2000_0828_packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

EXHIBIT B A to that certain GROUND LEASE, DEVELOPMENT AND USE AGREEMENT by and between CITY OF ROSEVILLE, Lessor and WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA, Tenant The beginning of a new millennium encourages all of us, individuals and communities, to redefine our goals. What kind of a new world do we want to help make? The words "community" and "partnership" are everywhere, as individuals look for responsive government and organizations of all kinds seek to use community resources more efficiently and effectively. Most are also concerned about doing a better job of protecting the natural world in this still-new century. A recent Gallup Poll (published on April 17, 2000,the 30th anniversary of Earth Day) noted that 83% of Americans "agree with the goals of the environmental movement." Many futurists see a deepening concern for the environment developing as wildlife habitat shrinks and people turn more and more to nature as a source of spiritual and intellectual inspiration. For the last two _years,the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota has searched the Metro area for a site on which to build its new clinic. After twenty years of operating out of the old Veterinary Anatomy Building on the University's St. Paul campus, the WRC has outgrown its home. It now has an annual operating budget of$280,000 and treats nearly 7,000 injured and orphaned animals each year. The WRC needs a new facility to better serve the citizens of Minnesota who are doing their part to protect and assist wildlife, and to better serve the birds and animals of our unique region. In the spirit of creating a mutually advantageous partnership, in the summer of 1999 the WRC approached the City of Roseville's Parks and Recreation Department about locating a new clinic facility near the Harriet Alexander Nature Center. In presentations to groups and in one-on-one conversations, Roseville residents have indicated overwhelming support for such a partnership. They are proud and protective of Central Park, its wildlife refu'Ge, and the Harriet Alexander Nature Center. They are also passionate about caring for the birds and animals that abound in .o Roseville _yards, lakes, and wetlands and are pleased about the prospect of convenient access to wildlife care and educational services. They also perceive value added by the location of a $3 million clinic facility here, and the acclaim that the WRC's program will briniz to the City of Roseville. The WRC is the leading such facility in the state of Minnesota,treating more than 60% of the wild birds and animals receiving medical care and rehabilitation. Over the last year, staff from the Parks and Recreation Department, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee of the City Council, legal counsel to the City of Roseville, the Roseville City Manager, and the Board and staff of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center have worked together to create an unique partnership. The attached agreement would make land within Roseville's Central Park, adjacent to the parking area for the Harriet Alexander Nature Center, available to the WRC for a nominal fee. The WRC would build and operate its new facility entirely at its own expense, and the WRC and HANC would collaborate on program 17