06-09-2025 Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting

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By authority of Section 117.205 Minnesota Statutes, 1 hereby certify that the lands or rights herein described have been taken by the State of Minnesota in eminent domain proceeding for trunk highway purposes in conformity with the requirements of Chapter 117 of said statutes; that commissioners were duly appointed by the court to ascertain and report the amount of damages sustained by the several owners on account of such taking; that said commissioners qualified and made and filed their report of such damages; that the time for appeal from the awards in said report has expired; that appeals, if taken, have been disposed of; that all damages have been paid by the State of Minnesota; that said proceedings are now complete as to all parcels except Parcels 24 and 95; and that said State now owns said lands in fee simple absolute, together with the following rights, to - wit: has acquired from the owners whose lands front thereon any existing right of access to said highway in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned; has acquired a temporary easement in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned; and has acquired easements for walls, wall maintenance, footings and drainage in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned. With reference to Parcel 210, the State of Minnesota has also acquired a wetland easement in perpetuity. With reference to all parcels, the award assumed that the property was free of all pollutants, contaminants, and hazardous wastes. The commission had not assessed any damage for the presence of pollutants, contaminants, and hazardous wastes on the subject property. The award was made with the express understanding that the petitioner, State of Minnesota, has reserved all rights to recover damages, testing cost, and clean-up costs attributable to the existence of pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous wastes on the property _3_ 100