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City of Elk River Resolution 14- A Resolution of the City of Elk River Approving Acquisition of Real Property and Dispensing with Statutory Requirements for Review by Planning Commission of Acquisition WHEREAS, the City of Elk River's Wastewater Treatment Facility ("WWTF") is located adjacent to Great River Energy's ("GRE's") Elk River Power Station;and WHEREAS, the City has been planning for expansion of the WWTF for approximately ten (10) years;and WHEREAS, the City and GRE entered into an Agreement dated February 20, 2007 ("Agreement"),whereby GRE agreed to convey to the City for the purposes of expansion of the WWTF, the 1.4-acre parcel of property described on the attached Exhibit "A" (the "Property");and WHEREAS, the City and GRE have agreed that the Property will be conveyed by GRE to the City by warranty deed in satisfaction of paragraph 6 of the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the costs associated with the transaction will be paid as follows: 1. The City will bear the costs of preparing and recording the Warranty Deed and related conveyance documents;and 2. The City will bear all title insurance costs,including all title company closing costs; and 3. The parties will each bear their own internal costs for review, approval, negotiation and execution of the documents effecting the conveyance; and WHEREAS,Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd. 2 requires that the Planning Commission review the City's proposed acquisitions and dispositions of property; and WHEREAS,Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd. 2 provides for an exception from the Planning Commission review requirement upon 2/3 vote of the City Council dispensing with the requirement and finding that the acquisition of the property has no relationship to the comprehensive municipal plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk River,Minnesota, as follows: P O w E R E U 9 1 1`4 U