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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2468�9tr7A,I� o e v, City `of Edina NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF PROCEEDINGS ON VACATION OF EASEMENT FOR UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF EDINA, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota on March 1, 1993, adopted a Resolution Vacating Utility and Drainage Easement, after public hearing and notice thereof as required by law and after determining it to be in the best interest of the City and of the public that said easement vacation be made, which resolution ordered the vacation of the following described easement for utility and drainage purposes, all as platted and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota: A 20 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of Lot 11, Auditor's Subdivision No. 325, which point is 365 feet South of the Southwest corner of Lot 1, Block 1, Harold Woods; thence Easterly, at right angles to said West line, a distance of 150 feet; thence Northeasterly to a point on the centerline of Harold Woods Lane, which point is the point of intersection with a line running from the Southwest corner of Lot 2, Block 1, Harold Woods Second Addition to the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 1, Harold Woods Third Addition. Also the West 7.5 feet of the South 305 feet of the north 630 feet of that part of said Lot 11, Auditor's Subdivision No. 325 lying South of Harold Woods. The time of completion of proceedings and the effective date of said vacation is April 23, 1993. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF EDINA k &� 1h Marcella M. Daehn City Clerk City Hall (612) 927 -8861 4801 WEST 50TH STREET FAX (612) 927 -7645 EDINA, MINNESOTA 55424 -1394 TDD (612) 927 -5461 3 14,10*0 111 U') ------------------------------- 7-- 9 (1-3) !4 3 (38) 6408 321,. 96 EAST (2-3) cy 326.18 (37) (24) 325.66 WEST !4 _71 567'16'12'W OL A 141 eN, i 1p SUED 0 7 - r 016) lla7'05'Z,R"F- r,18. 4 9 7- 4 (20) 4 (39) ® 1as lvr 214 U, Z 1'33'32" 39,77 90.64 M. 14 R -208.?6 39 77 7 NROLD --- WOODS �15-4 R "402.56 —E —A 4Sr IN* Ft. i9o. 89 74. LA 58.05 39. 7 39.16 R R •14!9 1 J8, 49 41 HAROLD MOODS (22) 5 THIRD ADDH (40) 4,? SUED 0 7 - r 016) lla7'05'Z,R"F- r,18. 4 9 7- 4 616'7'713 CONSERVATION RESTRICTION (Open Space /Natural Condition) THIS INDENTURE, Made this - r day of AV 1993, between R.E.C., INC., a Minnesota corporation (hereinafter called "Owner," whether one or more), and the CITY OF EDINA, a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota (hereinafter called "Edina "). WITNESSETH: That Owner, in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby Grant, Bargain, Sell and Convey unto Edina, its successors and assigns, Forever, a Conservation Restriction pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 84.64, for the purposes and on the terms hereinafter specified, over, on and across the tract(s) or parcel(s) of land lying and being in the County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (said tract(s) or parcel(s) of land being hereinafter together called the; "Easement Areal. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME, Together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, to Edina, its successors and assigns, Forever. And Owner, for Owner and Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, covenants with Edina, its successors and assigns, that Owner is well seized in fee of the Easement Area, and has good right to convey pursuant hereto the interests hereby conveyed, and that the Easement Area is free from all encumbrances, except real estate taxes and installments of special assessments payable therewith which are not now delinquent. And Owner will warrant and defend the Easement Area in the quiet and peaceable possession of Edina, its successors and assigns, for the purposes hereby granted against all persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part thereof, subject to the encumbrances hereinbefore mentioned. The purpose of this Conservation Restriction is to assure that the portion of the Easement Area described in Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof (said portion of the Easement Area so described in Exhibit B being hereinafter referred to as the "Open Space Area "), shall at all times remain as open space and constitute scenic surroundings, and to assure that the portion of the Easement Area described in Exhibit C hereto and made a part hereof (said portion of the Easement Area so described in Exhibit C being hereinafter referred to as the "Natural Condition Area "), shall at all times (i) remain in its present natural condition; (ii) constitute scenic surroundings; and (iii) constitute a suitable habitat for fish and /or wildlife. To accomplish this purpose, Owner, for Owner and Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, does hereby covenant and agree that: 1. No buildings or other structures of any kind, and no roads, signs, billboards or other advertising of any kind, and no utility equipment poles, wires or other material of any kind, shall hereafter be erected, installed, constructed or placed, or allowed to be erected, installed, placed or constructed, on or above all or any part of the Easement Area without the express prior written approval of Edina. 