Bill Text: MN HF1017 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Red Wing; property conveyance authorized, and surplus state land conveyance provided.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF1017 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1017-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to state lands; authorizing city of Red Wing to convey certain property;
1.3providing for conveyance of certain surplus state land;amending Laws 1976,
1.4chapter 50, section 1, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Laws 1976, chapter 50, section 1, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7    Subd. 2. The commissioner of administration shall cause the above described land
1.8to be surveyed to be appraised by not less than three appraisers, at least two of whom shall
1.9be residents of the county in which the lands are situated. Each appraiser shall before
1.10entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and
1.11impartially discharge his duties as appraiser according to the best of his ability and that
1.12he is not interested directly or indirectly in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber
1.13of improvements thereon or in the purchase thereof and has entered into no agreement
1.14or combination to purchase the same or any part thereof, which oath shall be attached
1.15to the report of such appraisal.
1.16The consideration to be paid for the conveyance provided for in this act shall be
1.17not less than the value certified by the commissioner of administration. The cost of any
1.18survey and the appraisals shall be added to and made a part of the appraised value of
1.19the lands to be sold.
1.20The terms of payment for all land so sold shall be not less than ten percent of the
1.21purchase price thereof at the time of sale with the balance payable as hereinafter provided.
1.22The balance may be paid in not less than equal annual installments and not exceed five
1.23years at the option of the purchaser, with principal and interest payable annually in
2.1advance at the rate of not less than six percent per annum on the unpaid balance payable to
2.2the state treasury on or before June 1 each year.
2.3In the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed are completely fulfilled
2.4or if the purchaser makes a lump sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering
2.5into a contract for deed, the governor, upon the recommendation of the commissioner of
2.6administration, shall sign and cause to be issued a quitclaim deed on behalf of the state.
2.7Said quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general.
2.8The city of Red Wing may subsequently convey by public or private sale all or part
2.9of the land described in subdivision 1 to be used for recreational purposes and on such
2.10other terms and conditions that the city determines are in the public interest.
2.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body of
2.12the city of Red Wing and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with
2.13the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

2.14    Sec. 2. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; GOODHUE COUNTY.
2.15(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the
2.16commissioner of administration shall convey to the city of Red Wing for no consideration
2.17the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
2.18(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must
2.19provide that the land reverts to the state if the city of Red Wing stops using the land for the
2.20public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to
2.21the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
2.22(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Goodhue County and is described as:
2.23That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, that part
2.24of Government Lot 4 of Section 28, and that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 27, all in
2.25Township 113 North, Range 14 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows:
2.26Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 34; thence
2.27North, on a Minnesota State Plane Azimuth of 359 degrees 12 minutes 26 seconds, along
2.28the west line of said Northwest Quarter of Section 34, a distance of 1,744.52 feet to a
2.29point 430.00 feet North of the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest
2.30Quarter of said Section 34; thence East 89 degrees 12 minutes 26 seconds azimuth, a
2.31distance of 548.63 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence
2.32continue East 89 degrees 12 minutes 26 seconds azimuth, a distance of 131.37 feet; thence
2.33northeasterly 33 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds azimuth, a distance of 845.12 feet to the
2.34southwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad;
2.35thence northwesterly, a distance of 701.95 feet along said right-of-way line, being a curve
3.1not tangential with the last described line, said curve is concave to the northeast, has a
3.2radius of 2,914.92 feet, a central angle of 13 degrees 47 minutes 51 seconds, and the chord
3.3azimuth of said curve is 307 degrees 05 minutes 33 seconds; thence northwesterly, 313
3.4degrees 59 minutes 28 seconds azimuth, along said southwesterly railroad right-of-way
3.5line and tangent to said curve, a distance of 252.21 feet to the southerly right-of-way line
3.6of State Highway Number 61; thence northwesterly 284 degrees 01 minute 27 seconds
3.7azimuth, along said southerly highway right-of-way line, a distance of 185.69 feet; thence
3.8northwesterly a distance of 351.52 feet along said southerly highway right-of-way line
3.9being a tangential curve concave to the northeast having a radius of 1,535.53 feet and a
3.10central angle of 13 degrees 06 minutes 59 seconds; thence southwesterly 205 degrees 38
3.11minutes 49 seconds azimuth, not tangent to said curve, a distance of 15.83 feet; thence
3.12southerly and southeasterly, a distance of 218.34 feet along a tangential curve concave to
3.13the northeast having a radius of 133.85 feet and a central angle of 93 degrees 27 minutes
3.1447 seconds; thence easterly, a distance of 165.34 feet along a compound curve concave to
3.15the North having a radius of 273.75 feet and a central angle of 34 degrees 36 minutes 22
3.16seconds; thence easterly and southeasterly, a distance of 175.70 feet along a reverse curve
3.17concave to the South having a radius of 242.69 feet and a central angle of 41 degrees 28
3.18minutes 46 seconds; thence southeasterly 119 degrees 03 minutes 26 seconds azimuth,
3.19tangent to said curve, a distance of 75.64 feet; thence southeasterly, a distance of 293.88
3.20feet along a tangential curve concave to the southwest, having a radius of 1,249.88 feet and
3.21a central angle of 13 degrees 28 minutes 19 seconds; thence southeasterly, a distance of
3.22423.59 feet along a reverse curve concave to the northeast having a radius of 2,980.92 feet
3.23and a central angle of 08 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds; thence southeasterly, southerly,
3.24and southwesterly a distance of 279.82 feet along a reverse curve concave to the West
3.25having a radius of 167.00 feet and a central angle of 96 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds;
3.26thence southwesterly 220 degrees 23 minutes 30 seconds azimuth tangent to said curve a
3.27distance of 150.00 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of 257.68 feet along a tangential
3.28curve concave to the southeast having a radius of 3,342.55 feet and a central angle of 04
3.29degrees 25 minutes 01 second; thence southwesterly 215 degrees 58 minutes 29 seconds
3.30azimuth, a distance of 256.16 feet to the point of beginning.
3.31(d) The city of Red Wing intends to use the land for a road providing public access
3.32to the recreational property described in Laws 1976, chapter 50.
3.33EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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