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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 89-50 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR RAMSEY COUNTY TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP LAND <br />LOCATED ON TWIN CITY ARMS PLANT PROPERTY IN ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Rice Creek Regional Trail Corridor has been identified as <br />part of the Regional Recreation Open Space System for multi-use land <br />trails, and a canoe route; and <br /> <br />\ <br />WHEREAS, Ramsey County is the implementing agency for the Rice Creek Trail <br />Corridor segments within Ramsey County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, all of the trail corridor segments within Ramsey County have been <br />acquired, except for a one mile segment which passes through the Twin <br />Cities Arms Plant, owned by the U.S. Department of Defense; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, access through the Twin City Arms Plant along Rice Creek is <br />essential in order to provide a continuous water route for canoeing and <br />other boating activities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the northwest municipalities of Ramsey County are interested in <br />acquiring and developing a 35:t acre parcel of land within the Twin City <br />Arms Plant for athletic fields that is adjacent to, and complements the <br />proposed Rice Creek Trail Corridor; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, efforts to negotiate with the U.S. Department of Defense for <br />access through the Arms Plant along Rice Creek have been unsuccessful. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners <br />reaffirms its interest in acquiring the Rice Creek Trail Corridor segment, <br />through the Twin City Arms Plant, and requests the transfer or long term <br />lease, from the U.S. Department of Defense to Ramsey County, for trail <br />corridor purposes, provided the County does not assume liability <br />associated with potential hazardous wastes on the site; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Ramsey County, in cooperation with the <br />northwest Ramsey County municipalities, requests the assistance of the <br />Minnesota Congressional Delegation in this effort. <br /> <br />Adopted by the Arden Hills City Council this 27th day of November, 1989. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />CITy::,c;F RDEN J7ISi'S,/ .' <br />f\.Alr:r~~ ;\l~'~ <br />By " <br />Thomas R. Sather, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />~ IC ~/) <br />Gary . Berger <br />City Administrator <br />