Title
AN ORDINANCE DEDICATING AN EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC ROADWAY AND UTILITY PURPOSES ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY RELATED TO RECONDITIONING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF RIDGEVIEW ROAD.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That the city of Duluth does hereby dedicate to the general public a perpetual easement for roadway and utility right-of-way purposes over city-owned property in St. Louis County, Minnesota, as legally described in the attached Exhibit.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its passage and publication.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this ordinance is to dedicate a 33 foot wide easement for roadway and utility purposes across city-owned property to facilitate reconditioning and reconstruction of an existing road known as Ridgeview Road.
The road will provide a secondary access road to the Minnesota Air National Guard base in Duluth. The city will receive a combination of funds provided by MnANG and federal highway administration funds. The project funds will provide for reconditioning and reconstruction of this roadway to a surface capable of carrying higher volumes of traffic. In order to be able to use the federal funds, the roadway must be on a “public right-of-way.”