15-11131r RESOLUTION NO. 11131
A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS FOR THE
INTERCITY REGIONAL TRAIL IN THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield (City) participated in and provided a Resolution of
Support for the Intercity Regional Trail (Trail) Master Plan on May 22, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the City entered into a Cooperative Regional Trail Agreement
(Agreement) for the Trail with the Park District on March 25, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement will require the Park District to acquire at Park District
cost any additional non-public property rights as may be necessary to provide a continuous
and contiguous Trail corridor where achievable through direct purchase; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement requires the City to approve acquisition by Park District
of said property rights and approve condemnation of property rights if Park District is
unable to acquire property through direct purchase; and
WHEREAS, at this time it is necessary to acquire four permanent public trail way
easements and four temporary construction easements from a one private property owner
in order to provide a continuous and contiguous Trail corridor; and
WHEREAS, the Park District has actively negotiated with the property owner and
has acquired property rights for the property described below through direct purchase:
Permanent Public Trailway Easement
Location Description
Unassigned Address, 1544 square feet of permanent easement
Richfield Parkway,
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0137
Unassigned Address, 1272 square feet of permanent easement
Richfield Parkway,
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0138
Unassigned Address, 616 square feet of permanent easement
Richfield Parkway,
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0139
Unassigned Address, 1640 square feet of permanent easement
Richfield Parkway,
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0140
Temporary Construction Easement
Location Description
Unassigned Address, 438 square feet of temporary easement expiring
Richfield Parkway, December 31, 2016
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0137
Unassigned Address, 795 square feet of temporary easement expiring
Richfield Parkway, December 31, 2016
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0138
Unassigned Address, 264 square feet of temporary easement expiring
Richfield Parkway, December 31, 2016
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0139
Unassigned Address, 533 square feet of temporary easement expiring
Richfield Parkway, December 31, 2016
Richfield, MN 55423
PID 26-028-24-14-0140
WHEREAS, failure to secure property rights for the aforementioned property
jeopardies the ability of the Park District to construct the Trail; and
WHEREAS, the City continues to support the Park District efforts to design,
construct, operate, and maintain the regional trail and acquire any necessary property
rights to do so; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City, in accordance with
Minnesota Statute 398.09 subd. b1, approves the direct purchase of the aforementioned
property by the Park District for the Nokomis-Minnesota River Regional Trail and approves
condemnation of property rights described in this resolution if direct purchase is not
successful.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 27th day of
October, 2015.
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Debbie Goettel, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Elizabe h VanHoose, City Clerk