Resolution Number 19-25

RESOLUTION NUMBER 19-25

REQUESTING CONCURRENT DETACHMENT FROM MOUNTAIN IRON AND ANNEXATION TO VIRGINIA OF CERTAIN LANDS PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 414.061

WHEREAS, the real property legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto and depicted
on Exhibit B attached hereto is presently located within the city of Mountain Iron (the “Property”); and

WHEREAS, the Property consists of approximately 3.5 acres and abuts the municipal
boundaries that separate the city of Mountain Iron and the city of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, both the city of Mountain Iron and the city of Virginia desire to modify their
respective municipal boundaries by detaching the Property from the city of Mountain Iron and attaching the Property to the city of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, section 414.061 authorizes two municipalities to adopt
and submit to the chief administrative law judge resolutions from each describing land abutting their shared boundary and stating their desire to concurrently detach the land from one municipality and annex the land to the other.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Mountain Iron, Minnesota, that:

1. The city of Mountain Iron desires and requests that the chief administrative law judge of
   the State Office of Administrative Hearings, Municipal Boundary Adjustment Unit
   concurrently detach the Property from the city of Mountain Iron and annex the same to the city of Virginia at the earliest possible date.
2. The City Administrator is hereby directed to coordinate the submission of this Resolution to the of administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings, Municipal Boundary Adjustments for the purposes set forth herein.

DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 6^th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025.

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 Mayor Peggy Anderson

ATTEST:

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City Administrator