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File #: 25-0606R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/17/2025 In control: Public Works and Utilities
On agenda: 7/28/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LIMITED USE PERMIT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FAIRMONT PARK/LAKE SUPERIOR ZOO FENCE AND LANDSCAPING IN THE TRUNK HIGHWAY 23 (GRAND AVENUE) RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Attachments: 1. Cover Memo, 2. Letter of Expiration notice, 3. Draft LUP
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LIMITED USE PERMIT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FAIRMONT PARK/LAKE SUPERIOR ZOO FENCE AND LANDSCAPING IN THE TRUNK HIGHWAY 23 (GRAND AVENUE) RIGHT-OF-WAY.

 

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RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are authorized to enter into an agreement substantially in the form as attached Exhibit 1, with the Commissioner of Transportation, State of Minnesota, granting the City a limited use permit for the Fairmont Park/Lake Superior Zoo fence and landscaping in the state’s right-of-way for Trunk Highway 23 (Grand Avenue) shown by Exhibit A of the agreement

 

Statement of Purpose

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Resolution authorizing a limited use permit agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for operation and maintenance of Fairmont Park/Lake Superior Zoo fence and landscaping in the Grand Avenue right-of-way. The fence was installed along the Zoo property, within Trunk Highway 23 (Grand Avenue) right-of-way in 2015 under a similar limited use permit. That permit expired March 13, 2025, requiring the approval of a new Limited Use Permit agreement.