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... :! ." .. - RESOLUTION NO. 01-048 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMS PIPE LINE COMPANY, LLC THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON makes the following Findings of Fact: 1. In January 2001, the City purchased two parcels of land from the Soo Line Railroad (d/b/a the Canadian Pacific Railway) that are each 40 feet wide and extend from First Street Northwest on the south to the County Road E2 Extension to the north (the "Soo Line Strip"); 2. The Soo Line Strip is located within the MacGillis & Gibbs/Bell Lumber and Pole Site (the "Site"), which the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EP A") placed on the National Priorities List pursuant to Section 1 05 ofthe Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA", a/kIa The Superfund Law). Similarly, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ("MPCA") placed the Site on the State of Minnesota's Permanent List of Priorities pursuant to the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act; 3. The Site has been the subject of releases of hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants; 4. The Williams Pipe Line Company operates a pipeline that crosses the Site including the Soo Line Strip; 5. The City finds that it is in the best interests of the health, safety and welfare of City residents if the Williams pipeline were relocated to facilitate the environmental clean-up Site. 6. Williams Pipe Line is willing to relocate its pipeline to facilitate the environmental clean-up provided that it be granted a permanent easement in which to operate its pipeline. A permanent easement would replace the temporary revocable license agreement that Williams Pipe Line had with the Soo Line Railroad.