Item Description:
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Authorization to acquire right of way by direct purchase or condemnation and declare as surplus and dispose of excess right of way on various transportation projects
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Projects identified below are necessary for the safe use and travel of the public on the roads associated with each project and that the County Projects identified below are for a public purpose and for public use; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the use of the “quick take” procedures of Chapter 117 of Minnesota Statutes is necessary and expedient; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Administrator be authorized to acquire fee title and/or easements necessary for the completion of the transportation projects identified in this request by negotiation or condemnation and declare as surplus and offer for sale any fee title or easements previously acquired for the projects described herein; that upon review and approval by the County Attorney’s Office, the County Administrator be authorized to sign purchase agreements and deeds accepting the acquired fee title or easements on behalf of the county; and that the Chair of the Board be authorized to execute deeds and all other conveyance documents relating to said acquisitions, declarations and sales on behalf of the county.
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Background:
Transportation projects may require the acquisition of property rights in fee title or easements to accommodate the public improvements. While most acquisitions have modest or partial impacts, there are occasions when an entire property is required.
Transportation projects may also involve realignments in which right of way is not needed for county purposes. After construction, this excess right of way may be sold as surplus property.
Current Request:
This request is to authorize the County to acquire all necessary property interests and to declare as surplus, dispose and divest of any fee title or easements related to the County Projects (CPs) identified along the following County State Aid Highways (CSAHs):
• CP 2168000, CSAH 5 (Minnetonka Boulevard-St. Louis Park)
• CP 2201008, CSAH 9 (Rockford Road-Plymouth) and CSAH 153 (Lowry Avenue-Minneapolis)
• CP 2194500, CSAH 15 (Gleason Lake Road-Minnetonka, Plymouth and Wayzata)
• CP 2210407, CSAH 16 (McGinty Road-Minnetonka)
• CP 2984500, CSAH 23 (Marshall Street-Minneapolis)
• CP 2220700, CSAH 33 (Park Avenue) and CSAH 35 (Portland Avenue-Minneapolis)
• CP 2220300, CSAH 33 (Park Avenue) and CSAH 35 (Portland Avenue-Minneapolis)
• CP 2220500, CSAH 61 (Hemlock Lane-Maple Grove)
• CP 2210408, CSAH 92 (County Road 92-Greenfield and Independence)
• CP 2211300, CSAH 102 (Douglas Drive-Crystal)
• CP 2210405, CSAH 123 (Pioneer Trail-Hanover and Greenfield)
• CP 2220600, CSAH 152 (Brooklyn Boulevard-Brooklyn Park)
• CP 2141000, CSAH 153 (Lowry Avenue/Kenzie Terrace-Minneapolis and St. Anthony)
• CP 4630002, various CSAHs (pavement preservation, accessibility upgrades and drainage improvements-Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Independence, Maple Plain, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Minnetrista, New Hope, Orono, Robbinsdale, Shorewood, and Tonka Bay).
Impacts/Outcomes:
Approval of this request will allow for the timely acquisition of property interests to construct transportation improvements and dispose and divest of excess right of way no longer needed for county use.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval