DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Acquire And Restore Conservation Easements And Acquire Donated Land On John B. Dudley Revocable Trust Property
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize expenditure of up to $611,200 to acquire and restore a 16.96-acre permanent natural area conservation easement (East Easement) and a 17.97-acre permanent natural area conservation easement (West Easement), and to accept donation of 3.12 acres of land owned by the John B. Dudley Revocable Trust (Dudley Family); authorize the Parks Department Director to sign purchase agreements (PAs); and authorize the County Board Chair to execute the Easements and two Notice of Funding Restrictions (NOFR).
SUMMARY
The Dudley Family owns 341.65 acres of rural property in Waterford Township within the Cannon River Conservation Focus Area. A portion of the property straddles the Cannon River on the east side of the Canada Avenue bridge (West Easement), and a portion is located further east on the south side of 320th Street West (East Easement). The legal descriptions (Attachment: Legal Descriptions), general depictions (Attachment: General Depictions), and locations (Attachment: Easements and Land Locations) of the Easements and land donation area are attached.
The 16.96-acre West Easement is located on a 20.80-acre parcel. The West Easement is included in the Cannon River Preservation and Access project being partially funded through an Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) grant from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. The Dudley Family also proposes to donate 3.12 acres of the land to the County for the location of a river access and a trailhead for the Mill Towns State Trail. This small area also includes the historic Waterford Bridge structure owned by Waterford Township.
The East Easement is 17.97 acres of forest, bordered by farmland owned by the Dudley Family. This Easement is an initial area the Dudley Family...
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