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Authorizing the City of Saint Paul to apply for and execute a Limited Use Permit with the State of Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for a regional trail within MnDOT owned property near Interstate 35E and Cayuga Avenue to install a segment of trail, a stream channel, and wetlands, as part of MN State aid project SP164-090-013 (Trout Brook Regional Trail) and the Trout Brook (Trillium) Nature Sanctuary project.
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Saint Paul has approved the Trout Brook Regional Trail Master Plan (Res 09-1301) to construct a regional trail and associated improvements with the Trout Brook (Trillium) Nature Sanctuary project; and
WHEREAS, the City and MnDOT have previously entered into an agreement (#82121) on the development of the Trout Brook (Trillium) site; and
WHEREAS, MnDOT requires a Limited Use Permit for the construction and use of said regional trail and associated Nature Sanctuary improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City will be required to indemnify the State of Minnesota, its Commissioner of Transportation, employees, and its successors, and assigns as set forth in the permit; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of money through the promise of indemnification requires the Council to make a finding of public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the development and installation of the Trout Brook Regional Trail and Trout Brook (Trillium) Nature Sanctuary will provide direct public benefit with the addition of outdoor recreation, multi-modal transit, exercise and leisure activities, and the restoration of native plant ecology and wildlife habitat; and
WHEREAS, MnDOT requires a City Council resolution to apply for the Limited Use Permit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the appropriate city officials to apply for and execute the Limited Use Permit with MnDOT, which contains an indemnification provision, for the following purposes:
Construct, operate, and maintain a multi-use region...
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