Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session
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CHAPTER 466-S.F.No. 2066
An act relating to state lands; authorizing sale of
certain tax-forfeited lands that border public water
or natural wetlands in Anoka county; authorizing the
sale of certain state land in Anoka county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS, ANOKA COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF
ANOKA.]
Subdivision 1. [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey without
consideration to the city of Anoka the tax-forfeited lands
bordering public water or natural wetlands in the city of Anoka
that are described in subdivision 2.
(b) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were
retained in public ownership.
(c) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the
state of Minnesota if it is not used for open space purposes
under applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations.
Subd. 2. [DESCRIPTIONS.] The lands that may be conveyed
are located in Anoka county and, as set forth in each of the
following clauses, are designated by the parcel number contained
within the parentheses, and are legally described as specified:
(1) City of Anoka, (PIN No. 35-32-25-34-0003) the south
120.00 feet of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 32, Range
25, said land also being known as the south 120.00 feet of Lot
27, Auditor's Subdivision No. 96, according to the plat on file
in the office of the Anoka county recorder;
(2) City of Anoka, (PIN No. 35-32-25-34-0002) all that part
of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 32, Range 25,
described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of Lot
7, Dickenson's Mississippi Estate, according to the plat on file
in the office of the Anoka county recorder, said corner being
the point of beginning of a line hereinafter referred to as line
"A"; thence South 67 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East along
the southeasterly extension of the north line of said Lot 7 and
along line "A" 75.00 feet; thence South 85 degrees 41 minutes 00
seconds East 195.00 feet; thence South 4 degrees 19 minutes 00
seconds East 310.00 feet to the point of beginning of the land
to be described; thence South 33 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds
East 213.10 feet; thence South 44 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds
East 300.00 feet; thence South 51 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds
East 230.80 feet; thence South 37 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds
East 300.00 feet; thence South 44 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds
East 300 feet, more or less, to the north line of the south
210.00 feet of said Government Lot 2, and said line "A" there
terminating; thence easterly along said north line to a point on
a line parallel with and 66.00 feet easterly of said line "A",
as measured at right angles to said line "A"; thence
northwesterly along said parallel line to a point on line "B"
described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the
southwesterly line of Lot 14, said Auditor's Subdivision No. 96
and a line parallel with and 150.00 feet northwesterly of the
southeasterly line of said Lot 14; thence southwesterly along
said parallel line and its southwesterly extension 500.00 feet;
thence southwesterly deflecting to the right 45 degrees 00
minutes 00 seconds 900 feet, more or less, to the thread of the
Mississippi River and said line "B" there terminating; thence
southwesterly along said line "B" to a point on said line "A";
thence southerly along said line "A" to the point of beginning;
(3) City of Anoka, (PIN No. 35-32-25-34-0005) Lot 29,
Auditor's Subdivision No. 96, according to the plat on file in
the office of the Anoka county recorder; and
(4) City of Anoka, (PIN No. 35-32-25-34-0004) Lot 28,
Auditor's Subdivision No. 96, according to the plat on file in
the office of the Anoka county recorder.
Sec. 2. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY; SCENIC EASEMENT
RESERVED.]
Subdivision 1. [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
subdivision 1, Anoka county may sell the tax-forfeited lands
bordering public water or natural wetlands that are described in
subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282.
(b) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were
returned to private ownership.
(c) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and must reserve to the state of Minnesota a
scenic easement in a form prescribed by the department of
natural resources.
Subd. 2. [DESCRIPTIONS.] The lands that may be conveyed
are located in Anoka county and, as set forth in each of the
following clauses, are designated by the parcel number contained
within the parentheses, and are legally described as specified:
(1) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 29-34-24-11-0009) Outlot
2, King's Ranch Addition, according to the plat on file in the
office of the Anoka county recorder;
(2) City of Oak Grove, (PIN No. 05-33-24-42-0002) the
Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 5,
Township 33, Range 24, EXCEPT that part thereof lying westerly
of the Rum River; and
(3) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0009) Outlot
22, Village of St. Francis, according to the plat on file in the
office of the Anoka county recorder, EXCEPT the north 3 acres
thereof.
Sec. 3. [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON PUBLIC
WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS TO GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS OR
ADJACENT PRIVATE LANDOWNERS; ANOKA COUNTY.]
Subdivision 1. [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey the tax-forfeited
lands bordering public water or natural wetlands that are
described in subdivision 2 to the governmental subdivision in
which the lands are located or, if authorized by this
subdivision, may sell the lands to adjoining landowners, under
the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
(b) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were
disposed of as follows:
(1) the parcels described in subdivision 2, clauses (1),
(3), (4), and (5), should be retained in public ownership and
may be conveyed without consideration only to the governmental
subdivision in which the lands are located; and
(2) the parcel described in subdivision 2, clause (2), may
be retained in public ownership and conveyed without
consideration to the governmental subdivision in which the land
is located, or may be sold to owners of land adjoining the land
to be sold. If the parcel described in subdivision 2, clause
(2), is sold to owners of land adjoining the land to be sold, a
conservation easement in a form prescribed by the department of
natural resources must be reserved to the state of Minnesota.
