Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 159-S.F.No. 243 
                  An act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale 
                  of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters 
                  in Dakota county to the city of Eagan. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; DAKOTA 
        COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
        103F.535, and 282.018, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and the 
        public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
        Dakota county may convey to the city of Eagan, without 
        consideration, the lands bordering public waters that are 
        described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
           (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
        attorney general.  The conveyance must provide that, except as 
        provided in section 2, the land reverts to the state if it is 
        not used for public park or open space purposes. 
           (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Dakota 
        county, are designated by the Dakota county parcel number 
        contained within the parentheses, and are described as: 
           (1) (Parcel No. 10-01100-011-75) as: 
           That part of the East Half of the East Half of the 
        Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 27 North, Range 23 
        West, described as follows: 
           Commencing at the southeast corner of said Section 11; 
        thence North 0 degrees 04 minutes 54 seconds East assumed 
        bearing, along the east line of the Southeast Quarter of said 
        Section 11, 878.96 feet to the northeast corner of OUTLOT I, 
        GOPHER INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND ADDITION, record plat and the point 
        of beginning of the tract to be described; thence North 89 
        degrees 37 minutes 34 seconds West along the north line of said 
        OUTLOT I 660.45 feet to the easterly line of EAGANDALE CENTER 
        INDUSTRIAL PARK NO. 4, record plat; thence North 0 degrees 07 
        minutes 28 seconds East along the easterly line of said 
        EAGANDALE CENTER INDUSTRIAL PARK NO. 4 1406.80 feet to the 
        southerly line of BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION, record 
        plat; thence North 76 degrees 29 minutes 44 seconds East along 
        the southerly line of said BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION 
        678.38 feet to the east line of the Southeast Quarter of said 
        Section 11; thence South 0 degrees 04 minutes 54 seconds West 
        along the east line of said Southeast Quarter 1569.53 feet to 
        the point of beginning. 
           Containing 22.54 acres, more or less, subject to a city 
        drainage and utility easement. 
           (2) (Parcel No. 10-01200-011-50) as: 
           That part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
        Section 12, Township 27 North, Range 23 West, described as 
        follows: 
           Commencing at the southwest corner or said Section 12; 
        thence North 0 degrees 04 minutes 54 seconds East assumed 
        bearing, along the west line of the Southwest Quarter of said 
        Section 12, 878.47 feet to the northwest corner of OUTLOT H, 
        GOPHER EAGAN INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND ADDITION, record plat and the 
        point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence North 89 
        degrees 55 minutes 06 seconds East along the north line of 
        OUTLOT H and OUTLOT G, of said GOPHER EAGAN INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND 
        ADDITION 1321.39 feet to the east line of the West Half of the 
        Southwest Quarter of said Section 12; thence North 0 degrees 02 
        minutes 16 seconds West along the east line of the West half of 
        said Southwest Quarter 1128.04 feet to the westerly right of way 
        line of the Soo Line Railroad (formerly the Chicago Milwaukee, 
        St. Paul and Pacific Railroad); thence North 37 degrees 55 
        minutes 59 seconds West along said westerly railroad right of 
        way 804.77 feet to the north line of the West Half of the 
        Southwest Quarter of said Section 12; thence South 89 degrees 56 
        minutes 35 seconds West along the north line of said West Half 
        of the Southwest Quarter 13.20 feet to the southerly line of 
        BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION, record plat; thence South 
        76 degrees 29 minutes 44 seconds West along the southerly line 
        of said BORCHERT-INGERSOLL, INC. 1ST ADDITION 833.52 feet to the 
        west line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 12; thence 
        South 0 degrees 04 minutes 54 seconds West along the west line 
        of said Southwest Quarter 1570.02 feet to the point of beginning.
           Containing 48.02 acres, more or less, subject to a city 
        drainage and utility easement. 
           Sec. 2.  [CITY OF EAGAN; AUTHORITY TO EXCHANGE LAND.] 
           The city of Eagan may exchange a portion of the parcel of 
        land described in section 1, paragraph (c), that does not border 
        public waters with any owner of property within a one-quarter 
        mile radius of the land described in section 1, paragraph (c), 
        for a parcel of land contiguous to the land described in section 
        1, paragraph (c), and bordering public water.  The conveyance of 
        any land acquired by the city of Eagan through the exchange must 
        provide that the land reverts to the state if it is not used for 
        public park or open space purposes. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor May 10, 1995 
           Signed by the governor May 11, 1995, 9:42 a.m.