SF 2665

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land.

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

Section 1. new text begin PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to
the contrary, Washington County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is
bordering public water and described in paragraph (c).
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new text begin (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must
provide that the county or watershed district retains an easement for drainage purposes.
The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and
ensure accuracy.
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new text begin (c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
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new text begin All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 17,
Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, that lies south of
the following described parcel:
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new text begin Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter of Section 17; thence South, assumed bearing, along the east line of said
Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 393 feet to the point of beginning;
thence North 88 degrees 30 minutes West, on a line parallel with the north line of
said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 915.7 feet, more or less, to an iron
pipe; thence North 79 degrees 29 minutes West 395.5 feet, more or less, to a point on
the centerline of the county road; thence southerly along said centerline, 323.4 feet,
more or less, to a point; thence South 76 degrees 00 minutes East 251.9 feet, more or
less, to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1083 feet, more or
less, to a point on the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter;
thence North, along said east line, 312 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
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new text begin And, lies east of the plat of Laurelside which is on file and of record in the Office of
the Washington County Recorder.
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new text begin And, lies northerly of the following described parcel:
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new text begin All that part of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17,
and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20,
Township 30 North, Range 21 West; which is also part of vacated Block 146 and
adjacent Linden Street (now vacated) of the plat of Wildwood which is on file and
of record in the Office of the Washington County Recorder; and more specifically
described as follows:
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new text begin Commencing at the most westerly corner of Block 147, Wildwood; thence on
the northwesterly extension of the southwesterly line of Block 147, a distance of
60 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of said Block 146, which is also the
northwesterly line of Bryant Avenue; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly
side of Block 146, a distance of 92 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be
described; thence continuing northeasterly, along said southeasterly side of Block
146, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a contour line being at elevation 947 feet
above mean sea level; thence in a northwesterly direction along said contour line
for 200 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a line that is parallel with and 177
feet from said southeasterly side of Block 146 as measured at right angles; thence
southwesterly along said parallel line, 297 feet, more or less, to a point drawn at
right angles from the point of beginning; thence on a deflection angle of 90 degrees
to the left, 177 feet to the point of beginning.
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new text begin (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.
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