(c) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and must provide that land sold to a
governmental subdivision reverts to the state if it is not used
for open space purposes under applicable laws, ordinances, and
regulations.
Subd. 2. [DESCRIPTIONS.] The lands that may be conveyed
are located in Anoka county and, as set forth in each of the
following clauses, are designated by the parcel number contained
within the parentheses, and are legally described as specified:
(1) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 36-33-22-43-0008) that
part of Government Lot 1, Section 36, Township 33, Range 22,
lying southeasterly of the centerline of County Road No. 62,
also known as Kettle River Boulevard, and lying northeasterly of
the following described line: Commencing at the southwest
corner of said Government Lot 1; thence South 89 degrees 58
minutes 19 seconds East, on an assumed bearing, along the south
line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 193.00 feet; thence
North 14 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds East 675.00 feet; thence
North 0 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds East 295.00 feet; thence
South 89 degrees 58 minutes 19 seconds East 435.00 feet to the
point of beginning of said line; thence South 58 degrees 55
minutes 41 seconds East 290 feet, more or less, to the shoreline
of Higgins Lake, and there terminating;
(2) City of East Bethel, (PIN No. 35-33-23-32-0002) Lots 2
and 3, Block 1, Lake View Point, according to the plat on file
in the office of the Anoka county recorder;
(3) City of East Bethel, (PIN No. 16-33-23-44-0001) all
that part of Government Lot 8, Section 16, Township 33, Range
23, lying easterly of the northerly extension of the east line
of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 21,
Township 33, Range 23;
(4) City of Oak Grove, (PIN No. 16-33-24-22-0005) Lot 17,
Auditor's Subdivision No. 20, according to the plat on file in
the office of the Anoka county recorder; and
(5) City of Coon Rapids, (PIN No. 09-31-24-11-0002) all
that part of the north 25 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 31, Range 24, lying
easterly of the centerline of Coon Creek, EXCEPT the east 100.00
feet thereof.
Sec. 4. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY; CONSERVATION
EASEMENT REQUIRED.]
Subdivision 1. [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
subdivision 1, Anoka county may sell the tax-forfeited lands
bordering public water or natural wetlands that are described in
subdivision 2 under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282.
(b) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were
returned to private ownership. The purchaser of the land
described in subdivision 2, clause (2), must agree to record a
conservation easement in a form prescribed by the department of
natural resources.
(c) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
attorney general.
Subd. 2. [DESCRIPTIONS.] The lands that may be conveyed
are located in Anoka county and, as set forth in each of the
following clauses, are designated by the parcel number contained
within the parentheses, and are legally described as specified:
(1) City of Ham Lake, (PIN No. 19-32-23-21-0001) the west
two-thirds of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 19, Township 32, Range 23;
(2) City of Andover, (PIN No. 34-32-24-23-0055) Outlot B,
Red Oaks Manor 5th Addition, according to the plat on file in
the office of the Anoka county recorder.
Sec. 5. [SALE OF ACQUIRED STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.165, the commissioner
of natural resources may sell by private sale the land which is
described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94.
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general.
(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka county,
consists of about 0.09 acres, and is described as follows:
That part of Government Lot 1, Section 10, Township 33
North, Range 24 West, lying northeasterly of Lots 3, 4 and
5 of Block 2, Eakman's Addition to Shady Oaks, according to
the plat on file and of record in the Office of the County
Recorder; lying southwesterly of the southwesterly
right-of-way line of Lake George Drive as recorded in that
certain right-of-way easement filed for record on October
26, 1973, as Document No. 399586; and lying easterly of the
northerly extension of the west line of Lot 5 of Block 2,
Eakman's Addition to Shady Oaks; and
That part of Government Lot 1, Section 10, Township 33
North, Range 24 West, lying northeasterly of Lot 6 of Block
2, Eakman's Addition to Shady Oaks, according to the plat
on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder;
lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way line
of Lake George Drive as recorded in that certain
right-of-way easement filed for record on October 26, 1973,
as Document No. 399586; lying westerly of the northerly
extension of the east line of Lot 6 of Block 2, Eakman's
Addition to Shady Oaks; and lying easterly of Verdin St.
(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no
longer useful for any natural resource purpose, or any other
public purpose, and intends to sell this unneeded land to the
adjoining landowners to provide them with additional land to
comply with zoning requirements and to provide legal access.
Sec. 6. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Sections 1 to 5 are effective 30 days after final enactment.
Presented to the governor April 18, 1994
Signed by the governor April 20, 1994, 1:44 p.m.
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