Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 84-S.F.No. 644 
                  An act relating to state lands; modifying the 
                  provisions of a land sale to the city of Anoka; 
                  amending Laws 1991, chapter 185, section 2. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1991, chapter 185, section 2, is amended 
        to read: 
           Sec. 2.  [CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF ANOKA.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
        94.09, 94.10, and 103F.335, subdivision 3, after the 
        commissioner of human services has certified under section 
        94.09, subdivision 2, that the land bordering public waters 
        described in paragraph (d) is no longer needed, the commissioner 
        of administration may convey the land to the city of Anoka for a 
        public works facility in accordance with this section. 
           (b) The conveyance must be by quitclaim deed in a form 
        approved by the attorney general and must provide that the land, 
        and any buildings and other improvements on the land, revert to 
        the state if the property ceases to be used by the city of Anoka 
        for a public works facility reserve a scenic easement, as 
        defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.311, subdivision 6, 
        to be under the custodial control of the commissioner of natural 
        resources, on that portion of the conveyed land that has been 
        designated for inclusion in the wild and scenic rivers system 
        under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.325.  The scenic easement 
        must allow construction of a stormwater retention pond within 
        the area covered by the easement in accordance with construction 
        plans approved by the commissioner of natural resources.  The 
        commissioner of administration shall deliver the deed to the 
        city of Anoka promptly after the agreement required in paragraph 
        (c) has been executed by the commissioner and the city. 
           (c) As consideration for the conveyance, the city of Anoka 
        shall: 
           (1) agree enter into an agreement with the commissioner of 
        administration under which the city agrees to provide snow 
        removal and other services for the Anoka-metro regional 
        treatment center under a contract with the commissioner of 
        administration, the terms of which must be negotiated by the 
        commissioner and the city; and 
           (2) convey to the commissioner of natural resources a 
        scenic easement, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
        103F.311, subdivision 6, on that portion of the conveyed land 
        that has been designated for inclusion in the wild and scenic 
        rivers system under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.325. 
           The scenic easement must allow construction of a stormwater 
        retention pond within the area covered by the easement in 
        accordance with construction plans approved by the commissioner 
        of natural resources.  The agreement must provide that if the 
        total value of services provided by the city during the ten-year 
        period beginning on the effective date of the agreement is less 
        than $216,000, the city shall pay the difference to the 
        commissioner of administration within 90 days unless the 
        commissioner elects to receive this amount in additional 
        services.  If the commissioner makes this election, the 
        commissioner and the city shall negotiate an amendment to the 
        agreement for the provision of the additional services.  The 
        amendment must require the city to provide the additional 
        services within five years or pay any remaining amount to the 
        commissioner within 90 days of the end of the five-year period. 
           (d) The land that may be conveyed is a parcel of 
        approximately six 8.5 acres located on the campus of the 
        Anoka-metro regional treatment center in Anoka county and is 
        described as:  
           That part of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 6, Township 
        31, Range 24, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the 
        northerly right-of-way line of Burlington Northern Railroad 
        Company, southerly of the westerly extension of the south line 
        of Block 6, Woodbury's Addition to Anoka, and westerly of the 
        west line of Fourth Avenue. 
           (e) The city intends to use the land for a public works and 
        municipal utility facility.  This paragraph is not intended to 
        be a reverter or restrictive covenant on the land to be conveyed.
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 21, 1995 
           Signed by the governor April 24, 1995, 1:17 p.m.