g. Quit claim deed-abandoned highway right of way

Dakota Fence 1110 25th Ave N · PO Box 1408 · Fargo, NO 58107-1~ 800-726-4064 · Office 701-237-6181 · Fax 701-293-7811 E-mail sales@dakotafence.com October 4, 2007 Mr. Keith Berndt Cass County Engineer 1201 Main Avenue West West Fargo, ND 58078 RE: Right-of-Way South of County Road 20 Dear Mr. Berndt: I have been in contact with Michael Montplaisir, the Cass County Auditor regarding the right-of-way south of County Road 20 (herein "Right-of- Way"). My brother and I own Currier Company who owns the property located at 3980 Highway 81 North in Fargo (herein "Currier Property") which is directly adjacent to the Right-of- Way. Currier Company desires to purchase the Right-of-Way and the Cass County Auditor informed me to direct any inquiries about an offer to purchase to your attention. The purpose of this letter is that Currier Company purposes to purchase Right-of-Way from Cass County for the amount of eight hundred dollars ($800.00). The Cass County Auditor supplied me with the Right-of- Way plat created in 1936 by the State Highway Department and a deed recorded in 1936 conveying the Right-of- Way property to the County. I obtained a survey of the Currier Property, including the abutting Right-of-Way in July 1998, a copy which is enclosed for your reference. The Auditor noted that the 1936 deed to the County legally describes the Right-of-Way as being 117 feet in width, and not 120 feet as shown on our 1998 survey. We acknowledge the difference in width and propose to use the legal description of the Right-of- Way from the 1936 Right-of-Way plat and conveyance deed for consistency of the County records. My understanding that in March 1999, the County sold approximately three acres of a County right-of-way along Highway 81 in the Southeast Quarter of Section 15 in Reed Township to an abutting property owner. The minutes from the Commission Meeting indicate that the approval of the sale was largely due to the facts that the property was no longer used as a highway right-of-way and that the property had no value to anyone other than the abutting landowner. The County received $296.00 in exchange for the sale of the right-of-way property. The Right-of- Way that Currier Company proposes to acquire is similar to the amount of land as in the March 1999 right-of-way transaction. - Equal Opportunity Employer