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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL TRAIL PURPOSES WITH ULLAND BROTHERS, INC. OVER PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE MAGNEY-SNIVELY NATURAL AREA AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to execute a license agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 1, with Ulland Brothers, Inc., at no cost to the city, for public recreational trail purposes for the hiking and multi-use trails depicted on Exhibit B to the attached Exhibit 1.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize a license agreement between the City and Ulland Brothers, Inc. (“Ulland Brothers”) to allow for public use of a portion Ulland Brother’s property for hiking and multi-use recreational trails. The license agreement remains in effect until May 31, 2023 and provides for automatic renewal of successive five-year terms.
The multi-use trails depicted on Exhibit B to the attached Exhibit 1 will be used as part of the Duluth Traverse Trail, a multi-use trail network linking neighborhoods and parks across the entire ridge-line of Duluth from Lester Park in the east to Chambers Grove in the west. The hiking trails depicted on Exhibit B to the attached Exhibit 1 will be used as a part of the Superior Hiking Trail, a 310-mile long natural surface footpath from Duluth to the Canadian border.
Ulland Brother’s property is adjacent to the Magney-Snively Natural Area and existing trails.