Title
Authorizing the conveyance of the Wheelock Early Learning Center, a City-owned property at 1521 Edgerton Street, to the St. Paul Public School District.
Body
WHEREAS, Chapter 705-S.F. No. 2062 of the 1965 Minnesota Laws converted the Special School District of the City of Saint Paul (“City”) to the Independent School District No. 625 (“School District”); and Section 1, Subd. 18 of Chapter 705 required the transfer of all City-owned property used for school purposes to the School District; and
WHEREAS, title research by the School District identified 51 properties ("School Properties") that have long been under the jurisdiction of the School District but whose title has remained in the City’s name; and
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2022 the City Council adopted RES 22-278 to authorize the conveyance of six (6) of the School Properties to the School District based on the belief that the School Properties were intended to be transferred to the School District along with other property transfers when the School District was established in 1965; and
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2022 the City Council adopted RES 22-851 to authorize the conveyance of an additional thirty-eight (38) School Properties to the School District; and
WHEREAS, on May, 24, 2023 the City Council adopted RES 23-742 to authorize the conveyance of the Barack and Michelle Obama Elementary School property to the School District; and
WHEREAS, the School District is now requesting that the City convey its property located at 1521 Edgerton Street ("Wheelock Early Learning Center"), which is yet another of the 51 School Properties from the original group identified; and
WHEREAS, the City has verified its title to the Wheelock Early Learning Center and concurs with the School District that title should have been conveyed with other property transfers when the School District was established; and
WHEREAS, the School District has provided a quit claim deed and legal description of the Wheelock Early Learning Center, attached hereto as Exhibit A; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes and directs the proper city officials to convey the Wheelock Early Learning Center to the School District, and to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate the property transfer.