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RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC MULTI-USE TRAIL PURPOSES FROM THE MARSHALL SCHOOL OVER PROPERTY NEAR CENTRAL ENTRANCE AND PECAN AVENUE AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to accept a permanent easement for public multi-use trail purposes, as more particularly described on the Easement Agreement attached as Exhibit 1, from The Marshall School, at no cost to the city, over, upon, and across the real property legally described on Exhibit B to Exhibit 1 and depicted on Exhibit C to Exhibit 1, at no cost to the city.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes acceptance of a permanent easement from The Marshall School (“Marshall”) for public multi-use trail purposes over property near Entrance Central and Pecan Avenue. The easement granted is intended to be used for the Duluth Traverse Trail. In consideration of the easement, which comes at no cost to the city, the city agrees to maintain the trail or other improvements within the easement area.
The City and COGGS previously constructed the trail across Marshall’s property pursuant to a license agreement with Marshall. The acceptance of this easement allows for the public’s continued and permanent use of the trail.
The Duluth Traverse Trail is 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. Designed for human-powered activities, such as hiking and mountain bicycling, the Traverse Trail is constructed as a single track, natural surface trail approximately forty-eight inches (48”) wide that is designed to narrow over time as vegetation grows in. Once completed, it will be the first 100-mile trail system of its kind, wholly within an urban environment.