HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-28-195642 Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester, Minn., June 28, 19 56 •
M inutes of a special meeting of the Common Council of the City of .
Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in said City,
on June 28, 1956.
President Bach called the meeting to order at 1:00 p. m., the following
members being present: President Bach, Aldermen Moody, Schroeder, Tingley, Whiting.
Absent: Aldermen Anderson and Schwanke-.
The call of the special meeting was read and President Bach ordered the
same placed on file, the said meeting having been called for the purpose of con-
sidering the condemnation of an easement through the D. J. Thomas property and any
other business the said Common Council may deem proper.
Aldermen Whiting introduced the following resolution which was read:
"WHEREAS, the construction of a trunk line water main from the
intersection of.Sixteenth Street and Sixteen and one-half Avenue
Northwest in the City of Rochester to Elton Hills Addition to
Rochester, necessarily requires the use of the following described
land to wit:
A strip of land Eight (8) feet wide in the Southeast quarter
(SEg) of Section Twenty -Seven (27), Township One Hundred Seven
(107) North, Range Fourteen (14) West in Olmsted County,
Minnesota, lying Four (4) feet on each side of a line which
is Eleven (11) feet.West of and parallel with.the following
described line:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter
(SEJ) of Section Twenty -Seven (27), Township One Hundred
Seven (107) North, Range Fourteen (14) West, thence due east
along the north line of said Quarter section for a distance
of Five Hundred Thirty -Nine and one tenth (539.1) feet to
the centerline of Seventeenth Avenue Northwest as platted in
Elton Hills First Subdivision for a oint .of beginning; thence
deflect to the right 88 degrees and 0 minutes for a distance
of Your Hundred Twenty -Two and Forty -One Hundredths (422.41)
feet, thence deflect to the right in a southwesterly direction
on a 57 degree, 18 minute curve (are definition, central angle
of 68 degrees - 2-minutes) southwesterly for a*distance of One
Hundred Eighteen and Seventy -Three Hundredths (118.73) feet,
more or less, to the northerly right-of-way line of County Aid
Road "Uu, and there terminating.
NOW THEREFORE, be itresolved by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that a permanent easement for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining, repairing and reconstructing a trunk line water main be
and it hereby is condemned over and throught the above described land.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an easement for a period ending Decem-
ber 31, 1956 for the purpose of initial construction of said trunk line
water main also be and it hereby is condemned over a strip of land
fifty (50) feet on each side of the water main easement described above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that so much of the right, title and interest
of each and every person in and to said land as is necessary to give the
City of Rochester the permanent water main easement above described, is
hereby taken and condemned.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Theodore Franke of the First Ward of
the City of Rochester, Lynn ftncanson of the Second Ward of said City
and Maitland Littleof the Third Ward of said City, three disinterested
freeholders and qualified voters of said City are hereby appointed to
view the premises and assess any damages which may be occasioned by
the condemning and taking of the easement in the above described land,
all in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Rochester.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to notify the said Commissioners
appointed herein to be and appear in the office of said City Clerk in
the City Hall at such time as she may designate for the purpose of
qualifying and entering upon the duties of their office as such
Commissioner. u
A motion was made by Alderman Schroeder that the said resolution be
dopted as read. Alderman Moody seconded the motion and upon roll call and all
resent voting in favor thereof, President Bach declared the said resolution duly
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assed and adopted.
Upon motion by Moody, second by Whiting, the meeting was adjourne dm
City Clerk
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