SF 1810

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/07/2017 09:25am

A bill for an act
relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance of certain land.

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

Section 1. new text begin CONVEYANCE OF LAND; REDWOOD COUNTY.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695 and 16B.281 to 16B.298, or
any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of administration may convey to the Lower
Sioux Indian Community in the state of Minnesota for no consideration the surplus land
that is 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 provide
that the land reverts to the state if the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the state of
Minnesota stops using the land as a historic site open to the public. 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 conveyed is located in Redwood County and is described as:
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new text begin (1) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township
112, Range 34, Redwood County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at the northeast
corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing
of South 00 degrees 20 minutes 07 seconds East along the east line of said Northeast Quarter
of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 569.40 feet; thence on a bearing of South 89 degrees
40 minutes 12 seconds West, 623.99 feet; thence on a bearing of South 00 degrees 19 minutes
48 seconds East, 28.75 feet; thence on a bearing of North 89 degrees 40 minutes 12 seconds
East, 456.28 feet; thence on a bearing of South 26 degrees 08 minutes 59 seconds West,
640.67 feet to the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 2; thence northwesterly 901.55
feet along last said centerline, along a nontangent curve concave to the southwest, having
a radius of 4,540.70 feet, a central angle of 11 degrees 22 minutes 34 seconds and a chord
bearing and distance of North 75 degrees 14 minutes 49 seconds West, 900.07 feet to its
intersection with the west line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence
on a bearing of North 00 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds West along last said line, 941.91
feet to the northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence on
a bearing of North 89 degrees 51 minutes 56 seconds East along the north line of said
Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 1,319.72 feet to the point of
beginning. Subject to easements of record. Subject to the rights of the public in County
State-Aid Highway 2;
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new text begin (2) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township
112, Range 34, Redwood County, Minnesota, lying south of the following described line:
commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 8; thence on an assumed bearing of
South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East along the west line of said Section 8, a distance
of 696.45 feet to the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 2, said point being the point
of beginning of the following described line; thence on a bearing of South 62 degrees 28
minutes 55 seconds East along last said centerline, 25.95 feet; thence southeasterly 571.04
feet along last said centerline, along a tangent curve concave to the northeast, having a
radius of 1,432.4 feet and a central angle of 22 degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds; thence on
a bearing of South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, nontangent to last said curve,
123.98 feet; thence on a bearing of North 89 degrees 54 minutes 50 seconds East, 729.36
feet to the east line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and said line there
terminating; and
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new text begin (3) Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 5, Township 112 North, Range 34 West.
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new text begin (d) The Minnesota Historical Society has determined that the state's land management
interests and interpretive program interests would best be served if portions of the Lower
Sioux Agency Historic Site were conveyed to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
state of Minnesota to operate as a historic site open to the public.
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