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File #: RES 23-742    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Authorizing the conveyance of the Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School, City-owned property, to the St. Paul Public School District.
Sponsors: Russel Balenger
Attachments: 1. Chapter 705--S.F. No. 2062 (1965), 2. Aerial view, 3. Deed Template to convey Obama Elementary

Title

Authorizing the conveyance of the Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School, City-owned property, to the St. Paul Public School District.

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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 has 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) 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 thirty-eight (38) 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, the School District is now requesting that the City convey the Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School building property from the original group identified; and

 

WHEREAS, the School District has provided title evidence and maps of the Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School property to be conveyed; and

 

WHEREAS, the City has verified its title to the Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School property and concurs with the School District that title should have been conveyed with other property transfers when the School District was established; now, therefore, be it

 

RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes and directs the proper city officials to convey, with the attached quit claim deed, the Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School building property to the School District, and to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate the property transfer

 

 

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