1944804 Council 21e No. quest 194480=By Robert F.J ^ ��0
Peterson, by request — cLJJJ
k Resolved, By the Council of the City
ORIGINAL TO CITY CLERK of Saint Paul, upon due consideration
CITY OF ST. PAI of the report of the Commissioner of J).
Yublic Works, delivered to this Council,1
OFFICE OF THE CITYDe.parmentof Public Works for theirs
acquisition b purchase of the tract I
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PRESENTED BY
COMMISSIONE DATE
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon due
consideration of the report of the Commissioner of Public Works, delivered
-'to this Council, upon the need of said City and its Department of Public
Works for their acquisition, by purchase, of the tract or parcel of land
situated in the City of Saint Paul, County of Ramsey, State of'Minnesota,
described as follows:
All those parts of Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block 12, and of
Lot 5, Block 13, Warren & Winslows addition to the Town
of St. Paul, lying within the strips of land between the
present southeasterly lines of Lafayette Road and lines
parallel to and 14 feet distant-southeasterly from said
southeasterly lines of said Lafayette Road, according to
the recorded plat of said addition on file and of record
in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for Ramsey
County, Minnesota,
for that certain public improvement contemplated by this Council by Preliminary
Order No. 194247, now pending and contemplated to involve the opening, widening
and extension of Lafayette Road from the Northern PRcific Railway Company's
right -of -way to Collins Street, together with accompanying estimate of4bhe
cost of said improvement, sketch plans and other data, giving,in full detail
the nature of said improvement and the amount and estimated value of the land
needed therefor, and a statement certified by the City Comptroller of the
funds available or the manner in which said funds may be provided for said
purpose, all pursuant thereto and in compliance with Section 302 of -said
City's Charter, this Council hereby approves said project and,the acquisition
of said hereinabove described tract or parcel of land therefor, among other
parcels, contemplated to be acquired therefor by purchase or condemnation;
that, if feasible, said hereinabove described tract or parcel of land shall
be acquired for said purpose upon private sale by the Committee on Lands
in the premises, comprised of the Mayor, Purchasing Agent and Commissioner of
Public Works, which Committee shall secure options directly or thru agents
for isaid City's purchase of said tract or parcel of land therefor, and report
the total cost of acquiring the same and all other pertUient facts to this
Council; that the cost of securing such options shall not exceed ten per cent
of the value of said tract or parcel of -land; and that in the event said land
cannot be secured at a reasonable price-by purchase, this Council shall direct
the City's acquisition of *the same by condemnation, together with tracts or
parcels of land needed for said public improvement. OCT 2 9 1959
COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas - Nays
DeCourey OCT 2 91959
Holland Approved 19—
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Mr. Vi Presidcnt (Peterson) PUBLISHED 0 ' � -.5
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