Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 326-S.F.No. 2444 
                  An act relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance 
                  of certain surplus state land in Stearns county.  
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; STEARNS 
        COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
        94.16, the commissioner of administration shall convey to the 
        city of Sauk Centre for no consideration the surplus land that 
        is described in paragraph (c). 
           (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
        attorney general and must contain a clause that if any portion 
        of the property ceases to be used for a public purpose, that 
        portion may, at the option of the commissioner of 
        administration, revert to the state.  The city may use the 
        property for any general governmental purpose within the 
        authority of the city.  Any sale, lease, or management contract 
        affecting the property is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
        16A.695.  The attorney general may make changes to the legal 
        description to correct errors, deficiencies, or ambiguities. 
           (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Stearns county, 
        and is described as:  that part of Section 3, Township 126, 
        Range 34, Stearns county, Minnesota described as follows: 
        Commencing at the "X" in the concrete driveway which marks the 
        location of the southwest corner of said Section 3; thence North 
        89 degrees 44 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 523.94 feet 
        along the south line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 3 
        to its intersection with the east line of Main Street extended 
        southerly; thence North 0 degrees 59 minutes 50 seconds West 
        along said southerly extension of the east line of Main Street, 
        a distance of 432.03 feet, to its intersection with the 
        northerly line of State Trunk Highway No. 71 as cited in the 
        right-of-way map for said State Trunk Highway No. 71, said 
        intersection being the actual point of beginning of the parcel 
        to be described; thence North 89 degrees 00 minutes 26 seconds 
        East along said northerly line a distance of 248.21 feet; thence 
        continuing along said northerly line on a nontangential curve, 
        concave to the South, having a radius of 647.96 feet, chord of 
        290.98 feet, chord bearing of North 76 degrees 00 minutes 18 
        seconds East, for a distance of 293.48 feet; thence continuing 
        along said northerly line North 88 degrees 58 minutes 07 seconds 
        East to the westerly line of that property cited in Document No. 
        843951 as surveyed by Ronald Engelmeyer, Minnesota Licensed 
        Surveyor No. 13334; thence North 0 degrees 50 minutes 46 seconds 
        West along said westerly line of the property cited in Document 
        No. 843951 as surveyed by said Ronald Engelmeyer a distance of 
        331.74 feet to a found iron pipe capped No. 13334, the northwest 
        corner of said property cited in said Document No. 843951; 
        thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 55 seconds East along the 
        northerly line of said property cited in said Document No. 
        843951 a distance of 396.01 feet to a found granite monument, 
        the northeast corner of said property described in Document No. 
        843951; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 39 seconds East 
        parallel with the South line of the Southwest Quarter of said 
        Section 3 a distance of 192.50 feet to the westerly line of that 
        property described in Document No. 896476, as surveyed by said 
        Ronald Engelmeyer; thence North 1 degree 02 minutes 14 seconds 
        West along said westerly line of the property described in 
        Document No. 896476, as surveyed by said Ronald Engelmeyer, 
        Minnesota Land Surveyor No. 13334, a distance of 243.59 feet to 
        the northwest corner of said property described in Document No. 
        896476, marked by a found iron pipe monument capped No. 13334; 
        thence North 89 degrees 08 minutes 15 seconds East along the 
        northerly line of said property described in Document No. 
        896476, as surveyed by said Ronald Engelmeyer, a distance of 
        250.24 feet to the east line of the Southeast Quarter of the 
        Southwest Quarter of said Section 3, as determined by said 
        Ronald Engelmeyer; thence North 0 degrees 10 minutes 21 seconds 
        East a distance of 220.06 feet to a found iron pipe monument 
        capped No. 13334 at the northeast corner of said Southeast 
        Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, as determined by said Ronald 
        Engelmeyer; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 23 seconds East 
        along the north line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
        Quarter of said Section 3, as determined by said Ronald 
        Engelmeyer a distance of 697.36 feet to the westerly 
        right-of-way line of State Trunk Highway No. 71, as defined from 
        found monuments; thence North 40 degrees 26 minutes 57 seconds 
        East along said right-of-way line a distance of 360.55 feet; 
        thence North 49 degrees 32 minutes 16 seconds West along said 
        right-of-way line a distance of 17.00 feet; thence along said 
        right-of-way line on a curve, concave to the northwest, having a 
        radius of 1,382.39 feet, delta angle 40 degrees 16 minutes 19 
        seconds, chord of 951.78 feet, chord bearing of North 20 degrees 
        19 minutes 34 seconds East, for a distance of 971.65 feet; 
        thence North 0 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds East along said 
        right-of-way line a distance of 679.52 feet; thence North 89 
        degrees 48 minutes 35 seconds West along said right-of-way line 
        a distance of 20.00 feet; thence North 0 degrees 11 minutes 25 
        seconds East along said right-of-way line a distance of 530.00 
        feet; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 35 seconds East along 
        said right-of-way line a distance of 20.00 feet; thence North 0 
        degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds East along said right-of-way line 
        a distance of 88.78 feet; thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 00 
        seconds East a distance of 78.28 feet; thence North 89 degrees 
        36 minutes 38 seconds East along said right-of-way line a 
        distance of 20.00 feet; thence North 1 degree 21 minutes 24 
        seconds West a distance of 114.70 feet; thence along said 
        right-of-way line on a curve, concave to the West, having a 
        radius of 1,782.60 feet, delta angle 11 degrees 22 minutes 40 
        seconds, chord of 353.41 feet, chord bearing of North 8 degrees 
        29 minutes 56 seconds West, for a distance of 353.99 feet; 
        thence North 75 degrees 48 minutes 50 seconds East along said 
        right-of-way line a distance of 40.00 feet; thence along said 
        right-of-way line on a curve, concave to the southwest, having a 
        radius of 1822.60 feet, delta angle 7 degrees 28 minutes 44 
        seconds, chord of 237.74 feet, chord bearing of North 17 degrees 
        55 minutes 37 seconds West, for a distance of 237.90 feet; 
        thence North 42 degrees 31 minutes 42 seconds East along said 
        right-of-way line a distance of 303 feet, more or less, to the 
        southerly shore line of Sauk lake; thence southwesterly along 
        said southerly shore line of Sauk lake a distance of 3,540 feet, 
        more or less, to the easterly line of said Main Street; thence 
        South 0 degrees 59 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 213 
        feet, more or less, to a found iron pipe monument on said 
        easterly line of Main Street; thence continuing South 0 degrees 
        59 minutes 50 seconds East along said easterly line of Main 
        Street a distance of 2,913.94 feet to the point of beginning. 
        Containing 10,665,378 square feet or 244.843 acres. 
           (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
        longer needed for any state purpose and that the state's land 
        management interests would best be served if the land was 
        conveyed to and used by the city of Sauk Centre. 
           (e) Prior to implementing plans for the property, the city 
        of Sauk Centre shall conduct a property reuse study to determine 
        the highest and best use of the property.  The report shall be 
        submitted to the commissioner of administration. 
           (f) The city of Sauk Centre shall consult with the state 
        historic preservation office before demolishing or altering 
        contributing buildings, or conducting new construction on the 
        campus. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor March 31, 2000 
           Signed by the governor April 4, 2000, 3:20 p.m.