Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 225-S.F.No. 1171 
           An act relating to state lands; conveying land to 
          Olmsted county. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF A ROAD EASEMENT TO OLMSTED 
COUNTY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER MUST OFFER EASEMENT.] Because 
of increased local economic opportunity and growth and 
notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner of natural 
resources shall convey an easement in the land described in 
subdivision 2 to Olmsted county to be used for a roadway. 
    The commissioner must offer the land at the appraised value 
determined by appraisers according to law, plus costs, by August 
1, 1985 and Olmsted county has until March 1, 1986 to accept the 
offer. 
    The conveyance shall be made in a form approved by the 
attorney general.  The attorney general may not approve the 
conveyance unless the design of the roadway incorporates the 
maximum mitigation efforts as identified by the commissioner in 
the completed environmental impact statement, except for 
additional corn growth contract requirements.  
    Subd. 2.  [LAND DESCRIPTION.] The commissioner of natural 
resources shall offer an easement in the land described in this 
subdivision to Olmsted county. 
    (a) A parcel of land in the northwest quarter of section 5, 
township 106 north, range 13 west, Olmsted county Minnesota, 
described as follows:  
    Beginning at the northwest corner of the northwest quarter; 
thence north 88 degrees 46 minutes 17 seconds east (for the 
purpose of this description the north line of the northwest 
quarter is assumed to be north 88 degrees 46 minutes 17 seconds 
east) along the north line of the northwest quarter for a 
distance of 1313.61 feet; thence south 01 degrees 13 minutes 43 
seconds east for a distance of 100.00 feet; thence south 87 
degrees 06 minutes 46 seconds west for a distance of 941.55 
feet; thence south 86 degrees 31 minutes 53 seconds west for a 
distance of 233.94 feet; thence south 52 degrees 23 minutes 06 
seconds west for a distance of 117.75 feet; thence south 00 
degrees 06 minutes 36 seconds west for a distance of 304.96 
feet; thence south 01 degrees 51 minutes 26 seconds east for a 
distance of 180.21 feet; thence south 01 degrees 11 minutes 25 
seconds east for a distance of 1870.77 feet more or less to the 
south line of the northwest quarter; thence westerly along the 
south line of said quarter to the southwest corner of the 
northwest quarter for a distance of 46.00 feet; thence north 01 
degrees 02 minutes 19 seconds west along the west line of the 
northwest quarter for a distance of 2561.96 feet to the 
northwest corner of the northwest quarter and the point of 
beginning. 
    (b) A parcel of land consisting of the west 46 feet of the 
southwest quarter of section 5 lying north of the north 
right-of-way line of trunk highway No. 14.  The parcel is 
subject to all existing roadway easements. 
    (c) A parcel of land in the northeast quarter in section 6, 
township 106 north, range 13 west, Olmsted county Minnesota, 
described as follows:  
    Beginning at the northeast corner of the northeast quarter 
of section 6; thence south 89 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds west 
(for the purposes of this description the north line of the 
northeast quarter is assumed to be south 89 degrees 34 minutes 
27 seconds west) along the north line of said quarter a distance 
of 910.58 feet; thence south 00 degrees 07 minutes 33 seconds 
east for a distance of 86.23 feet; thence south 85 degrees 58 
minutes 28 seconds east for a distance of 621.63 feet; thence 
south 48 degrees 17 minutes 20 seconds east for a distance of 
133.16 feet; thence south 08 degrees 23 minutes 21 seconds east 
for a distance of 251.13 feet; thence south 02 degrees 01 
minutes 48 seconds east for a distance of 200.95 feet; thence 
south 01 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds east for a distance of 
690.71 feet to the north line of the south 1180 feet of the 
northeast quarter; thence north 88 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds 
east for a distance of 157.13 feet to the east line of the 
northeast quarter; thence north 01 degrees 02 minutes 19 seconds 
west along the east line of the northeast quarter for a distance 
of 1381.96 feet to the northeast corner of the northeast quarter 
and the point of beginning.  The parcel is subject to all 
existing roadway easements. 
    The parcels in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) containing 14.0 
acres more or less. 
