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City of Shorewood
Resolution No. 99- 010
A Resolution Regarding Conveyance of Conservation Easement over
Certain Lands Within the City of Shorewood to the Minnesota Land Trust
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Land Trust, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation (the
"Trust"), acquired a fee interest in certain real property located within the City of
Shorewood, legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"), in order to
preserve the property as woodlands, wetlands and open space; and
WHEREAS, the Trust will convey its interest in the Property to City of
Shorewood (the "City") for the long-term preservation of the Property; and
WHEREAS, in return for the conveyance of the Property, the Trust requires that
the City grant an easement in favor of the Trust for the preservation and protection of the
Property as woodlands, wetlands and open space (the "Conservation Easement"); and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City and the Property to grant the
Conservation Easement to the Trust.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Shorewood City Council
shall convey the Conservation Easement to the Trust for the maintenance and preservation
of the Property as woodlands, wetlands and open space.
ADOPTED by the Shorewood City Council this ~ y
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