Agenda - Council Work Session - 07/19/2005

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E. CONSERVATION POLICY. Preservation of the Protected Property will further those governmental policies established by the following: · Resolution#03-12-340, summarized as; WHEREAS, Ramsey City Council desires to protect ecologically significant openspace associated with Trott Brook, by entering into an Agreement with the State of Minnesota for the purpose of acquiring from willing landowners, Conservation and Trail Easements; and WHEREAS, open spaces are vital to our ecological, economic, and physical health; and WHEREAS, open space and natural features are an important element to community identity in the City of Ramsey; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Council desires to protect ecologically significant areas with the City; and WHEREAS, Trott Brook is a high quality, ecologically significant area that creates a large natural corridor across the City. Minnesota Laws 2001, First Special Session, Chapter 2, Section 14, Subdivision 4(e), which provides funding to accelerate the restoration of Minnesota's fish and wildlife by reestablishing a network of statewide corridors that connect core units of high quality habitat for the purpose of sustaining and enhancing fish and wildlife populations, and restoring the integrity of natural communities that are sustainable with human activities. CONSERVATION INTENT. The Owner and the City are committed to protecting and preserving the Conservation Values of the Protected Property in perpetuity. Accordingly, it is their intent to create and implement a conservation and trail easement that is binding upon the current Owner and all future owners of the Protected Property and that conveys to the City the right to protect and preserve the Conservation Values of the Protected Property for the benefit of this generation and generations to come. 2