; 
  6.12     thence South 12 degrees 37 minutes East 71 feet to the 
  6.13     northerly line of County Road No. 51; thence westerly along 
  6.14     said road line 47.2 feet to a point distant 523.3 feet West 
  6.15     from the east line of Lot 1; thence North parallel with 
  6.16     said east line to a point due West from point of beginning; 
  6.17     thence East to beginning, Section 8, Township 117, Range 23.
  6.18     PARCEL 4. 
  6.19     Lot 1, Block 1, Moellers Addition, according to the 
  6.20     recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 
  6.21     (d) The proceeds from the sale must be deposited in the 
  6.22  state treasury and credited to the water recreation account and 
  6.23  are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
  6.24  acquisition of water access sites. 
  6.25     Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  6.26     Sections 1 to 5 are effective on the day following final 
  6.27  enactment.