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Chaska EDA accepts small land donation; EDA will pay closing and title costs
Summary
The Chaska Economic Development Authority approved an amended land donation agreement to accept a triangular quarter‑acre parcel between the old Cooper’s grocery store and an EDA parcel; the amended agreement clarifies the legal description and requires the EDA to pay closing costs and title insurance.
The Chaska Economic Development Authority (EDA) voted Oct. 20 to approve an amended land donation agreement to accept a small triangular parcel (approximately one quarter acre) conveyed by the Klein family that had been part of the former Cooper’s grocery parcel.
Elise (city/EDA staff) told commissioners the parcel was subdivided and recorded at Carver County and that the amended agreement added the legal description and set timing for donation prior to year‑end (staff said the transfer will likely occur in early November). The donors will pay 2025 property taxes; the EDA will assume routine closing costs, title‑insurance commitment and deed taxes (estimated to be roughly $1,000), a change from an earlier draft that did not make the EDA responsible for those costs.
Commissioner Hatfield moved approval of the amended agreement; Commissioner Benesch seconded. The EDA approved the amended land donation agreement by voice vote with no public comment.
EDA staff said accepting the parcel helps square off the EDA‑owned property to the south and improves redevelopment flexibility for that block; no redevelopment plan or sale was announced at the meeting.