2. Except as may be permitted by a grading or excavation permit issued by the City, no soil or other substance or material shall be dumped or placed, or 2 allowed to be dumped or placed, as landfill or for any other purpose, reason or cause on all or any part of the Easement Area without the express prior written approval of Edina. 3. No trash, waste or unsightly or offensive materials shall be dumped or placed, or allowed to be dumped or placed, on all or any part of the Easement Area without the express prior written approval of Edina. 4. No trees, shrubs or other vegetation shall be removed, or be allowed to be removed, from all or any part of the Natural Condition Area without the express prior written approval of Edina, except for trees, limbs or branches that are dead, diseased or pose safety hazards. 5. Except as may be permitted by a grading or excavation permit issued by the City, no loam, peat, gravel, soil, rock or other material or substance shall be excavated, dredged or removed, or allowed to be excavated, dredged or removed, from all or any part of the Easement Area without the express prior written approval of Edina. 6. No activities detrimental to drainage, flood control, water conservation, erosion control, or soil conservation, and no other acts or uses detrimental to the retention or preservation of the Open Space Area as a scenic open space, shall be conducted or permitted to be conducted on all or any part of the Open Space Area without the express prior written approval of Edina. 7. The Open Space Area shall at all time be kept planted, shrubbed, sodded and otherwise landscaped (hereinafter collectively called "landscaping ") by 3 Owner, Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, in a manner reasonably acceptable to Edina. 8. No activities detrimental to drainage, flood control, water conservation, erosion control, soil conservation or fish and /or wildlife habitat preservation, and no other acts or uses detrimental to the retention or preservation of the Natural Condition Area as a natural and scenic open or wooded space or as a fish and /or wildlife habitat, shall be conducted or permitted to be conducted on all or any part of the Natural Condition Area without the express prior written approval of Edina. 9. No surface use shall be made of all or any part of the Natural Condition Area except for purposes consistent with the maintenance and preservation of the Natural Condition Area in its natural condition without the express prior written approval of Edina. 10. No surface use shall be made of all or any part of the Open Space Area except for purposes consistent with the maintenance and preservation of the Open Space Area as open space without the express prior written approval of Edina. 11. The Easement Area, including landscaping in the Open Space Area, shall be maintained at all times by Owner and Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, in full compliance with all applicable ordinances of Edina now or hereafter enacted and in full compliance with the provisions of this Conservation Restriction. 4 12. This Conservation Restriction shall not operate to grant to Edina the right to use or improve, or to permit the public to use or improve, the Easement Area as or for a park. 13. This Conservation Restriction shall not operate to prevent the Owner or invitees of the Owner from using the Open Space Area for normal rear yard surface use activities by such persons; provided such use of the Open Space Area does not include the erection, installation, placement or construction of any building or other structure or improvement of any kind, including, but not limited to, swimming pools, sport courts, decks and patios, within the Open Space Area. This Conservation Restriction shall not operate to prevent the Owner or invitees of the Owner from pedestrian travel over the surface of the Natural Condition Area. 14. The rights and remedies in law and in equity given by the laws of Minnesota, including, without limitation, Minnesota Statutes § 84.65 or any successor statute, as such statutes may hereafter be supplemented, modified or amended, shall be available to Edina. Also, if there shall be a violation or breach, or an attempt to violate or breach, any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Conservation Restriction, Edina may prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity against the person, firm or corporation violating or breaching, or attempting to violate or breach, any such term, covenant or condition, to either prevent such violation or breach or to recover damages