HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 1125 - Declaring City's Intention for the Purgatory Creek Corridor - 04/13/1976 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO . 1125
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION FOR THE PURGATORY
CREEK CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie has adopted a Comprehensive Guide
Plan calling for a "Green Corridor" along Purgatory Creek; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Riley/Purgatory Creek Watershed District
have jointly studied the creek corridor to define the extent and intent of the
+� "Green Corridor now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Eden Prairie City Council does hereby:
1; Use the Corridor Study as a Guide for the City as it relates
to the management, use, protection and preservation of the
Creek Corridor within the City.
2 . Direct the staff to investigate in detail the various methods
of implementation and the alternate of non-implementation
including: purchase, dedication, regulation, timing, keeping
parts in private ownership, and avoiding condemnation.
3 . Direct the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission
to: prioritize the critical areas, the possible areas for
acquisition, and possible areas for recreational development,
to review funding availability, to develop a general long range
implementation program, and to study the practicality of the
designated segments of trails including policing and maintenance
costs.
4. Direct the Planning and Zoning Commission to develop land use
control methods for the conservancy and transition zones.
5. Direct the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission
to initiate measures for 1976 relating to cleanup, planting, erosion
control, rough fish control, and public nuisance control.
6. Prepare an analysis of costs, including relief for flood plain
owners, before the next public hearing.
7. That a two week public notice be given to the citizens when the
study is to appear on any commission and/or Council agendas.
Resolution No. 1125 Page Two
8. Commit to call future public hearings on the Purgatory Creek
Study upon the completion of these items.
ADOPTED by the City Council of Eden Prairie on this 13th day of April,
1976.
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Wolfg g Penzel, Mayor
ATTEST: SEAL
n D. Fharrre, Clerk