    (d) A parcel of land in the southeast quarter and the south 
one-half of the northeast quarter of section 31, township 107 
north, range 13 west, Olmsted county Minnesota, described as 
follows: 
    Beginning at the southeast corner of the southeast quarter; 
thence north 00 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds west (for the 
purpose of this description the east line of the southeast 
quarter is assumed to be north 00 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds 
west) along the east line of said quarter for a distance of 
848.56 feet; thence north 31 degrees 33 minutes 48 seconds west 
for a distance of 394.73 feet; thence northerly 1000.11 feet 
along a nontangential curve, concave southwesterly, a central 
angle of 07 degrees 24 minutes 14 seconds, a radius of 7739.44 
feet, and the chord of said curve bears north 18 degrees 57 
minutes 13 seconds west for a distance of 999.41 feet; thence 
north 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds west for a distance of 
545.41 feet to the north line of the southeast quarter; thence 
continuing north 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds west for a 
distance of 1411.85 feet to the north line of the south one-half 
of the northeast quarter; thence south 89 degrees 35 minutes 55 
seconds west along the north line of the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter for a distance of 216.10 feet; thence south 22 
degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds east for a distance of 1412.11 
feet to the north line of the southeast quarter; thence 
continuing south 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds east for a 
distance of 626.99 feet; thence southerly 1349.73 feet along a 
tangential curve, concave southwesterly, a central angle of 10 
degrees 15 minutes 26 seconds, a radius of 7539.44 feet, and the 
chord of said curve bears south 17 degrees 31 minutes 37 seconds 
east for a distance of 1347.93 feet; thence south 06 degrees 05 
minutes 53 seconds east, not tangent to curve, for a distance of 
539.30 feet; thence south 39 degrees 31 minutes 07 seconds west 
for a distance of 153.23 feet; thence south 84 degrees 04 
minutes 49 seconds west for a distance of 552.74 feet; thence 
south 00 degrees 07 minutes 33 seconds east for a distance of 
63.77 feet to the south line of the southeast quarter; thence 
north 89 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds east along the south line 
of the southeast quarter for a distance of 910.58 feet to the 
southeast corner of the southeast quarter to the point of 
beginning. 
    Less the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad right-of-way in 
the south one-half of the northeast quarter.  The parcel is 
subject to all existing roadway easements.  
    This parcel contains 22.21 acres more or less. 
    (e) A parcel of land in the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter of section 32, township 107 north, range 13 
west, Olmsted county Minnesota, described as follows: 
    Beginning at the southwest corner of the southwest quarter; 
thence north 00 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds west (for the 
purpose of this description the west line of the southwest 
quarter is assumed to be north 00 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds 
west) along the west line of said quarter quarter for a distance 
of 848.56 feet; thence southeasterly 654.77 feet along a 
nontangential curve, concave southwesterly, a central angle of 
04 degrees 46 minutes 24 seconds, a radius of 7859.44 feet, and 
the chord of said curve bears south 10 degrees 06 minutes 08 
seconds east for a distance of 654.58 feet; thence south 47 
degrees 06 minutes 34 seconds east for a distance of 127.00 
feet; thence south 86 degrees 49 minutes 24 seconds east for a 
distance of 174.20 feet; thence north 88 degrees 46 minutes 17 
seconds east for a distance of 941.35 feet to the east line of 
the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter; thence south 00 
degrees 38 minutes 36 seconds east for a distance of 100.00 feet 
along the east line of the southwest quarter of the southwest 
quarter to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter; thence south 88 degrees 46 minutes 17 seconds 
west along the south line of said quarter quarter for a distance 
of 1313.61 feet to the southwest corner of the southwest quarter 
of the southwest quarter and the point of beginning.  The parcel 
is subject to all existing roadway easements.  
    This parcel contains 4.27 acres more or less. 
    (f) That part of the southeast quarter and that part of the 
south one-half of the northeast quarter of section 31, lying 
south of the south right-of-way line of the Chicago and 
Northwestern railroad, township 107 north, range 13 west, 
Olmsted county Minnesota, described as follows: 
    Commencing at the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter; thence north 00 degrees 43 minutes 24 seconds west (for 
the purpose of this description the west line of the southeast 
quarter is assumed to be north 00 degrees 43 minutes 24 seconds 
west) along the west line of southeast quarter for a distance of 
2100.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence north 89 degrees 
16 minutes 36 seconds east for a distance of 1911.81 feet; 
thence north 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds west to the north 
line of the southeast quarter for a distance of 571.30 feet; 
thence continuing north 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds west to 
the south right-of-way line of said railroad for a distance of 
64.75 feet; thence south 75 degrees 01 minutes 33 seconds west 
along the south right-of-way line of said railroad for a 
distance of 239.27 feet to the north line of the southeast 
quarter; thence continuing south 75 degrees 01 minutes 33 
seconds west along the south right-of-way line of said railroad 
for a distance of 1488.13 feet to the west line of the southeast 
quarter; thence south 00 degrees 43 minutes 24 seconds east 
along the west line of the southeast quarter for a distance of 
164.79 feet to the point of beginning.  Said tract is subject to 
all existing roadway easements. 
    This parcel contains 16.11 acres more or less. 
    Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
    Money received in return for the transfer of lands under 
section 1 shall be deposited in the land acquisition account, 
section 94.165, and is hereby appropriated to the commissioner 
of natural resources for the purpose of acquiring lands for 
wildlife management in Olmsted county. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day after enactment. 
    Approved May 23, 1985