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RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC MULTI-USE TRAIL PURPOSES FROM THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OVER THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH CAMPUS AND BAGLEY NATURE AREA.
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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 Regents of the University of Minnesota, a Minnesota constitutional corporation, at no cost to the city, over, upon, and across the real property legally described and depicted on Exhibit A to Exhibit 1.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes acceptance of a permanent easement from the Regents of the University of Minnesota (“Regents”) for public multi-use trail purposes over portions of the University of Minnesota Duluth campus and Bagley Nature Area. 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 easement extends 5300 feet. Construction will begin this fall and extend into summer 2020.
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 back. Once completed, it will be the first 100-mile trail system of its kind, wholly within an urban environment.