Res 70 - 290 Authorizing Settlement of Countryside Property Condemnation Appeals & Authorizing Payment ThereforVillage of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 290
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF
COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTY CONDEMNATION
APPEALS AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the Village heretofore commenced condemnation proceedings
to acquire certain property owned by Countryside Company which property
is designated as Parcel No. 1 in the proceedings entitled Village of
Mendota Heights v. Countryside Company, et al., and
WHEREAS, the"commi'ssioners appointed by the court in said condemnation
proceedings filed their report with the District Court on November 22,
1968, wherein'they determined that the total amount of damages to be
paid by the Village for the taking of said Parcel No. 1 amounted to
$15,000, and
WHEREAS, both Countryside Company and the Village have appealed from
the commissioners' award of damages as to said Parcel No. 1, and
WHEREAS, the Village has heretofore paid Countryside Company the sum
of $11,250 as a partial payment of the commissioners' award of damages
as to said Parcel No. 1, and
WHEREAS, Countryside Company has agreed to dismiss its appeal in con-
sideration for a total payment to it of $15,000 as damages by reason
of the taking of Parcel No. 1 by the Village, and
WHEREAS, the Village Attorney has presented a proposed stipulation
for settlement of appeal as to Parcel No. 1 executed by Countryside
Company providing for the dismissal of said appeals in consideration
for the total payment to Countryside Company of $15,000, and
WHEREAS, the Village Council is of the opinion that said proposed
settlement is a reasonable and provident one and in the best interest
of the Village.
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the Village Council of the
Village of Mendota Heights, Minnesota as follows:
1) That the proposed stipulation for settlement of
appeal_as to Parcel No. 1 presented to the meeting by
the Village Attorney be and is hereby approved and
the Village Attorney is hereby authorized and directed
to execute the said stipulation on behalf of the
Village.
2) That the Village pay to Countryside Company at this
time the additional sum of $3,750 representing a total
of $15,000 as consideration for the taking by the
Village of said Parcel No. 1.
3) The Village Attorney be and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute any and all additional papers and to take
such further steps as may be necessary to consummate said
settlement.
Adopted by the Village Council of
6th day of January, 1970.
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the Village of Mendota Heights the
VILLAGE COUNCIL
VILLAGE OF MEND,OOT/A HEIGHTS
By �p�1 ads- J"
Donald L. Huber
Mayor