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1983446.001 <br />111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 <br />Record ID 1673972 <br />CONSERVATION AND TRAIL EASEMENT AND RESTRICTIONS <br />THIS CONAERVATION AND TRAIL EASEMENT AND RESTRICTIONS is made <br />effective this t day of >y9-1--t:1-__) <br />, 2006 by Oakwood Land Development,LLC a Minnesota Limited Liaby Company, (collectively the "Owner") to and in favor of the <br />CITY OF RAMSEY, a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota <br />(hereinafter called "City"). <br />WHEREAS Minnesota Statutes 4.C.01.05 authorize the grant by private citizens of <br />non-possessory,conservation easements, to protect natural, scenic and open space values, and <br />the authorized grantees include any governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real <br />property under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and <br />WHEREAS, the City is a: (i) governmental body empowered to own interests in real <br />estate and (ii) is a charter city under Minnesota Statutes; and <br />WHEREAS, preservation of the Easement Areas defined below will further City goals <br />adopted by the City as Resolution #03-12-340 and is summarized as follows: <br />(Resolution #03-12-340) <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey City Council desires to protect ecologically significant open space <br />associated with Trott Brook, by entering into an Agreement with the State of Minnesota for the <br />purpose of acquiring from willing landowners, Conservation and Trail [where applicable] <br />Easements; and <br />WHEREAS, open spaces are vital to our ecological, economic, and physical health; and <br />WHEREAS, p <br />s open ace and natural features are an important element to community <br />p <br />identity in the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Council desires to protect ecologically significant areas <br />within the City; and <br />WI1EREAS, Trott Brook is a high quality, ecologically significant area that creates a <br />large natural corridor across the City; and <br />WHEREAS, preservation of the Easement Areas will further goals of the State of <br />Minnesota adopted by the State as Minnesota Laws 2001, First Special Session, Chapter 2, <br />Section 14, Subdivision 4(e), which provides funding to accelerate the restoration of Minnesota's <br />fish and wildlife by reestablishing a network of statewide corridors that connect core units of <br />high qualityhabitat for the purpose of sustaining and enhancing fish and wildlife populations, <br />g <br />and restoring the integrity of natural communities that are sustainable with human activities; and <br />