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ro:Ron Moorse. City Administrator FROM: Jt’hn R. Gcrhardson. Public Works Administrator DATE:December 9. 1993 2. SUBJECT: Tax Forfeit Property Acquisition At the November 22. 1993 Council meeting the Council was asked to review a large parcel ot ■anJ Uial was in tax lorfeiture to be released lor publie sale. The Council requested turther consideration lor this parcel and asked staff to research the possibthty of the City aequirtng this large a parcel. I have checked with Hennepin County Department of Propeny Tax and Public Record and have been advised on the following: 1 The City can acquire the land tree of charge if the land is acquired tor park purposes. The only requirement is that the land must be used for park purposes. Tliis action is usually approved by the County Board without delay. It the City wishes to dispose of the land in the future, then it must be reconveyed to Hennepin County for public sale. Acquire the land without restricted use. The County would conduct an appraisal of die ponienv (Orono s Assessor's market value $41.500) aruJ the City would pay that amount. If County Board approves, we may have to explain intended use of the property. There will also be costs of approximately $l .CKX) to clean up tlie cloud on title as a result of tax forfeiture. The third option would be for the HR.\ to acquire the land for a fee following the appraisal process. This is usually approved by the County Biard with littx difficulty because the County assumes that if you are to acquire land through an HR.A. that you are going to use the propeny for housing. This parcel was reviewed as a six lot subdivision in 1979. This land in coniunction with other adjoining parcels was reviewed as a subdivision in .ipproximately 1988. At that lime ihc Park Commission deunmned that they would ik.i ^ land for park purposes as the City had park land to ihe south ai llighwrxrd .Nature Trails tl4 acres) and DNR owned the I uce Line to the nonh The Park Commission hjs not reviewed this parcel at this lime. 3. ch