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MEMORANDUM • TO: Maury Anderson FROM: Betsy Moran RE: Long Lake Park Title Work DA~l'E : November 17 , 19 8 2 The following is a description of the title work which had to be performed relative to Long Lake Park. All but a few of the Long Lake Park parcels were acquired in a condemnation proceeding commenced in 1969. The property descriptions used in the condemnation action were probably taken from old deeds in the chain of_ title. These property descriptions were quite long and particularly complex around the Minnesota Transfer Railway right-of-way which is the eastern boundary of Long Lake Park. Many of the descriptions included references to leases and easements executed .in the early 1900s. l.~ccausc~ of the length and complexity of the legal descriptions, it. has been necessary for our office and the county attorney's office, to trace the history of the legal descriptions. This involved examination of the underlying plats and documents and consultation • with surveyors to determine precisely where the ,parcels are located. It was also necessary to refer to the underlying right-of-way documents for the Minnesota Transfer Railway because the width of the right-of-way varies along the eastern border of Long Lake Park. Further, the City had good title to only 4 of the 14 parcels which make up Long Lake Park. Corrective measures were needed to establish record ownership in the City. finally, it was necessary to reconstruct the 1969 condemnation proceedings because Final Certificates had not been filed against the properties. The District Court file relating to the condemnation was reviewed and Final Certificates were prepared and filed. Before the property is conveyed to the County, one remaining parcel which lies in the central portion of the lake bottom must be traced. This parcel was conveyed to the City by the State on March 3, 1978, but it appears that the conveyance was never recorded. lm