for such violation or breach. Also, Edina, in the event of such violation or breach, without notice, may, at its option, enter upon the Easement Area with such personnel, equipment and material as it 5 determines necessary, to undertake and perform the term, covenant or condition so violated or breached, or to cure the violation or breach, and the cost incurred, including attorneys' fees, with interest at the highest rate then allowed by law, or, if no maximum rate is applicable, then at the rate of twelve percent (12 %) per annum, shall be payable by Owner, and Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, on demand made by Edina, its successors and assigns. Such entry shall be without liability or obligation of any kind to Owner, or any owner or occupant of the Easement Area, for trespass or damage to the Easement Area, or any property or improvements thereon, or for loss of business or business interruption, or any other cause, all of which liability and obligation is hereby waived by Owner, and if any person makes any claim against Edina, or its officers, agents, employees, representatives or contractors for loss or damage to property or business due to such entry, Owner agrees to hold Edina, and its officers, agents, employees, representatives or contractors harmless from- and indemnified against any loss, cost, damage or expense, including attorneys' fees whether suit be brought or not, arising out of such claim, and to pay to Edina, upon demand of Edina, any such loss, cost, damage or expense, including attorneys' fees, suffered or incurred by Edina, or its officers, agents, employees, representatives or contractors, with interest at the highest rate allowed by law, or if no maximum rate is applicable, then at the rate of twelve percent (12 %) per annum, from the date demanded until paid; provided, however, that the foregoing hold harmless and indemnity shall not apply to intentional wrongful acts or omissions or negligence of Edina, or its officers, agents, RI employees, representatives or contractors. Owner and Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns shall also pay all costs of collection thereof, including attorneys' fees, with interest thereon as above provided, if payment is not made on demand, whether or not suit be brought. In addition to other remedies then available for collection of such costs and interest, Edina may levy such costs and interest against the Easement Area and any other property then included in the same tax parcel as the Easement Area, in the same manner as special assessments (without, however, any notice or hearing of any kind) and collect the same with the real estate taxes against the whole of such tax parcel which are payable in the year following the year such costs and interest are so levied, and Owner, for Owner and Owner's heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, hereby waive any and all objections to such levy, including, without limitation, the amount thereof, the hearing process (including the giving of, or failure to give, or error in giving of, any required notice), and including all rights of appeal from such levy. If such assessments are not paid before they become delinquent, the whole of such tax parcel may be sold and conveyed in the same manner as lands forfeited for nonpayment of real estate taxes are sold and conveyed. 15. The terms, covenants and conditions hereof shall run with the land and shall be binding on all present and future owners and occupiers of the Easement Area, and shall only inure to the benefit of Edina, its successors and assigns, and may be amended or modified at any time and from time to time by the sole act of Edina and the then record owners of the Easement Area, and may be 7 released in whole or in part at any time, and from time to time, by the sole act of Edina. 16. Each person who is now or hereafter a record owner of, all or any part of the Easement Area shall be liable hereunder for all liabilities and obligations accruing hereunder while such a record owner, and if there be more than one such record owner, such owners shall be jointly and severally liable. However, such liability shall cease as to such record owner when no longer such a record owner, except, however, for liabilities and obligations which accrued while such a record owner. 17. If any provision of this Conservation Restriction is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable as to any person or circumstance, the application of such provision to persons and circumstances other than those as to which it shall be held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and all provisions of this Conservation Restriction in all other respects shall remain in full force and effect and be valid and enforceable. