SF 644

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; modifying the provisions of a 
  1.3             land sale to the city of Anoka; amending Laws 1991, 
  1.4             chapter 185, section 2. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Laws 1991, chapter 185, section 2, is amended 
  1.7   to read: 
  1.8      Sec. 2.  [CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF ANOKA.] 
  1.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  1.10  94.09, 94.10, and 103F.335, subdivision 3, after the 
  1.11  commissioner of human services has certified under section 
  1.12  94.09, subdivision 2, that the land bordering public waters 
  1.13  described in paragraph (d) is no longer needed, the commissioner 
  1.14  of administration may convey the land to the city of Anoka for a 
  1.15  public works facility in accordance with this section. 
  1.16     (b) The conveyance must be by quitclaim deed in a form 
  1.17  approved by the attorney general and must provide that the land, 
  1.18  and any buildings and other improvements on the land, revert to 
  1.19  the state if the property ceases to be used by the city of Anoka 
  1.20  for a public works facility reserve a scenic easement, as 
  1.21  defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.311, subdivision 6, 
  1.22  to be under the custodial control of the commissioner of natural 
  1.23  resources, on that portion of the conveyed land that has been 
  1.24  designated for inclusion in the wild and scenic rivers system 
  1.25  under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.325.  The scenic easement 
  2.1   must allow construction of a stormwater retention pond within 
  2.2   the area covered by the easement in accordance with construction 
  2.3   plans approved by the commissioner of natural resources.  The 
  2.4   commissioner of administration shall deliver the deed to the 
  2.5   city of Anoka promptly after the agreement required in paragraph 
  2.6   (c) has been executed by the commissioner and the city. 
  2.7      (c) As consideration for the conveyance, the city of Anoka 
  2.8   shall: 
  2.9      (1) agree enter into an agreement with the commissioner of 
  2.10  administration under which the city agrees to provide snow 
  2.11  removal and other services for the Anoka-metro regional 
  2.12  treatment center under a contract with the commissioner of 
  2.13  administration, the terms of which must be negotiated by the 
  2.14  commissioner and the city; and 
  2.15     (2) convey to the commissioner of natural resources a 
  2.16  scenic easement, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  2.17  103F.311, subdivision 6, on that portion of the conveyed land 
  2.18  that has been designated for inclusion in the wild and scenic 
  2.19  rivers system under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.325. 
  2.20     The scenic easement must allow construction of a stormwater 
  2.21  retention pond within the area covered by the easement in 
  2.22  accordance with construction plans approved by the commissioner 
  2.23  of natural resources.  The agreement must provide that if the 
  2.24  total value of services provided by the city during the ten-year 
  2.25  period beginning on the effective date of the agreement is less 
  2.26  than $216,000, the city shall pay the difference to the 
  2.27  commissioner of administration within 90 days unless the 
  2.28  commissioner elects to receive this amount in additional 
  2.29  services.  If the commissioner makes this election, the 
  2.30  commissioner and the city shall negotiate an amendment to the 
  2.31  agreement for the provision of the additional services.  The 
  2.32  amendment must require the city to provide the additional 
  2.33  services within five years or pay any remaining amount to the 
  2.34  commissioner within 90 days of the end of the five-year period. 
  2.35     (d) The land that may be conveyed is a parcel of 
  2.36  approximately six 8.5 acres located on the campus of the 
  3.1   Anoka-metro regional treatment center in Anoka county and is 
  3.2   described as:  
  3.3      That part of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 6, Township 
  3.4   31, Range 24, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the 
  3.5   northerly right-of-way line of Burlington Northern Railroad 
  3.6   Company, southerly of the westerly extension of the south line 
  3.7   of Block 6, Woodbury's Addition to Anoka, and westerly of the 
  3.8   west line of Fourth Avenue. 
  3.9      (e) The city intends to use the land for a public works and 
  3.10  municipal utility facility.  This paragraph is not intended to 
  3.11  be a reverter or restrictive covenant on the land to be conveyed.
  3.12     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.13     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.