HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 87-330 - Accepting Transfer of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery from the Cemetery Association to the City of Eden Prairie - CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 87-330
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING TRANSFER OF THE PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY FROM THE
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION TO THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
WHEREAS , some of Eden Prairie 's forefathers assembled together on
February 6 , 1885 to form the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association , and
WHEREAS , such Articles of Association were drafted to acquire and manage
property necessary or proper for the establishment, embellishment , care and
management of a cemetery for the burial of the dead , and
WHEREAS, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery and Association have been operating
as a public cemetery for the past 102 years under the laws of Minnesota
governing such operation and management , and
WHEREAS, the present Association Board members have expressed a desire to
transfer ownership and operation of the cemetery to the City, and
WHEREAS, the Association Board , after meeting with the City staff, have
been authorized by majority vote of their members to proceed with such a
transfer, and
WHEREAS, it is the City's desire to accept a friendly transfer , rather
than one as a result of abandonment or default.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Eden Prairie City Council does
hereby accept the transfer of the ownership of Pleasant Hill Cemetery from the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association Board with all rights and obligations as
defined in Chapter 306 of the Minnesota State Statues .
ADOPTED by the City Council of Eden Prairie on this 15th day of December
1987.
Ga . D., eterson , Mayor
ATTEST:
---'John D. Frane, Clerk SEAL