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Owner has caused these presents to be executed the day and year first above written. R.E.C., INC. Y Ron Clark, Chief Executive Officer This instrument is exempt from State Deed Tax- 9 1 I iI STATE OF MINNESOTA) } ss. COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day of 1993, by Ron Clark, the Chief Executive Officer of R.E.C., Inc., a mfn-n—esod corporation, on behalf of the corporation. C� CYNTHIA A. VOLKART Notary Public NoTAw PuR c - Mea mn SCOTT COUNTY my Uw1ssbn E)#z Feb. 15,190 -� AND PP!G' TAXES PAID DEPT. QF ?,� , r, nLiC ?ECORDS TRA: > SFE ENTERED 9 OQ% 1 P MINN. DEPUTY CONSENT AND SUBORDINATION The undersigned, being the holder of a Mortgage (the "Interest ") on the property defined as the "Easement Area" in the Conservation Restriction to which this Consent and Subordination is attached, the document creating said Interest being dated April 23, 1993 , and recorded as Document No. 6070163 , in the office of the county recorder , Hennepin County, Minnesota, does hereby agree and consent to all of the terms and conditions of the Conservation Restriction to which this Consent and Subordination is attached, and agrees to be bound by all of the obligations of, and subject to all of the remedies available against, an owner in the event it becomes a record owner of all or any part of the Easement Area. EASTERN HEIGHTS STATE BANK OF SAINT PAUL B /--1-1 �--- -- Y Its Vice President And A / u Its C rcial Loan Officer STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ss. COUNTY OF WASHID1GMN ) The foregoing Consent and Subordination was acknowledged before me this 14th day of May -/ 1993, by T D Hansen , the Vies PrpsidPnt , and Mandy Stil.le , the Commercial L.O. of Eastern Heights State Bank of Saint Paul, a Minnesota corporation, on behalf of the corporation. MARY JO GRAMEN? NOTARY PUBLIC MINNESQL�1 , WASHINGTON COUNTY MY COMMISSION EXPIRES FEB. 25. 195 2 ota y Public M649- 6167713 ISO CT9311:02 A6167-eI3 1 SOCT9311:02 A6167713 17 -E _CD ,CD $4.50 DOC $i6.0 )ER Klill'.-Il "I C -!i i Y, MANESOTA i�!;D OR 1993 OCT 1 3 kYl 10: 58 6167713 C, IRECORDER "EPUTY FXHXBIT A That part of Lots 2 and 5, Bloch 1, MARK DALQUIST ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, that lies within a 100 foot strip of land and the westerly and northerly line of said strip described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of said Lots 2; thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 31 minutes 23 seconds Bast, along the south line of said Lot 2, a distance Ot 35.17 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 14 degrees CZ minutes 10 seconds East 110.71, feet; thence North 28 degrees 04 minutes 21 seconds East 56.72 feet; thence North 40 degrees 36 minutes 05 8600nds soft 92.38 foot; thence North 50 dogrsos 38 minutes 26 ssoonds east 66.44 feet; thence North .79 degrees 41 minutes 43 seconds Bast 51.91 loot; thence South 71 degrees 93 minutes 34 seconds Nast 126.17 toot; thence North 74 dsgroos 03 minutes 17 seconds Bast 34#18 feet to the intersection with the east line of said Lot 6 and said line there terminating. ZXHI31T B That part Of LOtS 2 and 5, Block 1, MARK DALQUIBT ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, that lies within a 75 foot strip of land and the westerly and northerly line of said strip described as foliowss Commencing at the southwest corner of said Lots 2; thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 31 minutes 23 seconds East, along the south line of said Lot 2, a distance of 35.17 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 14 degrees 02 minutes 10 seconds Bast 110.71 feet; thence North 28 degrees 04 minutes 21 seco"s East 56.72 feet; thence North 40 degrees 36 minutes 05 seconds Vast 92.28 feet; thence North 50 degrees 38 minutes 26 seconds Bast 66.44 feet; thence North 79 degrees 41 minutes 43 seconds Bast 61.91 feet; thence South 71 degrees 33 minutes 54 seconds Bast 126.17 feet; thenoe North 74 degrees 03 minutes 17 seconds East 34.18 feet to tns intersection with the east line of said Lot Sand said line there terminating. EXHIBIT C That part of Lots 2 and 5, Block 1, K%M DALQUYBT ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, that lies within a 25 foot strip of land and the westerly and northerly line of said strip is a line 75.00 feet easterly and southerly of the tollow3Ag described liner Commencing at the southwest corner of said Lots 2; thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 31 minutes 23 seconds $art, along the south line of said Lot Z, a distance of 33.17 foot to the point of beginning; thence North 14 degrees 02 minutes 10 seconds Best 110.71 feet; thence North 28 degrees 04 minutes 21 seconds Beet 56.72 feet; thence North 40 degrees 36 minutes 05 seconds taut 92.28 feet; thence North 50 degrees 38 minutes 26 seconds Bast 66.44 feet; thence North 79 degrees 41 minutes 43 seconds Vest 61.91 feet; thence south 71 degrees 33 minutes 54 seconds East 126.17 feet; thence North 74 degrees 03 minutes 17 seconds Bast 34.18 feet to the intersection with the east litre of said Lot 5 and sakd line there terminating. 84893 05/10/93